You learn from what's killing you.

Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts

March 25, 2014

Since I haven't done a proper blog post in a bit... here goes.

Gonna go back a bit in time as I've been lazy and let Instagram take over my blog.  easy, but lazy.
Got a buncha pix of all kinds that will kind of sum up the past couple months.

Sherri with my sporty looking rather sporty herself.

Sherri with Damon Yorks triumph!

Now we are off to Portland for the One show, lots of killer stuff.  Its a great example of the diversity that is slowly taking over what has been chopper only for a long time.

My sporty with Brawny Built's sporty with the Icon display in Portland, the Icon guys are killer, they "Get it" the need to ride hard and fast without having to conform o some sort of stereotypical role in the motorcycle world,


but yes, Choppers, both of these owned by Mark Drews.  the Triumph is rad, but not really my cup of tea, the Flathead on the other hand is a fucking masterpiece.  i cant wait to shoot it.  so simple yet so mind blowing,

Icon Headquarters in PDX, a small company of 14 guys doin it all in house from design to marketing to cutting up brand new motorcycles.  Good fuckin guys with a quality product.
the Iron Lung.  Killer fuck you attitude bike, I love it.
Another of the Iron Lung.
random glory
More random glory and an epic ass.
absolute truth.  especially when it comes to building, racing or crashing motorcycles.
Picture of Pixie by the one and only Eric Hameister

The past 6 months have been chaos.
I relaunched my website making a ton of products I have been making actually available.  Did the whole website myself and it was time consuming to say the least.  I now have alot more items available and many more coming.  We have streamlined the process and now i have an honest to god employee running the back end of things so i can actually get parts made.  Oh yeah and on November first i married her...
best thing I ever did. Period.
Then three weeks later I went to japan with the Steel Shoe for Mooneyes Yokohama HRCS, sucked leaving her on Thanksgiving day, but it just made me happier to come home.

Badass K Model Dragbike, ended up being my pick of the show!

Knuckles fuckin everywhere

gold and white, killer shovel


Since being back in town i have been super busy, I never get a chance to ride anywhere.  i have realized this past week as I haven't needed my truck, it hasn't been raining and my TL1000s is back running that no matter how shitty i might feel, or whatever anxiety attack I might be having over something so stupid, all it takes is for me to ride my bike somewhere, ANYWHERE.  All of a sudden I feel better again. I'm going to put the generator back in my panhead this week too so I can start riding that again on a regular basis.  It also looks like the paperwork will finally be done on my turbo bike as well, so no matter what, whenever i need to, i can get on two wheels and get back to myself.   
i get fed up with all of it, people, the motorcycle industry, etc, but what it comes down to, no matter how fed up I am with whatever is going on around me, all i have to do is get on a bike and all of a sudden none of it matters.

-D



November 14, 2011

I miss Japan!

Shop Sams!


My favorite Gyoza house in Japan!

March 20, 2011

PLEASE DONATE IF YOU CAN

Motoyan and friends are making trips north to help.

Stu2011.blogspot.com
here it is in english, these people need our help.

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstu2011.blogspot.com%2F&act=url

You can help by Paypaling donations to:
maguro999@hotmail.com

So many shops and builders are trapped up in northern japan, these guys are running gas and food and water up to them. If you can donate it will help.

March 16, 2011

Shop Sams In Sendai, Japan

So, I emailed a bunch of my friends in Japan after the earthquake hit, I heard from most, but hadn't heard from Sam, who's shop Shop Sams is in the hardest hit area of Japan, Sendai.
I finally heard from him this morning!


Dave!!!!!
I'M OK! family is ok!! staff is ok!!!
We can't use phone.. few friends can't talk after Earthquake.
But I believe all friends are ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks!!!!!
Never give up Sendai!!!!!!

-Sam



That right there is the fighting spirit of the country of Japan, despite all the losses everyone wants to move forward!

Good to hear back from you Sam!
if you havent seen any of my old posts on Sam's shop, take a look here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here!

March 14, 2011

Japan

I don't know what to say about the devastation in Japan. I know that many people I consider close friends are safe and ok, and thats great but so many people I don't know have been suffering or have lost their lives.

My thoughts go out to everyone in Japan. I cherish all my friends there and have had some of the greatest times of my life in Japan.
Hang in there.

d

September 20, 2010

Drag Games 2010 (Part 1)

The 4th Annual Drag Games was held in Sendai, Japan. With over 160 entrants this year, this event went very well.


All photos by Shin:


















Check out more photos here.
And even more photos here.

September 8, 2010

so, a good friend of mine is in Japan working

and he took this pic of the highway somewhere in Japan and sent it to me...

thanx Stefan!

April 26, 2010

April 11, 2010

June 30, 2009

Japan

Yes, I have some killer friends in Japan, and a few new good friends there, and I want to go back as soon as I can. Too much killer shit to see, and do.

But this is the real reason.

A LIFE SIZE GIGANTOR!!!!!!

hell yeah!!!

November 23, 2008

Good food!


Really

what the fuck is a hotchpotch?

September 15, 2008

Ok, all you people in Japan!

Some one find my 45 inch flattie!!!!!
I knowo its there, i'm just curious where it went!

I have no good pix of it, only the few that have been on here...


ok, im tired, must sleeeeeeep.....