Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Saturday, July 28, 2012

makin' that money!

DSCN3158 by jvanhyfte
DSCN3158, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Taken in Des Moines, IA semi final round of the international blues challenge. We went on to the finals in Memphis. 2010

Christine and I

DSCN3178 by jvanhyfte
DSCN3178, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

typical Saturday night. Old school shit!

Big Bob

Big Bob by jvanhyfte
Big Bob, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

The world is a little dimmer without this guy. RIP Big Bob!

oops

2012-01-20_17-14-40_460 by jvanhyfte
2012-01-20_17-14-40_460, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Flipped right side up

Born free


Born free a video by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Gal kickin' the donkey! a no go.

Friday, July 27, 2012

Shop

Shop....never enough room! by jvanhyfte
Shop....never enough room!, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

My son tyler is coming over to help straighten this shit hole up some! putting up peg board on the walls to hang shit and hopefully to help keep from burning this old place down!

Midwest living

2012-07-27_18-34-23_289 by jvanhyfte
2012-07-27_18-34-23_289, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

BUGS!!!!! shit loads of them! It'll be spic and span when she gets it back tomorrow though!

Beth's bike

2012-07-27_18-34-06_201 by jvanhyfte
2012-07-27_18-34-06_201, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

putting brakes on Beth's road king. She rides the shit outta this thing! usually from Iowa to texas a few times every year and back.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

stock tank

2012-05-09_20-41-37_18 by jvanhyfte
2012-05-09_20-41-37_18, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

not sure which i like better stock peanut or frisco'ed peanut. Any opinions?!

yammachop

Mock up by jvanhyfte
Mock up, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Pretty radical! I dig it!!!

xs 650

Mock up two by jvanhyfte
Mock up two, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

narrowed sporty fender is perfect width! it'll be bad ass when it's all done

pulled it out in sunlight

Side mock up by jvanhyfte
Side mock up, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

haven't welded tank or fender yet but wanted to see what it will look like. I dig it!

Monday, July 23, 2012

Sugar bear!

Sugar bear! by jvanhyfte
Sugar bear!, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

The legend!

Silver Bullet

2012-01-20_17-14-40_460 by jvanhyfte
2012-01-20_17-14-40_460, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

lettering by Hetz!

1969 Schwinn fastback for sale

2012-03-10_17-26-00_588 by jvanhyfte
2012-03-10_17-26-00_588, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

all original except repop from tire. needs a new repop rear tire. It's all rotted out. Make me an offer!

Jeremy's XS!!!

.facebook_-1197823681.jpg by jvanhyfte
.facebook_-1197823681.jpg, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Jeremy from Sun Prairie, WI is a XS nut. great builder!

left side

2012-03-18_13-34-03_861 by jvanhyfte
2012-03-18_13-34-03_861, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

rides great! going to switch to disc brake in the rear. this drum is friggin' dangerous!

Best in show!

Best in show! by jvanhyfte
Best in show!, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

this bike is even crazier in person!

Trico!

Trico! by jvanhyfte
Trico!, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

stopped by TRIco on my visit to Cali. Neat place. Met Imogen. great jewelry!

old man kickin' the donkey!

kick by jvanhyfte
kick, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

One kick bike until there are onlookers. then she gets stubborn! haha!

Balle D'Argent

idle by jvanhyfte
idle, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

1970 ironhead

Jockey shift!

Jockey shift! by jvanhyfte
Jockey shift!, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

other side

My buddy Mike Rathburn's shovelhead chop! I want this bike!

Mikey's Shovelhead. I want this bike!

Front end for yamachopper

Front end for yamachopper by jvanhyfte
Front end for yamachopper, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Here is the 39mm sporty front end I'm running on the yamachop. Turned the lowers and polished them. Wargasser skinny trees.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

nice little scoot

2012-06-30_10-48-57_918 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_10-48-57_918, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

very clean

Sugar Bear in the house!

2012-06-30_10-50-22_53 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_10-50-22_53, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Gorgus looking sweet

SHOVEL!

2012-06-30_10-52-57_107 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_10-52-57_107, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

I want a shovel! This bike is bad ass!

Nice pan head

2012-06-30_10-54-06_183 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_10-54-06_183, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Cool paint

This Is IT!!!! what it's all about

2012-06-30_11-19-04_188 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_11-19-04_188, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

this picture only represents the main show bike area. there was a whole other area where the bands and food and folks parked the bikes they traveled in on. Shit loads of vendors. I'll be back again next year!

Penny Knuck

2012-06-30_11-31-35_289 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_11-31-35_289, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

this got alot of attention. Cool

old school chop!

2012-06-30_11-33-29_849 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_11-33-29_849, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

This is how I remember back in the day!

this jumped out of the crowd at me

2012-06-30_11-33-49_363 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_11-33-49_363, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

really nice. paint, components, finish.... awesome!

Super clean Ironhead

2012-06-30_11-40-56_795 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_11-40-56_795, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

niceley done. no clutter, no bullshit. just real clean! I like IT!

Slim's crazy Triple 750 H2

2012-06-30_11-41-50_441 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_11-41-50_441, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

It was great to get to meet Slim. What a super cool guy! I was going to try and make it to the Slimfab compound on Sunday but ran out of time.

WHAT?!!!

2012-06-30_12-02-37_785 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_12-02-37_785, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

water cooled knuckle anyone? Wow!

Born Free bikes

2012-06-30_12-05-15_316 by jvanhyfte
2012-06-30_12-05-15_316, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Crazy cool!

Born free

Born free by jvanhyfte
Born free, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

This was awesome! as is the scoot in the back ground. Everywhere you looked it was like this! Sheer madness!

Flathead!

Flathead! by jvanhyfte
Flathead!, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Born free builders area! this flattie was awesome!

Wargasser

Wargasser by jvanhyfte
Wargasser, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

Skinny trees! I like it!. now do I put a lowering kit in these tubes or go with shorter tubes? hmmm.....

i like the stance so far.

2012-07-03_18-40-43_153 by jvanhyfte
2012-07-03_18-40-43_153, a photo by jvanhyfte on Flickr.

going to weld up the fender and tank and start working on a seat pan. I have a few things in mind.

super narrow trees by Wargasser

just got back from Cali. Great time! I have lots of steam built up now to get this rig finished up.