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A lot of motorcycle building for me is learning to lean on other skills. You know, improvisation. I have learned not to get intimidated by challenges that crop up on the road to making things that previously only existed in my head. I gained this knowledge from living and having a career in advertising as well as the other daily […]

  I am pretty sure that working with my hands is a gift I inherited from my dad. All of that time fetching a wrench or a hammer or sitting quietly and trying not to make noise when he was super frustrated with the project at hand clearly rubbed off on me. I still reflect […]

As part of the fun of getting the F-bomb ready for 2017, I decided to pull the engine and paint it. Per my usual planning, I gave myself a little less time than I probably should have. This meant that two weeks out from the first event the F-bomb would be attending, I had some […]

I knew this was going to be a long week. Starting on Thursday, January 12th I would be driving a lot of miles in central and East Texas to see family and say farewell to my mom and uncle at their respective memorial services. Somewhere in there I would be dropping off the F-bomb at […]

My winter projects this year have multiplied. I am trying to finish up the next build primarily. And I’m giving the F-bomb some spa treatments as well. First up, I’m polishing the fork lowers and painting the front brake caliper. I am not a fan of needlessly complicated, tedious, or boring shit. Aluminum polishing could easily fit into […]

A moto friend recently asked me if I could add some turn signals to his 1999 Triumph Thunderbird Sport (pictured here). His request coincided with a shipment of some amber and red LED bolts I had just gotten in and was excited to put to use. When he dropped the bike off, he asked me to […]

I have been pretty active on Instagram since the beginning, and I am a firm believer in the power of social media. Every once in a while I even post a picture of the F-Bomb somewhere in my hometown of Denton. One of my favorite walls in town is literally just a few miles from […]

I am a sucker for three things at a car show: split window Stingray Corvettes, cars so weird they’re cool (like a Chrysler Ute), and just about anything air-cooled (VWs and Corvairs). Recently I spent the day at the Denton Arts and Autos Show in our hometown with the F-bomb on display. I was interested […]

A good friend of mine once said, “The best way to grow is to over-obligate your abilities.” Having talked to some known and unknown people in the moto-world, this is a common thread. Everyone who does this has at least one moment where they say to themselves, “What the hell am I doing this for?” […]

Engine math is easy. There are three variables in the equation needed to getting an engine to run, no more no less. Fuel, compression and spark. I knew the engine had spark, and I knew it had compression albeit uneven and low. And while the carburetors were not in the best of shape, they would probably work. […]