Grease Monkeys: Stage 1 Finished

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Stage 1 Finished

FROM THIS

TO THIS

Just to prove that I can finish bikes sometimes, here is the stage 1 transformation of the W650
Short alloy guard on the front; modified original front guard on the back; vintage tail light; mini indicators; Japaneses custom seat; Blue and White paint by me; Scallops taped up by Sara; pinstriping and lettering by Damien

The whole bike looks and feels much lighter now and has a real old school Brit feel to it.

The tank has been reworked with the super fat Kawasaki badges removed and the knee pads taken off and the big rectangular holes where the mounts were welded in have been cleaned up and filled before painting.

Much nicer bike.

We will be taking it down to Deus tomorrow to see if it gets any reaction. I have all the parts to remove the air box but that can wait for a while. We spent some time in the Deus workshop today with Doug the owner and Dave the Head Mechanic, looking at the Hinkley Triumph Flat Tracker that they are going to race at the Burt Munro Classic in November. Custom built frame by Dave plus loads of full race go-faster parts in the engine. Looking forward to seeing that one finished. John Key was even in for a coffee today so custom bikes must be getting popular. He got a free Deus t-shirt. None for us!! He didn't buy a bike though.

3 comments:

steviemonster said...: I like it!!! those w650's are great looking motors! top looking ride x steviemonster; October 25, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Will Cullen said...: Great bike - saw it at Deus after the Levy rally. I have a stock w650 and really like it but it is a bit quiet. Did you have to rejet for the triumph pipes?; November 3, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Irishjon said...: Hi Will. Standard jets but it takes ages to warm up and run right. Got some good info from Chop Cult on how to set them up with dyna jets when to take the air box off.; January 7, 2010 at 10:13 AM

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Mission

Here at Grease Monkeys we remember when motorcycles were dirty and noisy and dangerous and COOL ………..

Nowadays it’s too easy to walk into a shop, hand over a huge pile of money and ride off into the sunset on the latest shiny toy. You feel great till you park it outside the local Starbucks and then, 10 minutes later you come out to find that there’s three, exactly the same as yours parked outside.

So back you go to the dealer (funny how they’re called dealers, not pushers) and pick some overpriced part from the fat catalogue and nail it onto the bike. For a short while you feel good. Now you have a custom bike like nobody else. But it soon wears off. You need another fix and then another but you know its not getting any better. Its still not yours and its still too much like all the others.

Let’s face it, it will never be your creation until you tear it to bits and start again. It needs to have soul. That’s not something you buy. It’s something that is earned, through hard miles, sweat and skinned knuckles.

New is bad, old is better………… Repeat it after me.

We’re all about stuff you put together yourself. Making changes and putting things together in combinations that no-one else will copy. Making something that you see the beauty in…never mind what others think.

Maybe I don’t like your motorcycle either!!!

I made this. It may not be brilliant. It may not be beautiful. It may not be fast but its mine, it has soul.

Anti-Biker – Time for a new look.

Be honest. We all wanted to be bad ass bikers. We got the beards and the cut-offs and the leathers and the shades and we looked hard. Jail is such a waste of time and hard ass drug dealers usually don’t have time to build their own bikes. When they do get time to ride its more than likely on some totally stock ride that spends most of its time locked away. No. We aren’t that hard. We just love motorcycles; taking them apart, putting them together, riding, talking about them, and hanging round with people who do the same.

Black t-shirts – We don’t need no steenking black t-shirts.

Wear whatever the hell you want. Preferably something that doesn’t show up the oil stains too bad.

Grease Monkeys

We’re all about the bikes…period. On this site we have pictures of some of our bikes as they are being completed. For us, Old School Rules. This isn’t some sterile factory turning out cookie cutter customs. Here, every bike is different and every one has a story. Grease Monkeys` is a community of Cycle Freaks. We are here to help each other out; provide advice…good and bad; share ideas, thoughts and stories. We want you to be part of this.

I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.

We need this thing to grow. We need you. If you have something dark and rusty coming to life in your shed or on your kitchen table we need to hear about it. We need pictures. We need to hear the creature’s life story. We need to get these creations out on the road and let the people know we are taking over. We are re-claiming our right to enjoy biking again. Take a look and tell us what you think. Most of all…pick up that spanner and hacksaw and get out into that shed and start building.

Irishjon

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Stage 1 Finished

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