"Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, & those who keep their reasoning faculties atrophied with drink." Mark Twain

men·tor (mntôr, -tr) n. 1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher. 2. Mentor Greek Mythology Odysseus's trusted counselor, in whose guise Athena became the guardian and teacher of Telemachus. The look on Albert Kings face, the pride that Stevie is a bad mother but still teaching the subtleties of life. To be humble and let others brag for you... Priceless "two great blues men"

A NAME PLATE FOR BUDDY...

"When we do not know a person -- and also when we do -- we have to judge his size by the size and nature of his achievements, as compared with the achievements of others in his special line of business -- there is no other way." Mark Twain "BUDDY HAS IT IN SPADES" BUT HE WONT RUN IT ON HIS DESK EVEN AFTER I SLAVED OVER MOLTEN ALUMINUM FOR HOURS...

P.S. VOTE TOMORROW...

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR TRY SOMETHING NEW! THESE OTHER GUYS HAVE BEEN FUCKING UP OUR SHIT UP! OH YEA FUCK THE TEA PARTY AND MIT ROMNEY!!! AND ALL THE OTHER EVIL FUCKS TAKING OUR FREEDOMS...

WORDS TO LIVE BY...

"WHEN THE WORLD IS ON YOUR SHOULDERS, GOTTA STRAIGHTEN UP YOUR ACT AND BOOGIE DOWN. IF YOU CANT HANG WITH THE FEELING THEN THERE AIN'T NO ROOM FOR YOU IN THIS PART OF TOWN. 'CAUSE WE'RE THE PARTY PEOPLE NIGHT AND DAY LIVIN' THE CRAZY THATS THE ONLY WAY"... -M. JACCKSON

SACTO GUYS...

THAT MADE IT...

MIKEY BEING MIKEY...

CASEY KOOKING OUT...

RAWLES LOOKING PROPER...

BUDDY "COON HANDS" STRUBLE PS- THIS WAS THE BEST PHOTO I COULD GET 'CAUSE HE SO MUCH FASTER THAN ME...

STEVE "WAIT I NEED SOME OIL"...

MILES OF SMILES...

THANKS TO LEE BENDER AND THE OAKLAND/SF CREW FOR AN AMAZING TIME IN THE WOODS! GREAT RIDING, GREAT PEOPLE, GREAT FUCKING TIME! COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR ANYTHING ELSE FROM A TRIP! HAPPY BIRTHDAY 'LIL MIKE! GREAT MEETING EVERY ONE FROM PORTLAND AND SF/OAKLAND I REALLY COULD HAVE STAYED OUT ON THE ROAD WITH YOU GUYS FOREVER, WORK REALLY SUCKS THIS WEEK! (MORE PHOTOS TO COME)

ROKY IS ROCK'N ROLL...

I GOT MY SEAT BACK FROM THE UPHOLSTERY SHOP...

ROBERT AND THE GUYS AT PREMIER UPHOLSTERY (916-339-0589) DID A GREAT JOB!

FUCK THIS...

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READ THE CONSTITUTION...

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND VOTE TO KEEP THEM...

R.I.P. MARVIN...

THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED May 21, 1971, STILL RELEVANT TO THIS DAY... "WHATS GOING ON"

FUCK THESE GUYS...

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER BUT BEING THE BROKE ASS I IM I WENT AHEAD AND MADE A PURCHASE THROUGH EGAY WITH http://www.demonscycle.com/ NOT ONLY WAS EVERYTHING WRONG WHEN IT SHOWED UP IT WAS CHINA SHIT! THEIR SO CALLED "SATISFACTION GUARANTEED" MEANS WHEN "WHEN WE ARE DONE FILMING OUR GERMAN REALITY SHOW WE'LL GET TO YOUR REFUND AND GUARANTYING YOUR SATISFIED." FOR FUCKING REAL THESE ASS CLOWNS HAVE A REALITY SHOW IN GERMANY! IM EMBARRASSED I EVEN MADE A PURCHASE FROM THESE KOOKS, THAT'S WHY IM POSTING THIS SO NO ONE ELSE FUCKS UP LIKE I DID!!! LESSON LEARNED HERE. BUY LOCAL AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHOPS. AT LEAST IF THEY TREAT YOU LIKE A ASSHOLE YOU CAN KNOCK THEIR FUCKING TEETH OUT RIGHT THERE INSTEAD OF THESE LITTLE WEASELS HIDING BEHIND THEIR COMPUTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PASS THE WORD FUCK EBAY AND DEMON CYCLES!!!

MAY DAY...

Brief history of the labor aspect of May Day in North America: In 1884, unions declared that eight hours would constitute a legal day’s work from and after May 1, 1886. In support workers went on strike at a factory in Chicago on May 3, 1886, police fired into the peacefully assembled crowd, killing four and wounding many others. The workers movement called for a mass rally the next day in Haymarket Square to protest this brutality. The rally proceeded peacefully until the end when 180 police officers entered the square and ordered the crowd to disperse. At that point, someone threw a bomb, killing one police officer and wounding 70 others. The police responded by firing into the crowd, killing one and injuring many others. Eight of the city’s most active unionists were charged with conspiracy to commit murder even though only one was present, on the speakers’ platform. All eight were found guilty and sentenced to death, despite a lack of evidence connecting them to the person who threw the bomb. Four were hanged on November 11, 1887, Louis Lingg committed suicide in prison, and the remaining three were finally pardoned in 1893. Lucy Parsons, the widow of Albert Parsons, traveled the world urging workers to celebrate May Day and to remember the events of Haymarket and the subsequent government-sponsored murder of those fighting for the rights of all workers. Over time, May Day grew to become an important day for organizing and unifying the international struggle of workers and their allies TAKEN FROM oilysidedown.blogspot.com THANK YOU "BIG D"

DONT TREAD ON ME...

In December 1775, Benjamin Franklin published an essay in the Pennsylvania Journal under the pseudonym American Guesser in which he suggested that the rattlesnake was a good symbol for the American spirit:

"I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids—She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.—She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage.—As if anxious to prevent all pretensions of quarreling with her, the weapons with which nature has furnished her, she conceals in the roof of her mouth, so that, to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shewn and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal:—Conscious of this, she never wounds till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of stepping on her.—Was I wrong, Sir, in thinking this a strong picture of the temper and conduct of America?"

I'M GONNA START WORKING ON THIS IDEA...

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Ernest Hemingway

THE TRUTH...

     “There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character”
 -Henry Louis Mencken

GOODTIMES...

PHOTO BORROWED FROM "http://choppedstockandjustplainfun.blogspot.com/"

SNEAK PEEK...

DO YOUR THING...

THIS FOOL IS A BAD MOTHERFUCKER...

RAWLES WANTS YOU GUYS TO RIDE WITH HIM...

FROM THIS TO THIS...

RAWLES HAS BEEN PUTTING IN SOME WORK...

A 'LIL CLASS ON CHOPCULT...

SCOTTY'S SHOVEL IS FEATURED ON THE CHOPCULT, CHECK IT OUT HERE- http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/scottys-shovelhead.html
SACRAMENTO IS STRAIGHT CLASS...
PHOTO RIPPED FROM CHOPCULT.COM

FUCK COPS...

TO ALL THE "FINEST" FUCK YOU COCK SUCKERS...

NOR CAL IN JAPAN...

RAWLES AND OLD STUFF MIKE IN ROLLER MAGAZINE FROM JAPAN...
PHOTOS: KEN NAGAHARA

'LIL MIKE...

THIS IS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF A HEART FELT THANK YOU TO ALL MY FRIENDS...




















































IN A UNASSUMING STORE FRONT ON THE MAIN STREET IN A TOWN NAMED AFTER A FRUIT, SIT A SPECIAL PLACE WITH SPECIAL PEOPLE.A PLACE FROM YEARS PAST, THIS PLACE IS MORE THEN JUST A MOTORCYCLE SHOP, ITS A SCHOOL, A SOCIAL CLUB, AND THE MAN THAT RUNS IT IS A WEALTH OF HARLEY KNOWLEDGE. THIS MAN FATHERED ONE OF THE MOST TRUE HONEST AND REAL MEN I HAVE EVER MEET IN MY LIFE. THIS MANS NAME IS "'LIL MIKE", MANY THAT READ THIS POST KNOW MIKE, CALL HIM A FRIEND FOR THE SAME REASON I DO. HE'S A GREAT FATHER, AN ARTIST, A FABRICATOR AND A REAL FUCKING BIKER. MIKEY IS THE GUY THAT WILL ALWAYS HELP YOU IN A PINCH, WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE HE'LL STAY UP ALL NIGHT AND WORK ON YOUR BIKE EVEN AFTER YOU GAVE UP HOPE AND FELL ASLEEP. ONLY TO BE WOKE UP AT 7AM TO HIM HOT LAPPING YOUR BIKE UP AND DOWN THE STREET. THANK YOU MIKE FOR ALL YOUR CHOPPER WISDOM. XOXO

FRIENDS...

SUMMERS ALMOST HERE, BIKES ARE BEING BUTTONED UP, SUNS STARTING TO SHINE, FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING, PARTY'S ABOUT TO START. KEEP CHECKING IN NEW STUFF SOON...

Problem solved 7/8" stem to 1"...

Happy thanksgiving...

Thanks to all the friends that joined jay and I on Thursday, we love you guys. Rob and steph thanks for the help cooking. Buddy we missed you! The 30' fire ball real said thanks to all the things I'm greatful for!

Mock up...

This thing is starting to scream 'fisco...

Mikey you are my chopper angel!

I HATE THESE BARS...

But this bikes pretty neat. Sorry Ry put the narrow apes back on and rule!!!

photo by: Tyler Rawles

Tyburgers tracker...

photos: Tyler Rawles