Sunday, February 27, 2011

Girls Bike.

This is my sweetheart. My sportster is responsible for so many things that it's unreal. Unlike a lot of you, I didn't come from a gearhead family or grow up riding motorcycles. I found an interest in bikes around the age of 17 when I was in my prime era of skateboarding. There was this sketchy dude that tattooed next door to the skate shop and one day he got a complete Panhead chopper in trade for doing a full sleeve on some tweeker. That did it for me. After working a job for a while, I said fuck it and bought this here sportster. Rode it around stock for a few years and never thought about fucking it up. I then met some of the Haints. And those guys were about putting some serious miles on shit that you built or heavily modified. Before you know it, the motor was out of the frame. This bike was the textbook for me that taught me about wrenching on and creating choppers. That is how Larry and Spenser came into our circle and Garage Co. Customs was pretty much home base (except Brandon's basement which will always be in the history books). It took me building a chopper to really start putting miles on my motorcycle. Anyways, sorry about the rant. The point is that my sportster is responsible for the majority of the friends that I have now, It is responsible for every bit of this culture that I constantly obsess over, and it has taken me across the country and back and everywhere in between. I love this bike.




7 comments:

  1. my evo sporty is my baby too she never lets me down her name is the brown eye surprise

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  2. Very cool! had an 85 sporty that carried me all over Germany. Had to sell it for family reasons, GOD I MISS THAT BIKE!

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  3. It's kind of funny that you posted this today. Friday I was finally going through the Sporty thread on Chop Cult and I kept coming across pictures of this bike as it went through its various incarnations. It's great when we find THAT bike and get to keep riding and changing it to fit our needs. Here's to a million happy miles!

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  4. I love you, man.

    See ya at the DicE gig.

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  5. Remember that time it was cold as fuck and we were riding in trussville. Think it was me, you, ben, and joel and you hit that fucking shopping cart! That was some fucked up shit! You were a lucky guy that night and just got a little banged up! Good times gotta love the bikes! The old days in my carport! Goodtimes

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  6. My first running bike was an 86 evo sporty. Loved that bike she never let me down. Had to sell it to get my first panhead. Ive thought about getting another cause you just can't beat getting on it and going with no maintenance worries. Fun bikes for sure...

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