Holy Ice Batman...

If you haven't heard we had a bit of an ice storm here in New England. Worcester County got slammed pretty badly and there are many people (including myself) who still don't have power at their homes 4 days after the storm. Rumor has it that it may be another 10 days for some people. It's pretty amazing the damage that some frozen water and wind can do. The picture is courtesy of my friend Ryan Gravelle.

Holy Fucking Knuck!

A chap from Pheonix, AZ who goes by the handle chorro on the Jockey Journal is finishing up his build of this beautiful 1945 Harley Davidson Knucklehead. This thing was too bad ass not too share. Hop on over to JJ and check out the rest of the pics. You won't regret it. http://www.jockeyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43350

MY Low and Slow bitches.

So today is right around the 2 year anniversary of me owning my single cab and I realized that I've mentioned it a few times in this blog, but haven't really shared much in the way of specifics on it. I figured I might as well do that now just in case anyone is actually reading my drivel. The truck in a 1963 Volkswagen Type 2 Single Cab. It has the dual treasure chest door option and is mostly solid where it matters. My plan is "low and slow". I'll be getting the 1500cc powerplant going and smacking this thing on it's ass. I'll be running a 4" narrowed, adjustable beam in the front with 2.5" drop spindles and ghia disc brakes. I'll be running ghia steelies with 165/50/15 Federal Formosa tires. In the rear I'll be using a complete '67 Beetle tranny (drum to drum) with offset spring plates. I'll be using stock steelies, but I'm unsure as to what tire size I'll be going with - probably a 185 or 190. We shall see. Other than that I'll just be redoing the braking system and patching up the major rot. I want to be able to throw my Trump on the back, too so I'll be making some sort of a tie-down system. It'll get done when it gets done.

The snow, it's a-coming!

Watched the news this morning - we're supposed to get our first accumulation of snow this weekend. It's great and all, but it makes me a little bummed, too. I no longer have a garage to work on my single cab. It's sitting tarped on some family property. The beginning of snow means the beginning of it getting buried for the winter. I really want to get this thing on the road in '09. Let's hope I can make it happen, but between a lack of money and a lack of a place to work on it, this may be difficult. Donations to the Matt Isgro Single Cab Finishing Fund will be gladly accepted. You know you want to. Operators are standing by.

Holy Shit it's December

Where the hell has 2008 gone? Seriously, it's December 2nd and I feel like this year just started. Really though, I'm happy that this year is coming to an end. The shit economy has effected my family more than I had feared and the elections went the way I didn't want them to go. 2008 has been a year of disappointment. Sure there are a couple of cool things that happened this year (the purchase of my bike for one), but overall it sucked. I look to 2009 as a year of change. Not Obama bullshit change, but legitimate personal change for the better. A more positive outlook, more motivation to get where I want to be and more happiness. At least I've got the ski season in the short term. That should get me some smiles. Here's to hoping that things can get better for everyone.

Low and slow.

I have a '63 Type 2 Single Cab that I've been working on intermittently for the past 2 or so years. Progress usually stops when I don't have the cash, a place to work on it or I just lose my motivation. Shots of air cooleds like this one give me a kick in the ass to get mine done. It's too bad that I don't the money or a good place to work on it. Fuck.

Enjoy the pic anyway.

Happy Thanksgiving

Gobble Gobble.

Life in the fast laneeeeeee.

This shot makes me jealous. Good ol' Massachusetts is pretty far off from having prime riding weather these days. It's either raining like crazy or we have sub-freezing temps. Not what one would think of as enjoyable cruising climate. Don't get me wrong, I love the winter. I get to ski the shit out of a lot of different hills in New England, but not riding the bike for 5 months straight is gonna be a bitch. I guess I'll use the winter to collect parts and make upgrades. Hopefully shots like this will help me get through the season without going too fucking crazy. Some folks over on Jockey Journal have been sharing a lot of these Life shots recently, so expect to see a bunch here.

Levers, we don't need no stinking levers

The creative folks over in Japan never cease to amaze me. This panhead Harley comes out of the land of the rising sun and is definitely one of the coolest bikes I've seen. There are a lot of cool details (like the lack of anything on the bars). The bike flows really well and the fact that everything down to the bolts is black make this thing very cool. It just helps add to my desire to own a vintage Harley hard tail springer one of these days. Hopefully that will be parked next to that Triumph bobber I'm hoping to get. Maybe I'll even park them next to my VW Single Cab that I can't seem to fucking finish. Soooo many ideas, so little time and money.

Ken Block might make your wang move

Yeah, you've probably seen this video. To think that Ken, a former President of DC shoes, started screwing around in rally racing only a few years ago is insane. His driving skills are fucking madddd! If you haven't seen this vid, you should probably come out from under that rock you're living under. Either way, watch this shit again because it'll blow your fucking mind.

Better with age

So, I couldn't bring myself to leave that awful excuse for a Porsche at the top of the page, so I figured I'd toss in this shot of a well done classic.

Poke me in the eyes with an ice pick. PLEASE.

Yeah, so the abortion you see above is Porsche's new 'family car', the Panerama. I've been watching various videos and photos of this thing for the past year or so and the camo'd blobs that were driving around always gave me that "oh shit, there's something wrong here" feeling. Now that I've seen the official photos of this pile of cow turd I can confirm that those feelings were not unfounded. I've seen fungal growth that looks better than this thing. But alas, It's a Porsche so it's sure to sell like half priced blow at one of Lindsay Lohan's parties. I guess if sales of this thing will allow Porsche to continue producing stuff like the GT3 RS, then I'm happy. If you like torturing yourself and want to see more pics of this, head over to VWVortex, http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4131984

*crickets*

Hey. So seeing as this is my first post on here I realize that right now I'm talking to myself, but I guess I've got to start somewhere. Here's an extremely well done Sportster that I found over on the JockeyJournal.com. Check that place out. Ryan runs a great ship over there.