Mr.PINK

CSIK's Mr. Pink

Had an adventure shooting Csik's Mr. Pink bike on Saturday. Felt like the skateboarding days all over again getting chased off by the police...twice. Sheesh. What a rube. Pics turned out great. Look for them on the magazine stand cuz this shhits about to blow up!!

Dekay gave hate_machine and me a ride in the Riv to the shoot. Pretty sweet daily driver.

Show highlights

Here's some highlights from the bike show so far.

First, Cory T's CB750 rebuild. I think Cory has had this bike a while, but completely rebuilt it into this masterpiece over winter. The paint, by Cole, is unbelievable. Great bike.



Next up is Csik's insane in the brain bike. The level of detail on this ride is mind blowing. So so so so sick it's indescribable. My pick for best in show fo sho!










Another favorite is Sluggo's Junk Yard Dog. Although not an official entry this year due to another month of work or so needed for wiring and a few other essentials, but a great budget chop. Sluggo's joining a pack of shovel's and pans for a journey south this summer to Sturgis on this ankle biter. So jealous.

The great exploding clutch caper continues...

Ok. So I was able to scavenge all the clutch parts I needed to rebuild the exploded mess I'd created on Friday from Brian's stash of bits. Thank you. Also got to see Csik's insane CB550 and holy fuck we all might as well just quit now cuz it is off the fucking hook!!! wow.


So with the clutch back together I was feeling pretty good, but when I went to kick the engine over the kicker arm is still not engaging the counter shaft to spin the whole works over. Hmmm. Something in the kicker cover I missed?


So with the cover back open everything looks fine, but with a little logic I started to question why the starter gear was able to be turned by hand. Oh my! that's not good. Turns out there's a little key (seen on the starter clutch at the top of the counter shaft threads in the pic) that is most likely stripped, but to see for sure I'll have to get a gear puller on it and yank it off. So the caper continues another day. Good night and happy Easter.

Rich's Evo

I promised some CycleMania highlights and Bastard's feature's so here's the first installment. Rich's 82cu Blockhead. Can't remember if it had a name, feel free to post it in the comments if you Bastard's read this post.


Tonnes of stuff to love on this bike. First, the paint of course. Good god damn that's some chunky flake. Pretty sure CSIK (Darren "CSIK" Wolfe @Kontrast studios) got the job done.

Second, the pipes. The fishtail overlap, Rich says, was there when we tacked everything in place and he decided it worked. Hell yeah it works.


Last, but not least the skinny fender on this springer reminds me of a Schwinn. Rich told me it was just the stock fender for that springer, but I don't believe that shit. No fender that skinny came outta no catalogue.