Inspiration LA

A nice Saturday afternoon at the Santa Monica Airport. Inspiration LA was such a neat idea. In a sense it was refreshing to see all the vintage maniacs and the interest everyone had there. Oscar by Alpinestars had Roger DeCosters motorbike displayed along with Kenny Roberts race suit(Does it get any better?). Also, the craftsmen who were there making quality goods on site was awe inspiring. Good to see perfect examples of what seems like a long lost craft in America.

Here are some pictures. Enjoy.

Santa Fe deli Saturday

Met some friends at Santa fe deli for lunch. A once a month thing where everyone meets for good food and good fun.

Usually the last Saturday of the month... Check out CoC for more pictures

Robots and super heroes

My good friend Alan brought this mouse pad back from Hawaii for me. Never noticed it before but Kikaida has an awesome front drum brake set up on his motorbike. Looks like a Suzuki GT750 front drum. But his bike is a Kawasaki triple... Did these bike come with this drum brake??

If you ever have an event in Hawaii where you need people to attend... Call for Kikaida. Seems like he does appearances every month.Weird but rad that he is a household name in Hawaii. Although I thought Hakaida was much cooler.

Found this Kawasaki race bike online. Wonder if this is the same set up as Kikaidas motorcycle.

While on the subject of japanese super heroes. Got to see Eric from Giant Robot last weekend at the Scion art gallery where he had some really fun video work on display. Super genuine dude.

Also, last weekend was two good friends birthdays. Eddie's and Nelson's. Forgot my camera but it was good times at both. Happy birthday guys!

The destroyer

Final night for Conan O'brien. Found this on Baravettos site Bloggavettski . Great to see everyone supporting Conan. And plus, proceeds from this print/shirt will be donated to the Haiti fund. Win win situation.

The finale was epic

Works

Late 2009 to now I've been trying to gather pictures to use for a hard copy of my portfolio.  Just need to start documenting some of my work.  Here are some pictures that i found of past work/ projects.  

Welding (TIG)- DOM tubing/steel coupler

Welding (TIG)- Chromoly

Welding (TIG)- Aluminum

Welding (TIG)- Walking cup method  on steel

Sketching on colored paper

Foose coupe 

Hand formed aluminum mounts for Pro-drive WRC dry carbon wing (clecos used temporary)

Hand formed aluminum gas tank and tail section for 1961 CB77

Happy New Year!

Growing up in Hawaii, this is how we rang in the new year.  

Hauoli makahiki hou!

Hands on

Messing around and learning about other materials.  Hand cut and sculpted to mimic a 1960's Ericofon phone.  20pcf urethane foam. Work wonders and picks up good detail... And also bad detail. A good exercise for balance and proportion.

Chocolate Ray guns are the best.  Mold made from vacuum formed PET-G.  Formed over shaped urethane foam.

Surfboard wax is up next

Mortar mix over shaped EPS foam...

Shaka

SEMA 09

Late with the updates as usual.  This years show wasnt too bad, with the recession going on and all.  Seems like everyone was focused and there for work instead of the B.S.ing and partying.  Hopefully the recession is filtering out the crappy knock-off brands.  

Funny, but my favorite car of the show was this 1974 honda civic. It just had so much character... I mean 146 mph at Talladega speedway??  Insane.  Plus it just looked good. Full of soul.

Troy and Five Axis did a great job on the new xB.   As always his work is impeccable.

Sean Smith of the So~sos design just keeps on progressing.  Loved his and his dads Flatback 2010 Mustang. Great job buddy.

Objectified

A bit old, but I finally got to see this documentary.  Interesting.

Karlson Tea Party

After the Cycle Zombies and Born Free shows, Danny and I decided to go home to relax for a bit.  So what we thought was wrong...  Got home, checked my invite for the Karlson tea Party not knowing it started at 5.  Damnit!  Called Dan-o, Hopped on my bike and rode back to Costa Mesa.  

Nelson did a great job on getting the bike/art show together.  

A busy Saturday.  But a very nice one at that.  

Born Free

After the Cycle Zombies/Hurley gig, Danny and I made our way to the Born Free show in Orange.  It was super hot... But worth every bit of it. A ton of really nice motorcycles.  Here are some of them.  

More to come on another day.

Cycle Zombies/Hurley

Pictures from last weekend. Cycle Zombies and hurley hosted a really cool event.  Free food from TK burger, Live music... Thee Cormans!?  No complaints here.  Best of all, riding with friends.