nuisance-broken van

i hadn't thought about the band nuisance in years. last week, the song "broken van" popped into my head. i dug out their old records and have been jamming them non-stop. i totally forgot how good and how far ahead of the time these guys were. i was lucky to see them a few times back in the day.

hanging with patrick jilbert

i got a random call from patrick last week. i hadn't seen or talked to him in years. he needed a photo for a Thrasher piece on his art. we met up today and skated, shot some photos, and kicked it. good seeing you man.

an afternoon with shafer and grant

these two have been killing it all summer. yesterday i had a chance to roll around with them and take some photos. good times kids.

#falltrip2012

went on a trip over the weekend headed up by the bloomington crew. i should have taken more photos, but this is what i got.

more Jorr

jorr, ben, and i went for a ride out to raccoon lake yesterday. jorr spotted this rad entryway to a native american camp, so of course we stopped to take photos

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"the mess"

a few days ago, there was an ad that caught my eye on craigslist. it was for a "kawasaki 550". from the photos it was clearly a honda cb500. i called and left a message and the guy called me back a few days later. i ended up going to look at it today and got it for close to nothing. there's no way this thing is coming back from the dead, but there are a few good parts. drilled out rotor, finned valve caps, exhaust, rear sets, carbs, etc...it was obliviously someones drag bike project, but i doubt it ever saw the track. the engine has my curiously. it's cb500 bottom end with a cb550 head. someone has definitely worked on it. i'm really hoping it has a big bore or hot cam!

summer biking

bikes nights, rockers reunion, and ripping around. it's been a good summer on bikes so far.