No. 5

Blogging isn't completely dead but it's definitely struggling. While that is the case, please let me introduce my new bike. Yes it's a chopper and yes it has no front brake, but it's a chopper. 

Is it weird to say I love you to a motorcycle?  

Fartbarf - your welcome

introducing Fartbarf, your new favourite band. when everyone goes crazy over these guys you can say you used to listen to them back in the day, and how rad they were - your welcome

FARTBARF 20130610 from LADY HUMP on Vimeo.

No. 4 done

yeah, its been ages since I updated this thing, but here it is: my latest build, a 1980 Honda CB750 that I tore down and assembled into my take of a tracker, brat, scrambler - whatever it is, i'm hyped on it. thanks to the family and tyler @ sawicki speed shop for taking care of the fab work again. hopefully, I will update this thing again before I do another bike what it looked like a month and a half ago

what it looks like now

Essential Listening - Pennywise!!!!!

back in the days, i went through a brief punk phase. you know, the classics: NOFX, offspring, fishbone, Rocket from the Crypt, even some greenday, etc... one band that i always digged was Pennywise. I remember seeing them live at the Warped tour and was blown away by their live performance; one really cool thing i remember about that performance is that the dudes from fishbone, deftones, and some other dudes all came out and performed their last song with them. it was great to see the vibe of friendship and respect that these dudes had with the other bands Fast forward a few years and i was watching a shred video (the rascals) and it featured a short clip of the Pennywise classic "Bro Hymm" - which instantly took me back to my punk days. not having seen pennywise for years, i checked em out on youtube and found this brilliant live performance of bro hymm - checking out this performance, it once again confirms how rad pennywise is. seriously, i would be crapping my pants with that many randoms on stage with you, but Jim and the crew take it in stride and throw high fives, hugs, the whole bit. Just like that performance from the warped tour, pennywise shows that they are down with everyone, and not above their fans. so good Hit play on the video, turn up the speakers and yell it out "ohhhhh, ohh, ohh, ohhhhh, ohhhhhhhhhhh, ohhhhhhhhh, oh, oh, ohhhhhh"

No.3 almost done

All around good guy, Tyler from Sawicki speed shop made my vision for some pipes happen, and now I am down with this bike. Yeah, I could probably run faster than it, but the "look" is the way I want

Number 3

Well, here it is, almost finished up. Just waiting on some new pipes and I should be happy for a few months. It's my third bike and retains the vibe of my past 2, while also keeping things fresh. And yes, the 883cc engine is slow as all hell, no worries though a 1200 kit will follow in the fall

Blue streak

Welcome my new member to the family, blue streak. Yeah, it's straight stock, but it's mint and has me back on the road. Huge thanks to nan for making this happen. Dude is a ruler

Death Trap saves me again

So my beloved chop sold the other day, and the timing couldnt have been more perfect as the wife and i got smacked with a huge Tax bill. While it sucks that i dont have a bike anymore, i'm thankful that my chop was able to bail me out... again. yeah, the thing was a deathtrap, but i loved it and it always got me through. and it did again now, thanks Sporty, i'll miss you

the snowboard realms - most epic edit ever!!!!

checkout the radest, most epic, most next level shred edit ever courtesty of TJ schnieder and yours truly making a guest appearance. check it out and enjoy the amazingness. george lucas, we are waiting for your call

chilly shred with the kid

Yep, it was cold and yep, it was icy; despite this Jai and i got out to good ole mount seymour and got wicked. fun was had, hot chocolate was drank - life is good for a kid

Should have left it stock vol.14

"now dude, picture this. A viper limo! Boom, now you know that shit will be hot. We could put a hot tub in the back, make it huge stretch, like 30 feet. Yeah guy, that's it"

Cold one

John boy and I are trying to sneak in as many rides as possible before ol man winter sneaks in. Yep, it was freakin freezing and it started to
Rain midway through the ride, nevertheless we made it.
For all those who ride, bundle up and enjoy these last few rides before we hibernate for the winter. Well, you maybe, it's snowboard season for me!

Sentimentality

After 7 years of being my main ride, my trusty pathfinder moved onto another owner today. This badboy joined us for countless mt Seymour adventures, family trips and everything in between. I'll miss you pathfinder...

bad break

on a recent trip to onterrible my cousin, Sunny told me that i needed watch the show "breaking bad." now, i had heard about this show, but as i dont really watch TV i didnt really pay it any attention. then, the wife was like "you gotta watch this breaking bad show, i got it on netflix." so for the next few weeks, the wife and i watched season 1, 2, 3 and are now on season 4. for those who havent heard of the show, its a story about a chemistry teacher who turns to making crystal meth, when he learns that he has cancer."How is it?" you ask, well if you like stressed out, depressing, anxiety ridden shows you will love it. seinfeld nerds will recognize the main character as Dr. Tim whatley from the "anti dentite episode"

J-mans new hog

J-man sold his nightster and picked up this badass street bob. A couple o cuts here and some new bars there and you have the bike you see below.

Killer.

Summer wrap up

Here's a 6 pack of pics that sum up my amazing summer - what may be more shocking is the fact that I have done 2 blog posts in one day. Crazy eh

batboy

in celebration of the new batman flick, and as we are just batman nerds anyway, Max rocked his batman tee yesterday. little fella wears it well if i do say so myself

should have left it stock vol 13

Acura ILX $27,000 Carbon fibre hood - $1500 Carbon fibre wing - $1000 Race wheels w/ track tires - $3000 Tuned suspension w/ multiple sway bars, etc… - $2000 Ground effects package $1000 Full turbo race engine upgrade w/blow off valve $8000 Race seats w/ 5 point harnesses $2500 Full system w/ headrest monitors $3000 Misc parts & accessories $1000 Total investment $50,000 Sale price $10,000. Maybe not the best financial move – homeboy should have kept it stock

Essential Listening - The Faces

i've really been getting into rod stewart's early stuff lately; and my favorite stuff has to be his work with the Faces. Now, the Faces was a killer band with class musicians like ronnie wood (of the stones) on guitar, killer drummer Kenny Jones, Ronnie Lane on Bass and Ian McLagan on keyboards. now before you go tell me that i should be listening to adult contemporary stations, give this track a listen and you too will be swayed, enjoy told ya

thanks for everything MCA

coming up i was a big Beastie Boys fan, and my favourite B Boy, was always Adam Yauch aka MCA. he always had the best ryhmes, and style. The albums Paul's Boutique, and check your head were so instrumental in my life, that hearing them now takes me back to a particular day and time.

This morning i heard that MCA passed away after a long fight with cancer. truly shitty news as he was and is one of my hero's. so to everyone that was influenced or loved the what the b boys did, take a moment for MCA and for the radness that he bought to our lives.