Monday, March 28, 2011

Brass Pegs for your XS650!!!

 Even a blind man would have a hard time not noticing all the cool XS650 builds hitting the streets. In my mind one of the biggest eye sores on a custom XS are those damn fuggly rubber foot pegs! Foot pegs are one of the most often overlooked accessories on any custom build. My buddie Hugh at Hughs HandBuilt turns out some rad builds and never over looks anything!

 Hugh came to the shop and dropped off some stock pegs and brackets and said "Make it brass, make it cool". I had been dieing to work some solid brass hex stock into my product line and here was the perfect opportunity! 

This is the pile of ugly I had to work with. All you XS guys know what I'm talkin about!

This is the design I came up with just for you cats who don't overlook details either! Custom machined in house from solid Brass & Stainless stock exclusively for use with Stock XS650 foot peg brackets. 

Your order will include every thing pictured. 2 Brass Foot Pegs with Stainless Mounts, and the hardware required to mount them.

Mounting these is stupid simple. All it requires is the most basic of hand tools that any one messing with a custom should have.

All it takes is drilling or grinding off the rivet side of the Stock Foot Peg pin.


Replace the stock rubber peg with our Brass Foot Peg using the supplied hardware and your done!


Bolt the assembly back on the bike and ride the wheels off it!












*Deep Six Cycles XS650 pegs are built to order. Price includes shipping in the Continental U.S. Please contact me for shipping quotes outside the U.S. DeepSixCycles@gmail.com

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Sweden... (A.K.A. So it begins...)

Here are a couple shots I got from a cat who ordered a set of our bars for his first bike. Im kinda stoked about young guns riding and I think its awesome that I have parts on his first bike! These bars are slightly wider than our average Tri-Win Bars (by request). Its also rare to see our mail order customers projects so as a show of support to this cat we figured we would toss up his pictures! Now that the bug has bitten I can't wait to see how this bike might evolve...





Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Henderson Streamliner built in the 50's (AKA So Its Not A Chopper!)

Some body emailed me this! Im not sure of the original source. Hence all the pictures and text are stolen... Well the pics are credited to
Grail Mortillaro (of the chopper blog Knucklebusterinc).









1930 Henderson "Streamliner"

The motorcycling world loves a ‘barn find’, an old, obscure machine wheeled out of the woodwork for the first time. And this is one of the biggest revelations of recent months.

It’s a 1930 Henderson that was customized before WW2 by a fellow called O. Ray Courtney and fitted with ‘streamliner’ bodywork.

One night in March, 1950, O. Ray Courtney worked until two a.m. And drove home discouraged. He was trying to design a better motorcycle. He wanted one with the seat forward, with better cooling, better springing and a more beautiful body Discarded sketches littered the floor of his shop. That night in a dream he saw a steamlined beauty skim across a flowered field. Too excited to report for work the next day, he hastily put his dream on paper – and he is riding that dream cycle now through the streets of Pontiac, Mich.

The art deco influence is obvious; legendary automotive designer Harley Earl could have drawn those curves.

It’s all the more unusual because the mechanicals are hidden: even at the height of the Art Deco movement, most motorcycles were a triumph of form over function, with exposed cooling fins, brake drums and suspension springs.

The bike is owned by collector Frank Westfall of Syracuse.

It caused a stir in June 2010 when it appeared at the Rhinebeck Grand National Meet, a motorcycle show held a couple of hours drive north of NYC.

I took these photos at the Rhinebeck Grand National Meet where the newly restored bike was unveiled. The bike belongs to Frank Westfall from Syracuse, NY. According to some info I found online, the bike was originally built by O. Ray Courtney in 1936 and is based on a 1930 K.J Henderson. The bike is powered by inline four cylinder (not a scooter as some have said, check the shot of the motor below) and as I’m sure you can gather by now, is a one-off custom. What I can confirm is it does run and while it looked a bit unwieldy, Frank could be seen riding the bike around the Fairgrounds all weekend. But let’s be honest here (and maybe I’m wrong) - you don’t have this bike in your stable to go out for a long Sunday afternoon ride to get some ice cream. That said, it was pretty awesome to see the bike being ridden (even when rain started to come down) instead of being sheltered behind a velvet rope, never to see the rubber touch asphalt again. The bike is a fantastic piece of history, the craftsmanship is absolutely stunning and it’s surely more of a museum piece than a daily rider. Frank has obvHenderson was a Chicago brand and one of the American ‘Big Three’ (with Harley-Davidson and Indian) until the onset of the Great Depression. It went bust in 1931.

But you can see the influence of the ‘streamliner’ style on another contemporary North American brand : Victory.

If there’s a spiritual successor to this Henderson custom, it’s the Victory Vision Tour, a gargantuan cruiser with completely enclosed bodywork and not a leather tassle or saddlebag in sight.

Henderson was a Chicago brand and one of the American ‘Big Three’ (with Harley-Davidson and Indian) until the onset of the Great Depression. It went bust in 1931.

But you can see the influence of the ‘streamliner’ style on another contemporary North American brand : Victory.

If there’s a spiritual successor to this Henderson custom, it’s the Victory Vision Tour, a gargantuan cruiser with completely enclosed bodywork and not a leather tassle or saddlebag in sight.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Adam Cramer of Liberty MotorCycles.

Man I have had very similar conversations late at night with any one that would listen! Get out there and make some thing with your hands it may be a dieing art!!!

Handmade Portraits: Liberty Vintage Motorcycles from Etsy on Vimeo.

Monday, March 7, 2011

A Prayer For Cool

This has been around awhile, but I happened to think of it today and immediately had to stop what I was doing to sit down a minute and watch it again. You can also see Marc's righteous purple Slab Side Shove in issue 31 of Dice Magazine. Really you need to see this bike!

Keep an eye out on their site (in the works)for future radness! http://www.clutchmonkey.com/

Friday, March 4, 2011

Beston Gran Tourismo grips! (AKA Clasic coolness)

Hell yeah! We have found a new source for 7/8 Beston Gran Tourismo grips! I had a bit of trouble coming up with these... I assume they are N.O.S. since most of the suppliers that used to carry them have just dried up. That being said I am unsure of how long the supply will last. Maybe endless maybe not! If you want em I got em for $13.50 plus shipping!Pictures to follow!