Saturday, April 23, 2011
Our work on a customers Scoot.
Here is another Customers Bike with our Brass foot pegs, Toe Shifter peg, Brake Peg and Brass Hand Grips. All with an unpolished brush finish. He was kind enough to send me these shots today. If you have our products on your bike we always love to see pictures! Send em here Deep Six Cycles!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Price jack... (A.K.A. Polishing Busts Balls)
Ok kiddies heres the deal. If you have ever seen any of our polished goods in person you know just how amazing they look! There is a lot more to it than just pulling it off the lathe and hitting it with the buffing wheel. We spend a lot of time and energy to make sure every Peg, Hand Grip, Toe Shifter, what have you, meets our standards. May 1st our prices are going to go up. We have been trying really hard to keep costs down for you. Any order paid for before April first will be at the current prices.
The new prices will be as follow
Pair of Foot Pegs
Raw machine finish & no adapter. For threaded for solid mount. $80
Stainless shrink fit Male Harley Adapter Add $45
Full Show Polishing service. Add $15
Knurling Add $5
Brass Toe Shift/Brake Peg
Raw machine finish $35
Show Polished add $5
Knurling add $5
Brass Hand Grips (for 1" & 7/8" handle bars)
Raw $185
Show Polished add $20
Knurling add $10
The new prices will be as follow
Pair of Foot Pegs
Raw machine finish & no adapter. For threaded for solid mount. $80
Stainless shrink fit Male Harley Adapter Add $45
Full Show Polishing service. Add $15
Knurling Add $5
Brass Toe Shift/Brake Peg
Raw machine finish $35
Show Polished add $5
Knurling add $5
Brass Hand Grips (for 1" & 7/8" handle bars)
Raw $185
Show Polished add $20
Knurling add $10
Friday, April 1, 2011
Aluminum XS650 Foot Pegs!
These new foot pegs are a great way to add that final touch to your project. They attach to the stock mounts after the original peg is removed. All it takes to remove the old peg is a minute or two with a drill or grinder. New hardware is included with every purchase!
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
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!
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.
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.
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