Back At It

It's been a good while since I've posted anything new and I won't waste time with the reasons why, but I got back in the shop today and things are moving. I stripped my sportster of almost all the crap that needed to come off and I've got the new laced wheels installed. 19" & 18", dirt track style. The bike is looking better already, but the shorter rear shocks are bugging me. I really want the bike to sit tail up a little, so as much as hate to take off a nearly new set of Progressive shocks, I need a set an inch to 1.5" taller.

I've got a ton of stuff to get done on several bikes (mine & friends) before the Smokeout, so look out for regular updates. Yeah, for real this time.

Almost there.....

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I'm almost done moving everything out of the old shop and getting into the new place full time. I got the front wheel I'd been hunting for my Sportster project a couple days ago so I will have some pics of it up in the next week or so.
I've got a couple customer project in progress as well, so it'll be busy all the way to the Smokeout in May. Rockingham Drag Strip motherfuckers. Be there or don't.
Stay tuned.

The Bad Monkey Also Rises........

What's up fuckers? I'm in the final stages of shaking the retail albatross from around my neck and bringing Bad Monkey back to what it's supposed to be.

By relieving myself of the burden of running a storefront, retail business I'll be getting back to doing what I got into this whole thing for in the first place: motherfucking motorcycles. No more baggers, no more chrome bolt-on buffoonery, no more chickenshit punks with crappy XS650s. I'm back to building em the only way I know how: loud, fast, and meant to insult the tender sensibilities of every HOG member on Earth.

Bad Monkey Motorworks will be at the Smoke Out in May in full force and anybody that's got a problem with that can come get it. I'll be posting pics & updates as I get moved into my new shop, I've got some good stuff in the works.

The End of the Road

I'm closing Bad Monkey Motorworks in its current form on December 30th. I will be moving all operations to my home shop, but I will no longer be working on bikes for the general public. I'm going back to only working on what I like, i.e. my own bikes and a few select friends bikes. Otherwise I will be permanently out of the pro mechanic business forever.

It's been an up and down four years running this shop and I appreciate the people who have supported Bad Monkey. Keep it on two wheels motherfuckers.

The Red Right Hand of Doom

Well kids, I've about had it. Running your own shop is great until you have to deal with the public. I've been lucky for the most part in regards to having really good customers who are reasonable in what they want you to do and appreciate good quality work at a fair price.

The problem are some of these total fucks I've been dealing with lately, to whom the word 'reasonable' has no meaning. Some of the ridiculous, and ultimately, meaningless details these shit bags want to obsess over blows my mind. I won't bother with the details, but suffice to say that these types just don't 'get' what motorcycles and owning/riding one is supposed to be about. To these chuckle heads I sincerely say, Fuck You. They are why I won't be doing this job for more than another couple years at most. I'm ready to go back to working on my own stuff and my friends bikes, and everybody else can piss up a rope.


Also, the fuckin' wackos I get calling me on the phone or coming in here wanting to know about getting their Chinese mini bike, moped, scooter, go-cart or whatever fixed are seriously risking their personal health. I work on full size street bikes, and that's it. AND, I don't know or give a fuck about giving you the name or number of someone who does work on that crap. Get a real bike or die.



Alright, that was a good rant. I needed some pressure relief, or BOOM!! It'd be time for a killing spree, and we don't need that. Or do we?



Here's a picture I like. It's a shot Ed took of my bike with the moon rising behind it at Barber Motorsports Park last year during the Vintage Festival.

The Glory Hole

Here's Extreme Francis' new bike. Ed and I went to Baltimore this past weekend and picked it up. Scott McKelvey of Velvet Customs built the bike and it was cool to meet him and check out his shop in a bitchin' old industrial complex near the water.

Bill's planning on making a few changes to the bike when gets back from his latest top secret mission in Oct. It'll be his first suicide shift bike, so hopefully he doesn't laser target a big tree on his first ride. I mean, it would be funny at the time, but not so much in the long term.

More Montana Pics

Yeah, it was a good trip.