Grim Cycle Salvage... chops and parts, hombre.

Good day turned bad

2012-01-30T21:36:00.001-07:00

Great weekend snowboarding with the family. Then I hit a tree with my bad elbow. The tree won.
We will be closed thru the week and back to normal on Monday.

Camp Insensitive

2012-01-24T18:33:00.000-07:00

Rouser sets up cam for a few months in Vail, CO to ride some single tracks. Being a big fan of single tracks I loaded up my dirt bike and left after work on a Friday to go check it out. Arriving late Friday night and driving for like 15 miles up the side of a mountain in the pitch black I found camp Rouser. Next morning we had a killer ride, little bushwackin and some good eats. Packed up and blasted home Sunday. Looking forward to this year.

Yellowstone

2012-01-17T09:18:00.001-07:00

One of my favorite trips last year.

Old news

2012-01-10T18:46:00.001-07:00

BF3 was a crazy 4 day blitz. Hooked with Bolts and co. On the first day, lots o break downs, late night river dump at camp1, hotter than hell ride thru Barstow, camp at the truck stop, and the much needed jump in the lake before the last 300 mile push. Good times.

Charlie Horse II - Featuring our Super 7's Handlebar

2012-01-05T11:58:00.000-07:00

Charlie Horse II featuring our American made Super 7's handlebar. These bars are tig welded in fixtures using .095 DOM mild steel tubing. You can get an optional BMX bar, dimples or drilled for wiring. Get them HERE.
We also trimmed the cam cover down, put in an NRHS 1250cc kit, adjustable push rods, ported and polished heads, Andrews N4 cams and a single fire ignition.

Blog Refire

2012-01-04T10:24:00.001-07:00

Last year kicked ass. Ton of trips, ton of miles, and new friends. I stopped posting right when it started. I decided to crack this blog back open and start anew. I don't do new years resolutions but I am going to try to be on the blog post. I figured it fitting to start where the last post ended.

MEXICO.

SALE AND SHIT

2011-11-28T09:54:00.002-07:00

DICE PARTY SLC

2011-11-15T09:32:00.002-07:00

Finally Mexico

2011-05-03T11:16:00.000-06:00

se ya in MEXICO!!!

Box O' Pipes

2011-04-08T18:04:00.000-06:00

Few set of exhaust before they are exhausts.

Kill the Eyebrow

2011-04-05T11:52:00.000-06:00

I hate the eyebrow. I always have. I have fixed this for a ton of guys. Never taken photos of the process. Mostly cause it's just something you do in the shop and it' really no big deal. Just my time and your money. Big difference.

Tiny

2011-03-23T22:26:00.000-06:00

Rebuilding a xr50 for my youngest boy. Total trip how tiny it all is. Little comparison to some XS650 jugs and a GS750 crank. New crank and main bearings, fresh piston and bore job. He is super stoked.

Webtastrify

2011-02-22T09:52:00.002-07:00

We crashed our server. Switched to our own. The site was down. Now it's back and it's faster.

Another 300+ items added.

Back on track. Thanks too all for checkin it out.

Change Of Blog

2011-01-17T22:44:00.002-07:00

It is here. Site is up and runnin. This blog is now on the site from now on. Click this and it will take you there.

T minus 24 hours and counting till Web Launch 2011

2011-01-16T14:14:00.004-07:00

So it's been a long time comin. Our new web site is launchin' and it's killer. Finally a place where you can get our custom parts and all our new/used stuff. We will only have 2,000 items on for the launch but we are adding new stuff almost daily.

This blog will be intergrated into the web site. We will leave this up for a few weeks while we transition into the new format. So keep checkin back for new shit.

Another Art Project

2011-01-14T18:12:00.002-07:00

Sorry about the slackin on the postin. We have been hot and heavy on the web site and inventory. As a side project I made these steel panels and hung them on the wall of my friend Tyler's house. I get these random art projects and I really like doin them.....breaks up the monotony.

Things that make me happy

2011-01-03T17:16:00.003-07:00

First 883 conversion of the year. Check out the beauty Wiseco's. Teflon skirts, forged and machined to perfection. Gotta love them.

XS650 forward controls

2010-12-28T12:55:00.003-07:00

Roy's forward controls are comin together. Nice, clean, simple, bulletproof.

FXR Nazi

2010-12-20T19:32:00.002-07:00

The Dyna

The FXR

Let me clear things up. FXR's are not Dyna's. The frames are different. The rubber mount system is different, the tranny case is different, the swingarm is different, the primary's are different, they ride different, handle different, look and feel different. FXR and FXD that's different.

Eric Buell helped refine the design of the FXR. If you notice he used the same rubber mount system on all Buells up thru the late 00's. The frame is torsionally stronger than Dynas, it has a shorter primary, and takes horsepower well. I could go on and on about the differences but it'd bore you.

I am biased I admit. However. I don't call your Dog a Cat.....they are different.

Rounkle's Report

2010-12-09T12:12:00.004-07:00

For all you Sporty guys out there on 883. First can I ask why? Second check out the difference in heads and barrels. Anyone doubting if this upgrade is worth it, or will i notice, or any other question pertaining to the worthyness of this upgrade. These pics speak for themselves. Don't wait do it. And while your at it get cams, single fire ign, and a S&S too.

One on the left is the 883. To be fair the right one is a Buell head. Notice larger combustion chamber. Valves are a lot bigger.
well this one is obvious.

Purgatory

2010-11-18T09:46:00.003-07:00

For the last 3 days I have been here. The farthest reaches of my shop counting, stacking, cleaning stators and rotors. There are over 1,000. Vintage MX, Japanese, Street, and a few odd ball Husky and the like. If you need discount electrical parts we gott'em by the shelf full.

Unofficial FXR Day

2010-11-15T10:02:00.004-07:00

Had to snap some shots of 3 FXR's together. Duke and Matt stopped by for a beer. 3 FXR's, 3 Sets o'Grim Bars.

Party of 2

2010-11-07T12:25:00.006-07:00

Last real solid day of the year. Kevin came over and we decided to pick up another motorcycle dude,

We were met with hostile resistance and some jibberish about being broke, registration,BLAH, BLAH, BLAH real fuckin buzz kill. We left. Still party of 2.

we rode. Finally spun out some caps for my bars. You saw it here first. We went over the traverse mountain road. Pretty good shit. NO pics too fast for picture takin, and I don't care. We were there we did it.Somehow found this Wing nuts place. Ate good wings and drank beer. Horrible service.

We got gas. Another day in my life.

MOTO MONDAY

2010-11-04T17:20:00.004-06:00

Here's some lazy snaps from Monday night.

In a nutshell; Sean got a nail. Sean got a beer. Sean got a pizza. Sean got a ride. Everyone else got the same, minus the nail. Thanks for takin' that bullet, Sean.

One Way to FIX your Twin Cam Cam Chain

2010-11-03T09:45:00.006-06:00

So If you have a Twin Cam 1998-2006 they have hairpin style cam chain tensioners. These tensioners have issues. I know a few guys who have a tone of miles with no issues. I know way more guys with 30k or less and have had major issues. There is about 3 ways to get rid of this problem. Andrews makes a hydraulic tensioner conversion kit, S&S makes a gear drive kit, and H-D has a new Screamin' beagle kit. My kit of choice is the S&S gear drive set up. It is the strongest option. I'm not going to go into the reasons but this may not be a option if your pinion shaft runout is too much. It is also the most expensive, as they say you get what you pay for. Normally I never endorse Screamin Eagle products they only make a few things that are worth owning and there is almost always a better aftermarket option. However, there hydraulic upgrade kit is the cheapest and most cost effective way to go. If your budget is tight this kit is it. It comes with a new billet plate, the upgraded hydraulic tensioners and new high flow oil pump. You'll need extra bearing and gasket kit too. And about 600 bucks in special tools. Take it to a shop to get it done but get it done. Not really the garage style fix.

Here is the stock set up notice the spring style tensioner.

Old plate, old tensioners, this one only had 11,400 miles. you can see the wear and pitting on the shoe.

New Screamin' Beagle plate, new bearings, nice looking but you'll never see it.

Here it is installed. The new tensioners are hydraulic and the tensioner material is improved. This will make it run a little quieter and smoother. A must do deal if you must have a1998-2006 twin cam. Oh yeh and if you have a 2007 or newer it has this upgrade even though our good friends at Harley swear this was never a problem.

Road Toad Revisited

2010-11-01T13:12:00.003-06:00

Here is Ty's Road Toad finished up. I have been meanin' to post them.

Tyler's Roadking...

2010-10-27T10:52:00.003-06:00

... is looking pretty respectable now.

The Wall Bike IS on the Wall !!!!

2010-10-22T15:01:00.005-06:00

As a reminder this hunk of shit turned into .....

Marley's is havin their grand opening today and tomorrow. So I had to roll down and check out the wall bike hangin up in all it's glory. Turned out pretty bitchin' I think.

Go check it out and get a burger.

Always check your apples before you take a bite....

2010-10-21T19:29:00.002-06:00

I grew up on this shit and still I never get tired of the Misfits

Happy Halloween

Bikes, guns, skate watching

2010-10-21T10:31:00.000-06:00

Well I had a killer time last Saturday on bikes guns. All I got to show for it is a pic of Jermeys ass sliding down this rail.

Lot's O Flat Black Powder Coat

2010-10-13T10:20:00.001-06:00

Wagon Wheels

2010-10-06T17:45:00.001-06:00

Cat hate's her picture taken...:)

Half a bike is better than no bike :)

2010-10-04T10:14:00.002-06:00

So I got this done Friday before last. It's goin on the wall at the new Marley's restaurant in Orem. Check it out.

Polish, Paint, and no time

2010-09-23T20:57:00.003-06:00

Been workin on this and a handful of other projects. It's almost done. It would have been 100% done tonight but TRJJ needed some Speedmasters on the Sporty so he came down tonight so we could stretch them over his rims. I think I'll stay and get it the rest of the way done. Pretty sweet for a wall ornament.

Bustin outta the wall bike...home stretch...

2010-09-20T18:49:00.003-06:00

So this half a bike is comin together killer. I get the tank tomorrow and it's lookin fine. This will be the most bitchin' half chopper around. I think I might have to make one for myself. Finished pics in a day or 2.

Stripped Toad

2010-09-19T10:15:00.003-06:00

So it's stripped. It's all of to powdercoat and paint. I'll put bars on it tonight. With any luck I'll get it all back from the finishers with enough time to get it done for Friday.

Purple Road Toad

2010-09-14T17:24:00.002-06:00

This was just shipped in from Florida. We are doin a quick little make over. Keep posted. 2002 FLHRI

Now Takin Orders

2010-09-06T14:15:00.001-06:00

So a local restaurant is expanding and opening a new burger joint in the river bottoms. It's kinda car and motorcycle themed deal. They wanted to have half a motorcycle look like it's comin outta the wall. So I plucked a CB350 outta the yard and whipped up a frame. Doin some polishy powdercoaty shit to it to make it look shiny and soon we will have 1/2 a chopper shootin outta a burger joint wall. Keep checkin it'll be done soon. Also I'm takin orders if any of you want a bike shooting outta your wall. We now have the technology.

Single Trackin in the Dark

2010-09-01T09:15:00.003-06:00

Decided to go burn a few miles up in AF Canyon's killer single tracks last night. Gotta a little too dark to tell where we were. Nice and cool up there. Feels a little too much like fall a little too soon.

Coming Soon to a Restaurant Near You

2010-08-30T11:00:00.004-06:00

Dug this classic outta the yard on sunday. Custom doesn't even describe what we got goin on here.

When you hear a noise....stop riding

2010-08-27T18:39:00.004-06:00

Man another blast from the past. Wild West Motor Company. I did a ton o prototyping for this company back in the 90's. Few days ago a guy rolled up on one and it had a nasty top end noise. I talked him outta riding it home. Glad he listened. Tappet is toast, took out the cam and the pushrod.

THE BROWN BAT

2010-08-19T18:34:00.003-06:00

The Brown Bat has been sittin in my shop and Brian's shop for about 3 years. I have heard that the perception is that it has something to do with me. Let me make a correction to that method of thinking. It had nothing to do with me. Jobs that pay take priority. Steveo pumped money and time into other bikes and so the Bat Sat. Untill of course all other bikes were destroyed and now the BAT was the easiest to get up and running. SO here are a few pics. New oil Cap new Sissy bar and some wiring front end shit, Top end shit and now it is back. It will get the full make over this winter. New Pipes, Hard Oil lines and a few other goodies.......

We got some new bars rollin out

2010-08-18T18:14:00.004-06:00

So we have been makin' the same basic bars for many a year now. And I don't do trends or keep up with them. We have been getting a lot of requests for shorter bars. I have made a few one offs and finally decided to jig up for them. SO now we have 4 new short configurations. I'll have them all on the new web site which is actually comin soon. These will kick ass on your new chopper or bobber project. If you can't wait and want to see some Rick just snapped up 10 or so sets and they are ready for sale at Dirty Rat. Or you can get some from us if your in our neck of the woods. Of course we ship too.

.....Forgot to mention we dropped the price on all our bars. I'm sick to shit of the chinese sell outs but everyone seems to only care about price. SO these are as cheap as an AMERICAN can make them and make enough cash to keep the lights on.

The price of fast just got cheaper!!!

2010-08-17T09:33:00.002-06:00

Check it out. Read the fine print. Then call and get your bike in. Now there is no excuse for keepin' that 883 a 883.

Internal Combustion Heaven

2010-08-15T17:12:00.008-06:00

Steven and I ran out for the day to get some Salt in our teeth. Hooked up with Brandon, Jason and Rick. Kickass good time. We will be back out for the weekend of the 28th for the Bub racing events. Killer stuff goin on all month so get out there and check it.

Eat your Heart out Eddie Trotta

2010-08-10T19:43:00.008-06:00

2003 super fat tires were comin out faster than you could build a bike. First it was 230 in the late 90's, then 240, then 250, 280, 300, 330.....and now well some of knew it was a bad idea. This one had tons o metal work. No realy my style but I must say very fun to build and it pays the bills. Never got any finished pics but i think you get the Idea.

On any Sunday

2010-08-09T11:33:00.008-06:00

Back in the 70's there was a great movie that would come on every so often. It was called On any Sunday. Killer classic that any enthusiast should see. So almost every sunday this is what I do. This time is was with my good friend Darrin from Valley Motor Salvage. He has been in the biz for 35 + years. Rolls a 86' XT 350 and if you aren't paying attention you'll be playin catch up to this guy. Utah has some of the best single tracks on the planet and it's my goal to ride everyone of them. IF you're up to a full day of technical single track ridin with the occasional driftin around gravel corners a 50 + call me on any Sunday.

Pic #1

2010-08-06T18:55:00.003-06:00

This is just a little chop. Stone Pic. More later.

Once upon a time...

2010-08-05T23:34:00.012-06:00

So Mr. Jones got me thinkin about Mr. Stone and some old pics. Many moons ago I had started a little bobber project. I had this frame that I hated and I decide to go after it one day. Few little 'idea pics' and a sawsall and grinder later I had the lower carriage on the table and a quick little jig done. Cut out the high ass seat area dropped it a few inches. Goosenecked the front end. And decided to make the ass end outta one piece of tubing. After fucking up about 10 feet of tube I finally got 6 bends to come together without a cut and without a kink....bitchin. Then I put it on the shelf.

Enter my new winter project. I will be keepin you posted one this one. I got some good ideas...not new one's just good ones. As usual it will be seamless, smooth, fast, and clean.

T- Bucket

2010-08-03T11:38:00.001-06:00

Customer showed up in this the other day. My youngest had to get in for a photo op.

Satan is in the details...or something like that

2010-07-30T17:17:00.008-06:00

Fresh set of valve guide seals, little valve clean up, and it has a top end. I might put a few more things on tonight but my FXR needs some love so....

Just the new beginning for a old little scooter....

2010-07-29T19:02:00.004-06:00

Top End will Be locked down tonight. I got caught up on payin' jobs.

If your curious about the difference between 883 to 1200 ask Steven or Jeremy or anyone else who's done it.....there is no comparison.

Impaler

2010-07-28T18:04:00.002-06:00

So I haven't made a set of these in 7-8 years.....the bars that is. A customer in Austraila came across this pic of a Classic Sporty with our Impaler bars on it. He had to have a set....so I dusted off the jig and whipped up a set for him. Limited edition of 1....well plus the other 100's we made. Google Grim Metal Worx and you'll find some classics out there.....or don't. Proper

Come Sweat Your ASS off

2010-07-27T10:00:00.002-06:00

Were givin away a set of Bars cause it's all I got to give. Well, that and a few smart ass comments. Should be a good time.

For Safety and Performance

2010-07-22T08:16:00.001-06:00

The Archives

2010-07-19T20:19:00.003-06:00

So I went thru and called a handfull of old customers whom I built some choppers, bobbers, customs, whatever the hell you want to call'em. Furthest back I could locate was 1998. Funny how shit's changed in the last 10-15 years, much less the last 40/50.

Anyway, Stevo came over to get some Pro shots of things gone by for the new website. My old friend Brian showed up with his bike and gave a much needed hand. My pics blow. Thanks for lookin.

Wings and Beer in Utah County!?!?!

2010-07-16T22:14:00.005-06:00

For those of you who don't live in Utah this seems normal. Nothing exciting here. Well if you live here you'll see that this is off. Finally a place that can cook wings and has Murphy's on tap.

Steven was feelin blue. So we went for a ride, ate wings and drank wonderful beer.

His mood is better. Choppers and beer.......the only thing that could have made it any better would have been boobies....

End Play

2010-07-16T19:09:00.003-06:00

Clean little 80" I'm building. Static balanced fly wheels, Good cam, oil pump, reed breather, 10:1 Weisco's, couple other goodies.....

Oh yeh and wait till you see our new bitchin' interweb store....can't wait, it actually is comin' soon.

If you need anything in your bottom end reamed come see me.

2010-07-14T14:35:00.005-06:00

The slowly becoming lost art of complete rebuilding Evo and earlier engines is still not lost. If you need flywheels balanced, rebuilt and trued. Bushings reamed, cylinders bored. We got you covered. Knuckle to Evolution and Twin cams.....yeh Sporty's too. OR you could buy 5 grand in tooling and watch a you tube video.

Another late night bar session

2010-07-07T18:45:00.004-06:00

7:00 got customers out the door 2nd shift begins. Got a lot o' bars to make tonight. Thanks for the orders. We will be makin' 6" and 4" tall too ( half done on the table).

We'll have a few new designs comin out over the next 30-45 days too so keep posted.

Oh and if anyone needs pro shots like these you see here, get in line. My photo shoot schedule is booked thru the summer. Sorry about your bad luck.

YOU NEED NEW RUBBER!!!

2010-07-03T16:59:00.006-06:00

Well I wasn't going to do it. I got tired of 'borrowing' a friends tire machine and balancer. So to better serve our loyal customers and expedite our tire service we got a Bitchin, Blue, State O' the Art pneumatic tire machine and spin balancer. Big enough to do the giant 330 tires too.

So with that said. 20 % off all tires thru the month of JULY!!!!!

If the deal seems too good to be true...It just might be

2010-06-25T19:08:00.009-06:00

Customer just got this Heritage. Great deal but smokin a little out the rear jug.......

Dirty Rat Party - not for the feint of heart

2010-06-23T11:28:00.004-06:00

So my long time friend Rick is havin his 3rd annual Dirty RAT parking lot party. Always a good time, guaranteed hangover and maybe a little vomit. If you think you might have a chance come try and keep up with the big boys......

the brown bat

2010-06-23T09:56:00.004-06:00

For those of you who know Steven's cute little sporty has been dead for some time now. Due to more reasons than I have time for explaining it has been on the back burner. Now it's on the lift and the progress will be directly proportionate to the activity and development of our new ultra badass web site......stay loosely tuned......

If you got money this is what you should buy

2010-06-03T19:58:00.003-06:00

8:00 pm, Clean case, new DD6 will hold up nice behind the 110 + H.P. from the S&S 111

NO replacement for Displacement

2010-06-02T18:21:00.003-06:00

Well I'm not a giant Twin Cam fan. Any Harley mechanic I know who has any experience from 2000 back isn't either. I also don't like fuel injection very much either. Not cause it doesn't work. But because I can't tune your bike without a Dyno. I can tune the shit outta your bike with a Dyno but I'm self funded and 40K for the dyno isn't happing right now.....In the future but not now. So a customer of mine comes to me with a 103", HD built, blown up TC.

Enter S&S 111 TC fuel injection. S&S Has fixed all the issues with the Twin cam i.e. gear drive cams, timken bearings, better oil pump, stronger support plate, Hi-Flow heads and it's a beauty of a motor. If you got a Twin cam and it's blown up this is the fix.

So this is the begining of this project. It's also getting a Direct drive Baker 6 speed. Another bomb proof upgrade. I'll do my best to post so you can check out the progress.

No time for blaggin'

2010-05-31T09:47:00.003-06:00

So got my bike back on the road a month or so ago. I was going to post pics then but I was ridin, or wrenchin'. As you can tell from the stellar pics here, my second job is photography.

I'll post some pics of the new S&S 111 TC I just got in. It's bitchin.

Sean's FXR.

2010-04-13T00:52:00.001-06:00

Closer.

GET SOME RUBBERS

2010-03-31T11:49:00.002-06:00

Get your bike ready for the spring weather to come. We are running a special on Avon tires this month. We are one of the best priced dealers in town. Come to us and see all the money you can save.

For every Avon tire you buy you get a $25 rebate for up to two tires!!! The rebate is in a prepaid mastercard gift card. That can be used everywhere mastercard is excepted.

Forwards.

2010-03-27T20:57:00.002-06:00

Sean's mega-clean forwards.

IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR BIKE ON THE ROAD AND READY TO RIDE!!

2010-03-22T12:41:00.012-06:00

We specialize in American V-Twins. We are certified with 15 years of experience. We can handle all of your American V-Twin needs. From just a basic service to preformance work. We also will do custom work. We have a full fabrication shop. With lots of custom bike experience. Do you need a knowledgable mechanic for your Evo or Shovel?? Call us that is our specialty! We also are a dealer for all the biggest names in the industry. So get your tires, oil, batteries, cams, and chrome here.

Bike Night

2010-03-09T16:56:00.004-07:00

Well for a while bike night was every monday. Drink, build, screw off. Then holidays, divorces, people dying...stuff like that killed it for a bit.

So now building my 80" evo and Roy's back on the XS.

Doesn't really matter till it's done cause the best thing about motorcycles is ridin them.

days gone by

2010-03-09T16:27:00.002-07:00

Built this pan in 97' sent it to Japan

our version of a 2003 sporty

Shipping Motorcycle Parts

2010-02-23T16:37:00.002-07:00

So I spent the whole day shippin motorcycle parts....that's not fun, cool, or glamorous. But that is daily life here at the bike shop.
This is cool however. There is only 1 or 2 real BBQ places here in Utah, maybe. I'm from Georgia where there is a kick ass BBQ joint every 10 feet, kinda like Mormon churches here. Anyway, so I make all my own BBQ and I only use my gigantic bro's BBQ sauce. BIG MOUTH BARBECUE SAUCE made with pure love. It's the best thing to pamper your meat with.
It's 10 bucks a jar. Complain about the price and I'll punch you in the throat. Put this on your shit this summer and people will think you can cook. Get it from us or get it from him.....just get it.

Snowing

2010-02-19T11:01:00.003-07:00

Lately it's rare that it is snowing here in the captiol of the 'greatest snow on earth'.

And today it is coming down ...

So I'm blowing off all motorcycle shop resposibilites and going boardin'.

Sorry valued customers I will ship your bike parts tomorrow.......

XS650 anti hardtail

2010-02-18T10:18:00.003-07:00

SO I guess people check this BLAG out. I will try to keep new shit on here.
This is my tile guy's project. Little xs650 we are keepin the swingarm and using some progressives. Roy's doin most of the work I'm just throwin in my 2 cents when he asks.
It's a slow go project but we should have it up this summer.
I'll keep ya posted........please expect nothin but shitty pictures cause I am no photographer like my pickle chasin friend Stone.

Late nite bars

2010-02-16T19:21:00.008-07:00

So Rick over at Dirty Rat needed a set of shorty's. Not much free time to make new shit but what are friends for. Nothin fancy just bars. Now I can weld my gas cap in my tank.

Choppa

2009-11-04T10:23:00.004-07:00

Alright Pics blow. Steven is going to get some good ones. I hope.

Tyler, the owner, is all shits and grins. I tried to buy it back after my first test ride but he was havin none of that. But, I really wanted to keep it, I would have put a kicker on it if it was mine. I think I'm going to build one for myself this winter.
It's here for it's first service and shake down.

Runs strong and it is light and nibble for what it is.

So now it's done and I can get back to building my 88" for my FXR. I decide to do a hot rod 88". So i'm going to start tweekin on some new S&S heads I got and I gotta get the bottom end done. Probably gotta take a trip up to see Rick at Dirtyrat (dirtyratmotocyco.com) he's got the bottom end tools so I can put together a bulletproof set of wheels. More on that later gotta lot of machine work in my future and I'll end up with a stump pullin 88".

Pullin Wire

2009-10-05T08:14:00.005-06:00

So almost all is back from paint & powder coat. The boys at Specialty Finishes http://specialtyfinishes.net/ did another kick ass job. The frame is Anodized aluminum, there is a ton of gloss & flat black to mix it up. Dan Worth's http://www.worthcustoms.com/ liquid red kicks ass up agains the silver. Few little parts are hosing me so I'm pulling wire, getting the single fire igition wired and all the switches in place. Seat will be here today. Can't wait to be done with this damn thing so I can get back on my FXR the best bike Harley EVER MADE and the only one to have if you can only have one.

Well I'm sure no one is watching, that's my MO another rock solid stump jumper that no one will ever see. Just like I like it.

Well He's no Pastel but.........

2009-09-30T07:47:00.008-06:00

Alright so I'm all about local support. So you can get it cheaper online, or there is some 'Master Builder' of whatever in sum ultra hip area that does the best work for 200 times the cost of reality. Well if your into name brand for the sake of name brands go for it, some people like getting it snapped off in there ass by some overrated LA TV star.

Enter Scott Willis. Good friend for 15 years, lead singer of The Utah County Swillers, and leather man extraordinaire. He makes bitchin wallets, belts, and now scooter saddles. This one is mine I made the pan and handed off to him. Could I have covered it? Yeh, Do I have time, tools, care...no. I fix, build and sell bike parts. NO leather in my blood but it's in Scotts. 4 day turn and I got a bitch handtooled saddle by a great American man with a American name living in America doing American things.

He's doin the one for the little chop below and he was going to do Steveo's but Steveie has way too much time on his hands and did it himself rather than trying to make money takin pictures he sat on his porch with a smoke and did it himself.

Sure there is a cheaper boy in china, some guy outta state with a French name or you can support a local guy with talent who will turn around and spend his dollars you give him here in Utah, USA.

So if you want a bitchin wallet, belt or seat give Scott a buzz. I promise you won't be disappointed.

Paint

2009-09-25T00:40:00.004-06:00

Well it showed today. Mr. Dan Worth of Worth Customs hand delivered it. Which was very cool. I have built a ton of bikes and the one thing that is always a hassle is paint. It always takes way longer than it should and there is usually issues, swirls, fisheyes, orange peal...some bullshit somewhere to make it take even longer to get perfect.

Not this time. Like a 8 day turn around. Smooth, super polished you could swim in it. Very happy with Dan.

My pics blow and don;t do it justice. the racing strip disappears in the right light it's very subtle. I'm sure when Stevo snaps a shot or 2 you will get a better idea.

Blag wagon

2009-09-23T22:24:00.005-06:00

So I'm not into this blag thing. I work a lot and this is not the way i like to spend my micro seconds of freetime. I will try to post regularly. Steven , if you guys know him, started this thing and as usual got it goin and then..well as you can see the last post was like june.

So here we go.

I started this build about 6 weeks ago. Too busy in the shop movin parts and finally had to get to this thing. Made a bunch of shit oil bag/lines, exhaust, seat and shaved a bunch of shit, narrowed and flatbottmed the tank and it's all off to paint. Here are a few picks. I am no photographer but here are a few mock ups.

I'll post painted pics soon I'll get paint back tues. and it'll be on the road friday.

Also my non LA based leather man Scott Willis of the Utah County Swillers covered my seat pan for my FXR and it's bitchin. I'll get pics of it on soon. He's also doin the one for this scoot too. Killer local work.

HUGE FORKING SALE!!!

2009-06-26T13:33:00.004-06:00

We're here for your old scoots salvation!

Hot on the heels of last week's semi-successful-despite-being-totally-rained-out liquidation sale, we're doin' it again! Parking lot sale, tomorrow, Saturday the 27th!

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THIS WEEKEND - WE'LL HAVE OVER 300 FRONT ENDS LINED UP IN OUR PARKING LOT, AND STARTING AT $50 A SET, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY FIT!

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No more excuses on that cafe racer you've been putting off forever... get down here and get what you need --- 554 SOUTH COMMERCE ROAD in OREM. Snag the map on the next post down!

Mega Sale... Saturday.

2009-06-20T01:25:00.002-06:00

Tomorrow, Saturday the 20th. Late notice for the blog, but Sean never emailed me a flier, so fuck him.

Get down here anyway... buy some shit. We need more space, so we're blowin' shit out. It's a goddamn liquidation, son!

We got shit, we got shit, we got shit. You need shit, so buy our shit.

We're at 554 S. Commerce Rd in Orem, halfway between I-15 and Geneva Road... it's really not that hard to find.

R.A.P.O.T.W.

2009-06-11T19:00:00.003-06:00

Random Ass Part Of The Week:

Yesterday, Sean and I headed over to the second warehouse for a minute, where Sean showed me this beauty that he'd stumbled across.

Will wonders never cease?

If you're runnin' a late 70's XS650, now's your chance to snap up that last piece that lets the world know just how much you love being an adult who wastes their time reading "literature" and watching movies developed to entertain 6 year olds... snap it up.

New Shop Race Team?

2009-05-31T23:22:00.005-06:00

A week or so back, I bought my girl a new (used) scoot. She always bugged me for a vintage cafe, but I own Harley's. Which means, all my free time gets used up keepin' those shitty bastards on the road. Which equals absolutely zero time to build her a vintage cafe...

Enter the new (used) Ninja 250. Picked it up for uber-cheap, it stops on a dime, and I have zero fear of her loopin' it over on herself, since it has about as much torque as your grandpa's golf cart. But somehow Sean can still stand it up... my wheelie technique really sucks, cause I can only get the front wheel to lift and skim... none of Sean's up-and-ride-it style. Whatever... I'll keep practicing.

I think we've decided that we both need to own one of these for ourselves. They're actually pretty fun, since they don't weigh shit, they handle pretty decent, and it'll actually do 95mph on the freeway. I may be too old to race for real, but I'd love to get this thing out and see what it'd do on the track... not quite as scary as runnin' superbike.

Out The Door.

2009-05-25T02:35:00.006-06:00

Another late Friday night with another case of Modello Especial, and Jac is out the door with his 02 Sporty.

New S&S Super E, new Thunderheader, new seat, new bars, new Pirelli's, and a little de-clusterfucking of the previous owner's "modifications". More to come on this one, but it already feels exactly 137.5% better than when he brought it in.

Old school?

2009-05-25T02:10:00.004-06:00

How's finding your parts and manuals on microfiche... authentic enough for you? Cuff those jeans a little crisper, son.

Takin' it outside.

2009-04-29T11:01:00.005-06:00

Our buddy Wes rolled by with a twelver, needed to make a few tweaks on his softtail. Unfortunately, there's too many damn projects inside this week and we're out of lift space for the moment. So we improvised.

Shaving Sean's legs.

2009-04-29T10:55:00.003-06:00

Shaving Sean's legs is not quite as dirty-sexy as it sounds. We're shaving his trees, too... try and make that one sound dirty. The FXR is gettin' some love.

Research and Development.

2009-03-30T16:24:00.003-06:00

For some time now we've tossed around the idea of building some low-dollar chops out of the XS650's we've got kickin' around the yard. But, being Harley snobs for the most part, Sean and I didn't know if they were capable of producing enough of the "fun" factor to be worth the effort.

So we researched the issue.

1/2 a beer and the better part of a tire later, we've decided they might actually be worth it.

We do it all for science.

Keep your eyeballs peeled for more.

PROJECTS.

2009-03-30T16:11:00.005-06:00

Made some good progress on the projects this weekend...

My Sporty's gettin' so close I can taste it, and Sean's FXR finally has some direction --- should be terrorizing again soon, after an almost 8 year hiatus.

Goons of Doom will be rollin' again soon...

What we got.

2009-03-18T18:52:00.006-06:00

The yard... hundreds of scoots to pull from.

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Salvage parts. Two warehouses full of this stuff. Tanks, seats, shocks, electrical, wheels, front ends, frames, complete motors... whatever you need, we probably have it.

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New and NOS parts. We have tons of NOS parts/accessories in stock. We keep some new product around, but if we don't have it in, we can most likely get it for you

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The Shop. This is Grim Metal Worx. This is the shop side of the warehouse, and this is where we build and wrench on the shit that we ride. If you talk us into building something for you (i.e., if you pay us), this is where it'll happen. This is also a great place to drink beer, if you're invited.

Inline 4's are heavy.

2009-03-11T21:44:00.001-06:00

So Sean cheats when he's pulling 'em... work smarter, not harder. Or something like that.

Baby steps.

2009-03-11T20:44:00.002-06:00

Busy week, but not on the exciting projects...

Sean and I made a little progress on my narrowed tank, though. We got the petcock dumped out and tacked up, and I'm makin' a little headway on salvaging my trashed PM hand controls, so...

Someday.

Soon.

Bike night, week 3, version 2.1 vol. 2.

2009-03-04T20:01:00.003-07:00

Bike night went down twice this week... craziness.

Monday was mostly bitching about bailouts, but on Tuesday we actually got some shit done. Although I didn't photograph any progress. Luckily Jac rolled by and popped a few with my new 5D MKII. And he brought hamburgers. Thanks, Jac.

Sean and I had to debate wether my original tank would look better as a narrowed 1 piece tank or a 2 piece, flatside number. The latter wins... more on that soon.

Checking flat-inity (technical term) so we can get the flat-sides cut...

Russian Nesting Tanks. Very rare.

And, even more rare, the Narrowed Sportster Dung Beetle. Watch out for these bastards.

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And, as for things that actually got done and not photographed? Fuck it... nobody reads anyway. We'll just have to get some photos up at some point, right?

State of the Onion.

2009-02-26T22:42:00.007-07:00

There's exciting shit goin' down, but I haven't slept much, and my enthusiasm is severely lacking at the moment.

So here's the haps, delivered as dry and free-of-flair as I can muster;

- Sean's got the new inventory software, and he's keepin' steady pace at gettin' the salvage inventory up... if you need parts right now, your best bet is to contact him via email for a while... he's been locking the doors to keep the lurkers out --- no time to waste when you're makin' shit happen. Need a CDI box for some obscure mid-80's Japanese pile of shit that you're restoring for your girlfriends brother? We've probably got it.

- Grim Cycle Salvage T's are on the way --- I'll have 'em laid out and to the printer by Monday. You wanna get into these... the new Grim Cycle Salvage logo is fucking sick, brought to you by our favorite designer/genius/user-of-fancy-words, Jory Dayne Hemmelgarn.

- Grim should officially be a dealer for a few new brands within the next week or so... let us know what new shit you need. We'll get it. And then we'll take your money. Remember, we're more than another stinky junkyard - we're also fucking awesome.

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And, with all that said, we've got another Bike Night under the belt... here comes The Boring Report on this one;

I can't show too much from Sean's Super Mega Secret Bobber project... but he did make some headway on splittin' my old 3 gallon Sporty tank. Recycling at it's finest... damn thing's been kickin' around for at least 6 years or so now. I'm amazed it's not dented to shit.

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And on the other side of the shop, I spent my time drinkin' Red Stripe and tap-tap-tappin' out the lumps on my narrowed 2 gallon project. She's gettin' close.

Once I got 'er tapped out, Sean laid down some tacks to hold my shit together...

...and sometime around 2am we got the flat base tacked on, too. I love that totally flat base...

So Sean's goin' AWOL for the weekend. Somethin' about driving to Madagascar to pick up a foot stool. Seems worthless to me, but what do I know. We'll see ya' Monday, fuckers. And buck the fuck up, campers.

The Return of Bike Night.

2009-02-17T17:14:00.006-07:00

So bike night is once again underway.

For a while there it was pretty much dead. Everybody was too busy tryin' to feed their families.

But the families are fed for a minute.

So the bikes that matter are finally back on the lifts.

Last night's episode saw my narrowed Sporty tank project makin' a little headway, and Sean's super top-secret oil bag mounts milked a little attention, too...

More to come.

Bookmark the blog --- this shit's way easier to update than a real site.

Out the fuckin' gates.

2009-02-17T09:38:00.002-07:00

Yeah, another fuckin' blog.

This one will be about Grim Metal Worx/Grim Cycle Salvage.

We're Utah's largest motorcycle salvage yard, we sell used, new, Japanese and American.

And we build the coolest motorcycles you've never heard of. But you'll probably never own one, for two reasons:

A) You probably don't want to pay us.

B) We pretty much only build our own shit, because customers are a pain in the ass.

You won't find us on the Discovery Channel, and we don't have our own pro-model shoes.

Bookmark us.

Check back sometimes... maybe we'll actually update this shit.