Im Back Baby!

     Ive been spending most of my time the past couple years posting and showcasing work on Instagram.  Due to the toxic nature and state of the platform I am planning on shifting most of my content to this blog.  Instagram's algorithm, and the fact that you have to pay to get people to see your posts has led me to conclude that the platform is dead.  Since I was last posting about my race bike, here are a couple photos of the state that its in now.

Cheers!

Wes

Finished another Shop Apron!

I finished another shop apron last night and put it up in the shop.  Brown Waxed Canvas, with Kodiak Brown Leather.

Counter Balance Cycles Shop Apron!

This is the first shop apron that I will have for sale.  Each one is handmade and unique.  This one is made from heavy canvas and waxed with otter wax.  The pockets are heavy weight black rawhide leather.  Pockets are double stitched and reinforced with antique brass rivets.  It uses a swivel trigger snap to secure the leather waistband, and has a leather neck loop.... All brass rivet reinforced.  Each apron is hand made and unique.

Suzuki GS 750 Brattracker

Got some time to bang out some stuff on the Suzuki GS this weekend.  Got the new rear hoop made and cleaned up.  Got a seat pan made with mounts welded.  Finished mounting the rear fender.  While I was working on foaming and shaping the seat, Lisa took to the gas tank and stripped most all the paint off of it.  Its gonna get a brushed metal finish with some clear coat.  And nursed a little hangover on Sunday while chaining myself to my sewing machine for half the day...

Get some pics of the seat on the bike later...

New Stainless xs650 Intake Manifolds in the store!

Been working on sourcing all the parts for these.  The first one is finally finished!  I will be making a very small one person run of these soon, so they will be built to order for a little bit.  Please allow 1 week lead time if you plan to order soon.

Stainless steel tubing tig welded.  Comes with high quality high temp silicone coupler, hose clamps, hardware, and gaskets designed to fit the Yamaha xs650 all years.  They are in the store now!

In other news, ive been putting time against the suzuki gs 750.

Beatin the Cold

Got a chance to get down to Florida for a few days and see some family.  Got to hang at my brothers hangar and mess around with some airplanes.  This King air he flies is sick.  Too bad we didnt get to fly to Florida in one of those...

Ready for Paint

Got my girlfriends bike done this past fall.  Getting ready to clean it up and get it painted... Sweet Suzuki Savage...

Happy New Year

I have had some time off from the day job, so ive been working in the shop and getting everything running smoother.  Been doing some half assed construction to get the workspace finished for the time being.

I also got to spend alot of time on the bmw cafe bike ive been working on for close to a year...   Here is a little sneak peak, until i get some proper photos taken...

Also ive been working on becoming a dealer for Biltwell... Everything is set and the store is stocked with few of their goods... Click on the store link on the top right to check everything out!

Got some cool Limeted Edition Bonanza and Gringo helmets, as well as some grips, seats, bubble visors, and some other things you might need for your ride.

Garage

Been getting more and more time lately to spend on getting my newest garage space set up for how i need it to work... got a wood stove put in... built the car port into a fully enclosed room.  Built a staircase up into the attic, and am starting to build a workbench/wall o tools... 

Quality bender time this past weekend....

Finally got some time to work on a set of new bars for the xs 650 brat...  Ive been meaning to spend some time working with my bender.  Ive done simple bends, but never made a set of bars with multiple compound bends... Pretty happy with how they turned out... need to work on my math and pi skills a little bit.. haha..

Some more work i did to my footpegs and brake pedal.  Also got a different oil filter and relocated it to behind the transmission...