Hand Shakin

How the hell did Some Guy miss this upcoming show!?!?!

DAMN! Anyhow, If you are anywheres near Austin this weekend I would go check this free show out between laps of Moto GP

Some Guy thinks he could maybe retire in the hill country one day

http://www.handbuiltmotorcycleshow.com/

Post....Posty?? .....Postie???

I often don't speak of what I do for a job / living / income in certain circles, its not really any of those things, it mostly has become a pretty cool life, hard to describe to a lot of folks just what it is I do all day

Seriously......Some Guy also has a pretty cool life. I am currently sitting in a garage full of metric motorcycles covered in oil and grease and putting together an old Honda for a customer who also seems to be a pretty cool guy

Not much more needs typed, watch the video

Yes Tofu......we will get some pics about the 550

Shes pretty cool too it  would seem

Number 9......Number 9

Maybe you wanna see whats going on here in the shop, yeah we got some cool projects happening. Bikes being fixed built serviced and so on. Talk of bike nights, open houses etc etc. All that's really good and grand but the last couple days per the previous post Some Guy took his own advice and put some miles on the CB1100.

Was much needed. Phones busted wrenches, bloody knuckles aching feet and just a hell of a lot of adult responsibility going on called for blowing the stink off. I am fortunate enough to live just a couple miles off an incredible highway on a just as near equal as good of road.

NCDOT gave us Number 9!

Stop in downtown Black Mtn, coffee up at "The Drip" as the locals say, gas up at one of the pumps at the edge of town and go find the Bat Cave

RIDE!!!

Whats it really all about?? It's about the ride! Long straight stretches of two lane with your head held high, tight hairpin turns in first gear and the tach needle tempting the red......weaving in and out of city traffic to get to these places and more, and taking in a mountain view with a smoke and bottle of water after burning enough petrol to turn petcock to reserve. Coasting through the long sweepers down the parkway hoping not to hear the run outta gas sputters to get to the next refuel station to do it all over again. 

We can yammer about t-shirts, wrenches, paint codes, cam swaps and tires all day, and we love all that too, however at the end of the day its about the ride, kick up your stand and go ride!

Inter-lude

I know I know......I been not blog posting. Several folks have asked of late where the blog-ness of Some Guy has been lately. Well......I been wrenchin!

Hondas Kawis Yama-haha-mama's.......you get the drift. Plenty of wrench projects and even some more on the business and expansion side of things. Its a one shot deal folks. If this don't werk its back to dirt floor basements and a van by the edge of the river

Tonight has been the final touches on a customers CB550, that is after an evening ride and pizza with friends

So enjoy this musical gem I happened upon.....an interlude if you will

What's Going on at East End...

Hi folks, sorry for the long gap between posts, it's been really busy. Which is generally a good thing. David and I have tons of things swirling around, so it does get a bit hectic, but all is well at the shop.

A quick couple of updates...

I have been working pretty hard on the EEM Webstore. I finally feel like we are making some progress on a very large project. There are still tons of items we would like to see there, but it's one step at a time. If you haven't seen it lately, go out and take a look at East End Motorsports. You will see the link to the Webstore on the left hand side.

As well, the EEM shirts are now in stock. Please come into the shop and pick one up or you can get one on the website as well. They are pretty neat and folks seem to love them...take a look.

   

And last but not least, we are planning a hell of a Grand Opening celebration on May17th! Take a look at the flier and save the date, we would love to see you there.

Thanks!

-TJ

Gasahol

OK!......That's a wrap on tonight's late night finish off the 4 wheeler session!

No......its not done but yours truly ruptured a gas line sending a good 5 gallons across the shop floor. Yes folks, I take pride in my work and feel I am above average at my craft but whoopsie daisies do happen ya know.

The line itself wasn't so much ruptured as the fitting connecting line to tank was pushed out as I was wrastling a motor back into its cradle.....By the time I had scrambled to get a catch for all this full gas tank gushing everywhere.....well.....twas but a drip by then,

Thanks goodness for mops, Special Kitty brand cat litter, a big ol' shop fan to suck the fumes out the back door and an in house warshin machine to wash and wash again all the gas soaked rags, mop heads and towels that were used to contain the spill.

On the plus side we have a really clean section of shop floor now!