SLC Ride......or die

Been planning a little ride for the past two weeks or so up in SLC. Trent Robson from Backcountry.com was kind enough to organize a little schedule and rally up the troops. We had a pretty good turnout.

Trent, Anthony, and Chris Brown were holding it down for Backcountry.

Jer Jones, Brock Harris, and Tonino Copene had the Snow Shred crew on lock.

TJ and Nic were rolling Localz Zonely Posse, AKA "LZP"

and Nate and I were of course repping for CEI.

Stan was our resident Brit biker. And a one of Trent's boys tagged along as well.


Plan was to meet up Emmigration at 9:00 AM sharp, Ruths Diner. Then head to Evanston, Mirror Lake, Kamas for lunch, then back to SLC via Kimball Junction. All in all around 200 Miles.

I thought I was ahead of schedule by getting to Browns at around 7:15 this morning. However, when I arrived Nate and I were stung by a few issues on his bike. The lights were not getting any power. We figured since Nate had no registration, insurance, or license, that he should at least have lights. So I spent about an hour rewiring his tail lights since his "Kung Fu Chain" decided to pull a rear naked choke on the wiring harness. Dialed!

Leaving Browns
Arrived at Ruths around 9:45. Definitely not on Schedge. Jeremy was testing Nate's bike for left turns. He gave Nate a failing grade.

Brown and Nate, LTD.


Checkpoint 1: East Canyon. Now the riding grid gets sorted out. Just cause your in front of the pack doesn't necessarily mean you can lead.


Brock: A-Ok



Jeremy's Shovel Fender. Unfortunately he lost a bolt about 150 miles in and had to rig up with a shoelace. I am going to chalk this one up to one of the 6 burnouts he did. He was killing it to say the least. His bike is Tits!





Browner

Beez and I


Nate. Not sure what he is doing with his wrist?


Iphone makes my face look fucked. Whatever


Red Bandana. AKA "TJ"

Anthony went around a corner a little too fast on his vintage Honda. Bailed. Stoked this was the total damage. Not that bad.




Life Partners(For the weekend)

Stopped in Kamas to break for lunch at Dicks. This was supposed to be the last stop of the trip. It was for everyone but me. I was kicking it on the side of I-80 for about 45 minutes. See below.

Ticket, "yes please". Can I get a dickhead cop as well? "No Problem".

So Brown, Gordon, Tonino, and myself are blazing down the 80 from Kimball Junction. G and T bail on foothill and Brown and I are cruising the 80 till our exit. It was a construction zone marked 55MPH. I don't have a speedo so I was just running right behind Chris. I notice a cop with his lights on in my rear view, I start moving to the right while Brown keeps heading. Cop pulls me over and this was the Dialogue:

5-0: Do you know how fast you were going?!
Accused: No idea?
5-0: Take a guess!
Accused: 60?
5-0: Try 85! This is a 55MPH zone, and its under construction, double fines.
Accused: (Silence...) (and thinking to myself there is absolutely no way I was going 85)
5-0: Do you know how much the fines will be?!
Accused: No idea?
5-0: A SHITLOAD! (Not joking, he really busted that out)

He then proceeded to give me the 9th degree about how I should have a speedo. And he insisted that I lived in UT even though I have AZ plates and AZ liscense. Whatevs. Fast forward 20 minutes later and the UHP rolls up. Thats right, the mother fucker was a Salt Lake cop, pulling me over on the highway. Can you say, not your jurisdiction? Regardless, the UHP was cool and they wrote me for 15 over in a construction zone. But had to note that the Boner SLC PD was claiming 30 over. Guess you got to pay to play. I am waiting in suspense to see how much this one will set me back.

Straight up, thanks to everyone who made it out. I had an insane time. Other than the ticket it was a picture perfect trip. Next weeks picture diary......Smokeout West.

Zero Engineering

I was in Vegas today and so was Chris Brown. He asked me to take him to the airport and then once in the car demanded that we go to someplace called Zero Engineering. I met his demands, and I was stoked that I went that route.

These guys are bike builders based out of Japan. They opened up a shop and retail location here in Vegas about 5 years ago. Straight up, they make some sick shit. See below for the candy that my eyes witnessed.

Thinking about painting my tins.....

I might take a few notes from this guy I saw today. Amazing!!! Check out Tonto and Rover on the side of the tank. Don't forget the paw prints on the front fender so people know where you are headed.

New.....I N S P I R A T I O N

Sunset Ride

Welcome To Hell!!!

Couldn't think of a better name?

BBC Office

Everyone these days knows of "The Office" series with Steve Carell. These guys are good, but do you know where the American Office spawned from? Here is a clip from one of my favorite BBC Office scenes. The IT guy comes in to fix Tim and Gareth's computers. At about 1:20 it starts to get good. Tim's facial expressions are priceless.

Bruns this should bring back some good gut busting memories......litterbugs.

What in the eff is this world coming to?

I stopped by Borders the other night to pick up some new chop mags. As I am searching for the Testosterone Toys section I see this bad boy smack dab at eye level. Look at this shit, I mean, really? "Girls & Ganja". People shouldn't be allowed to purchase stupid shit like this. Wait, I mean the people that would buy this shouldn't be allowed out of their house, or shack, compound, shanty. Whatever.

Fuck This Thing!!!

My Laptop Hard Drive that decided it was tired of working everyday so
he took it upon himself to quit before I could back it up. Way to make
for a stressful start to the week. Live and learn I guess.

Yes Please

DeusExMachina

DiNenna showed me this about a month ago. Some truly inspiring machinery. These guys are out of Australia and take attention to detail to a whole new level. The build some crazy cool vintage style bikes. I love the look of a good cafe. Plus they sell the baddest helmets ever! DeusExMachina

Dirty Dog

Bikes have been on my mind 24/7 lately. I think its the fact that I have been out of town so much lately that I have not touched mine in two months. However, the Internet is such a great resource when deciding the direction of my next step, always looking for inspiration. I love the overall look of this bike. Old school feel, dirty as eff, full on knobbies. Swap a frame into this badboy and you have one killer sportster. Another amazing creation from a Quad Cam Bastards Forum member. These guys and Foundry just have that LOOK that really gets me stoked.

Prescott, Everybody's Hometown. Ever heard of it?

Where do I even begin? Prescott is a small town about an hour north of Phoenix. My Dads side of the family lives up there so its about a bi-annual experience for me. I remember going up there as a kid thinking they were nine balls. Being a bit older now I am able to take this place in for all it's glory. My dad and I rolled up there on Saturday to meet my Moms for lunch, stop by my Aunts antique store, and see my grandparents as well. Here are a few highlights.

Questionable

As we were walking out of the restaurant where we ate lunch I picked up a classifieds paper and this was on the cover. Wowzerz

About 30 steps away from the Papers headline I run across this fine piece of automobile. At a quick glance it looks a little off its rocker. Go ahead and click to enlarge the banner on his window. Yuhusssss

Found this bad boy at my Aunts place. I have a hard time believing that the person using this is old enough to read.

And last, but definitely not least, the best mental picture of my whole weekend. Let me give you a quick synopsis: This is a truck camper(which is supposed to be in the bed of a truck) that is bolted to a flat bed trailer, all super futuristic "I am totally ahead of the game" style, With a BBQ that is tied down to the wheel well, and a homemade Bimini. Great tailgate item or Condo on the Road. Either way, this beauty can be yours for a mere 3,000. I love seeing the lengths that people will go to just to cut as many corners as possible.

Long live Prescott!

ASR Wrap up....

nothing to wrap up, except for the fact that I got to see my boy Mike Ness. Luckily for me, and my sanity, Social D played on Thursday night at the House of Blues in San Diego. Stoked I was able to get tickets and see the man do his deal. Thanks to Nate, Mazza, and our good friend Jack Daniels for making it a great time.

Some Sweet Sportster Chops

All courtesy of Quad Cam Bastards

Project Black Trumpet

My boy Brendan bought a Triumph a few months back. I guess you could call it a "Project" but it was more like a motor sitting in a frame with a bunch of misc. parts that had nothing to do with the build. Regardless, he sucked it up and started to tear into it. The motor is now completely disassembled and ready to start the process of being built up again. I went over there a few weeks ago with the intention of helping him complete a rolling chassis. We got that accomplished. I figured I would post these bad boys up to keep him motivated to get this thing done in time for Smoke Out. Hopefully when its completed he can have it looking as ill as this Triumph dubbed "Ol Brown Eye" built by the boys at Choppahead out of Boston. Keep your head up B!