Laconia 2013

In Laconia for the 2013 Bike Week.   I know "Bike Weeks" have changed a lot over the years... and are not always thought of as "how they used to be..."  But Ive been coming to Laconia bike week since I was 10.. and have fond memories of it.  It has indeed changed, but its still primarily about bikes!  This year is also kind of neat because we were invited to participate in the Build - Off.   I can remember being a little kid walking around thinking about how cool it was to see guys building bikes... I can only hope this build off has the same affect on some kids at this years show!

-Barnstorm

Service work

I really do enjoy and like a wide variety of motorcycles... but certain bikes we get in the shop for service work make me smile, more than usual.  Its always nice to see these old beauties being ridden and loved.  Warms my heart. 

-Barnstorm

Wall Display Done!

A huge thanks to Joe and Pat from Fine Finish Systems for building us this awesome wall display at the shop!!      

See more of their work here:  http://finefinishsystems.com/

--Barnstorm

fender repair and re-enforcement

 

-Barnstorm

Exhaust Stud repair

bad news

good news

-Barnstorm

Small Time Ironhead Aluminum Case Repair

.find a problem

yea, thats'a problem.

grind a problem

weld a problem

weld more of the problem

re-tap the problem

remove the problem

-Barnstorm

welding

 I do enjoy it!

Monday's Score

In the world of motorcycles, you end up meeting a LOT of interesting folks.... i have had the good fortune of meeting many, many great of them  One of those great people is one of my customers turned friend, Guy.  Guy is an unassuming dude, who just happens to have a seriously bad-ass antique motorcycle collection, and a passion for collecting general.  Yesterday he bestowed upon me a decent pile of parts for a very fair price,  which on its own would have been rad... but to add to is all, while moving all the stuff out of his garage and into my truck, i noticed an Anvil buried under a  bunch of crap, obviously forgotten...
When i asked him what was was going on with that, and if it was for sale.... he simply said, "why don't you take that too, and if i ever need it, ill know where it is."
So i now have a pretty rad "loner" anvil.... that just happened to turn out to be a Pete Wright anvil.
Life is good.

-Barnstorm

OG XR1000

Just another reason i love my job.... one of our customers brought his almost 100% original XR1000 by the shop today.  The first thing he said was, "Jake, you gotta ride this!"  I didn't want to be rude, so I took it for a short rip around town, and i gotta say, it was fun, and fast as hell for a bike made over 30 years ago!

-Barnstorm