2011-03-25

Strange times...



Very very strange and scary times right now, after the quake 2 weeks ago (which scared the living shit out of me) I went back home to Sweden to take a bit of 'holiday', feels wrong to be here but equally wrong to stay in Japan. Been trying to keep my mind busy by spending some time in the basement at Olas place, working on our bikes. The CB has taken a rather different turn after we tried to put a Triumph Thruxton tank on it, just to have a laugh actually, which we then really liked the look of. But only after I spent a few days sanding down and painting the Dunstall tank we had from the beginning... to then put it on the shelf... together with the rubbish seat we had made by a guy that completely ignored my foam-mockup seat...




This is how it looked before, kind of a 'broken' feeling where the tank meets the seat. That's the rubbish seat that cost us 350 euro to have made...



The Beemer is coming along nicely aswell, we've shortened the seat and mounted the rear light and stuff and also cut and mounted the carburetor funnels. Tires are ordered and we've decided to go for a dirtbike-scrambler look. Took it for a testride last week, bloody cold but great fun!



It's so weird being here and follow the news about the Fukushima plant and hearing about the devastation along the north-east cost of Japan, I wonder how it will feel to go back to Tokyo. I wonder if I still have a job after being away so long...

2011-03-05

Arthur Fulmer AF50






Went for the this years first little ride today and picked up my new helmet from Hellmart. Masaki-san made a great job padding up the inside for a slightly tighter fit, thanks Masaki-san! My Ducati was acting up a little bit due to just riding in the city with lots of stop and go's, but all in all a nice ride. Tomorrow is supposed to be around 18ยบ celsius and sunny, but I'm sure it's nice with the snow back in Sweden as well...

2011-03-03

Olas Thruxton...

I spent all day with Photoshop at work today, but nope, that was not enough according to Ola, so I was ordered to make a pic showing how his bike could look with his new Kellerman blinkers mounted. And it had to be done tonight. He's a hard boss. And not very fair. 




So I did a little bit more than he asked for (japanese style you know...), and now he has to get new mufflers and paint his rims and move to Brooklyn. Ha!