Blog Update!

Just joking. No one blogs anymore. Here's a party that you should attend though.

Party Time.

Who reads blogs anymore?

The Annual Dojo Party.

Some call it the Barbers party, whatever. We have it every year. You know the deal, fun.

The Dojo Swap Meet.

It's getting close to our 2nd annual swap meet at the shop. The flyer should give you all of the details you need to know. The spots are first come, first served. We didn't run out of space last year, so I wouldn't really worry. Mark your calendars and see you there.

Here Are Some Photos.

We didn't have a plan for New Years. You don't ever want to go to bars for many reasons. Price gouging, girls that can barely walk in heels that are now wasted, cops.... so we just stayed at the shop. Randomly, a lot of our friends from out of town started showing up and it turned into a party. Alan Berg brought his camera and took these.

Wink*.

Derek covers the realms different types of bikes to own.

Rob.

I don't know these ones.

Oi.

Meeks spot. If you've ever been to one of those stores that sell Confederate flags, ninja stars, cowboy hats, back scratchers, Chinese finger traps....

This is Carl all the time.

Shop.

Balls.

Dane.

Moon Rambo.

Whoops.

Sup.

Christmas Party.

We are having a Christmas party at the shop this Saturday. Good times will be had.

The Annual Dojo Party.

I don't know what to say about this weekend other than thank you. It humbles me to see so many people come out to have a good time. So many of you were willing to lend a hand to help out in any way possible, and we could not have done it without you. It's so awesome to have everyone leaves those attitude at the door and collectively party on. Here are some photos that our friend Wes took.

The Annual Dojo Party.

This again is our party that we throw Saturday night after the Barber Vintage Festival, so that the people at the swap meet don't cry about us having a good time and keeping them up past 9pm. I promise that those Zundapp and Bultaco parts will still be there in the morning. See you there.

Party.

If you weren't there, that sucks. Our friend Kustom Jeff takes action figure photography and replayed some of the scenes that he remembers. Thanks Jeff, these are rad!

The Birthday Boogie.

There are quite a few of us that happen to have birthdays during July and August, therefore we've just decided to have one big party at the Dojo. So, if you're looking for something fun to do, here it is. Tell your friends.

This Saturday!

This will be fun. I will also get bummed out. I am truly going to miss Jerimiah and Stef. I'm close with them, but having them stay here for the past 5 months really made them family. It will be a void that I will have to get used to. Other than that, it's our first party at the new shop! Get stoked!

The Dojo 1st Annual Swap Meet.

Here you go, thaw out from that winter bullshit and come to our swap meet. Our yard outside of the shop is big enough to set up a decent amount of vendors. We'll supply the space and you supply your own parts, pop up tent, etc. Bring me all of the knucklehead parts. We'll have beer.

We have a new shop.

 The time had come to find a new Dojo. Our old shop was fine, fun, etc.... But for those of you that had been there, know how small the building was and that it was packed to the gills. I am impressed that so many of us built bikes out of there at the same time. We were there for roughly 5 years? Generally, most of us end up with more bikes rather than getting rid of one to make room for another. You can imagine how your patience gets tested being in a 900sf shop shared by 10 dudes with multiple bikes. So, it was time. I had been searching for property in our area for a while, but I really had to hit it hard and stop fucking around. After craigslist ads led me on wild goose chases, to people that owned multiple buildings, to owners that seemed stoked on what we do...... I ended up with an address:

 It's at the end of a street in an area of town that we are always in and somewhat affordable, so we pursued it.

This is how it looked the day that we got inside. Much needed space.

After paperwork, footwork, and all kinds of shit that I won't get into, we got the building and started figuring out spaces.

This is the old shop the day that we got everything out. This gives you a good comparison of size difference. Imagine this spot filled with tool boxes and bikes, and you can understand why this was about to mentally break us.

The new Dojo works like this: Each person has their workspace, and can do whatever they want to their workspace. If you want to be a slob, cool. If you want to actually work on bikes and be productive, cool. If you want to go to margaritaville and jam with Jimmy Buffet every afternoon, cool. Just don't let that shit flood into someone else's spot. Simple. This was the start of my spot as an example.

 Slowly but surely, we are getting the place in order.

I think the first major thing that we will host at the new place will be a swap meet. We literally filled a covered trailer to the roof with parts after cleaning out the old shop and a swap meet would be a good excuse to get rid of a lot of it. Welcome to the Dojo.

Dojo Party/ Barbers Weekend.

Next weekend is our annual Dojo party. Saturday, October 10th. After the Barber Vintage Festival. If you have ever been, I don't have to explain why you should come. Ask somebody. Be there.