Kicking and some more kicking.. and a burning carb?

Chopping the Finch springer...

On the road.....

Road trip...

some 2nd shoot pics and stuff by Floris

donderdag 1 juli 2010

He's the man!
I've got much respect for Niels. He's a real dare devil and rides this creation. Or should I say, creature? 'Coz it's alive and it throws stuff at me while i'm riding behind it. stuff, like pieces of wiring, tank-caps and litres of oil. And he makes a policeman not noticing this shit (shatting an talking about the nice Police BMW "nice radio, and ohhh, those are nice hand cuffs!") while standing next to it. I've been at Niels place a few weeks before but then he scored a set of new pipes. "These hexagon pipes are looking better, or those fishy tails?" he asked. "Why not shooting photo's of the bike with both pipes?" I asked? Another reason for going there again is that they have delicious pie-cake too.

1st shoot pic by Floris

zondag 13 juni 2010

Niels' Triumph 3TA
Niels collected shitloads of cool 70's parts all over the years. A Triumph 3TA is dressed up with a coffin tank, painted by Blue Moon Kustoms. But what about the Invader wheels, Ron Finch springer, the Bunny Bars, king & queen seat and last but not least the trident sissybar... Oh I forgot the fishtails, and the coffin rear light, and the Aris headlight... and of course the Iron Cross mirrors... Did I mention the octagon shaped oil-tank? Oh man, this bike is sooo twisted, but twisted in a great way! Thanks for the nice day, Niels!

RMC choppershow easter 2010

pic by El Cheapo

Floris Velthuis said:

Time is flying by when having fun, it's a phrase that's really true! I found this out yesterday at the RMC Choppershow 2010, organised by the Rogues from Opmeer. A lot of cool bikes of all makes, sizes and colours and home-built exclusively. What more do we wish?

Niels took his Triumph in the back of his Skoda... in parts! No kidding!!

I'll post his write up for the Bigtwin magazine and the BSH zine as soon as I get them scanned..

...what's been up the last couple of months???

F*ck, where do I start?

We, the bike (now named 'The Necromancer') and me, went to the Rogues MC choppershow last easter... Mmm, its november now...

Got the bike running with great thanx to Geoff...

Floris Velthuis came by twice to do a shoot...
Twice due to 'new' pipes on the bike a week after the new first shoot...

F*cked around with the bike... mostly in the shed...

We did the Bigtwin custombike show this november...

So I'll be posting some pics from the last months...
And at work when I have a second I draw a few lines forming 'The tales of the -cursed- Necromancer'... It's kinda like a comic/storyboard thing about the crap, fun and other stuff me and The Necromancer go through... It's nothing serious.. It just a way to get my mind of work and relax a few seconds... It's not art but still I'm the preformer and the preformed... :)
Cronologically speaking is there no order what so ever.... just chaos...

Pre-season-sale!

http://verkopers.marktplaats.nl/11731685

monday blues..

nice riding weather today...

rolling this piece of shit outside was all i did..

did'nt get it to come back to life yet... but I managed to set it on fire twice and that must be a good sign, a burn carb! must be some form of ignition or something...

anyway a few pics in some of the nicest weather yet...

hurst/airheart

Mini brake = minimal stopping power..

Got it to fit the wheel!

Hero!

..slowly moving on...

Homemade? Homepainted!

It's nice to handpaint in a nice and warm livingroom/kitchen... since its the fimbulvintr outside!

Ik zoek van deze lelijke gevallen, help!

Tack, Karl! (för bilderna!)

Hope for the future?

looking for these!


Removed old paint outside in the snow, now the frame etc are get nice and warm in my livingroom so I can paint them under the upcoming weekend...

Final teardown?

annandag jul 2009 hos SHORT-CUT CHOPPERS

På väg till Tjeerd @ Short-Cut Choppers för annandag julens leka och meka.
Man ser Dalahästens ben vilken bevisar att jag har inte glömt Sverige.
I bilen finns hela Trajan chopperens byggpakket! Man ser ramen och tanken, hjul osv.


Trajan och snygga killen Floris... som komer att göra en reportag på Trajan när den är klart till nån MC-tidning.

Tjeerd svetsar...

Kustom Bart och Michiel har koll på saken....
Det var en bra dag med fint hojfolk!

David Mann shirt..

I've always been a sucker for David Manns art. Ever as a 8 or 9 year old but thats due to my big brother that had, I dont know how many, David Mann / Easyriders posters in his room. To this day, nearly 25 years later I still feel that David Manns art is amazing, to me it captures the spirit of choppers and freedom. So I hope to get this shirt soon, ordered it today... some info on the shirt:

Celebrating the iconic work of American artist David Mann, FUCT has worked up a couple of graphic t-shirt designs depicting his legendary motorcycle artwork. As far back as the late 1960’s, early 70’s American icon David Mann was world known for his legendary artwork in Easy Rider Magazine. As a life long rider himself, many consider Mann to be the epitome of the biker artist. Mann’s paintings depicted the outlaw against surreal backgrounds, distorted skylines and colorful images that celebrated the chopper motorcycle as well as the freedom of the open road

Mock up to see what needs to been done....

relocated the coils...

Cleaned the carb.

Mr.E. redid the axles... very nice!

What needs to be done? (pre paint and wiring)

-Axleplates need work, the axle I'm using is in a smaller dia. The axle plates are for stock Triumph axles, I'm using 17mm in order to get these wheels to work.

-Fixing seat bracket.

-Fixing sissy bar.

-Fixing rearbrake controle.

-Fix longer, higher exhaust pipe!

Waiting for the frontbrake.., hope that works with the wheel and finch springer...

Packed the car with the Triump chop puzzle.... 07.00 in the morging, left 07.45.
Drove up to Mr. E., 2.5 hour drive (1 way). He started his magic and created spacers and other stuff I needed. He worked 13 hours, packed my stuff got home at 01.45 at night. Thanx for everything! The food & drinks, the work, the good company... I was at work for 9 hours today, worked 1.....

old add etc...

I'm already warming up for the mini brake stuff....

olika förslag inför Trajan...

Airfilter of some kind...

Rusty n crusty coffintank for mock up and first rides around town. I actually love the survivor / barn find kinda look with this tank...

That shifter has just an idea... dont worry1 hahaha

Imorron är det dags att leka hos Mr.E igen. Han ska fixa en del saker... Bilder kommer snart!

Coming soon:

Hurst / Airheart mini disk brake shit....