sábado, 31 de agosto de 2013

Longboard time!



Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Acabamos de terminar nuestro soporte para longboard y tiene buena pinta, no creéis?

We have recently finished our motorcycle longboard rack and it looks pretty well, don't you think?

Aquí podéis ver algunas fotos del proceso.

Here you can find some photos of the whole process.


Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage

Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Longboard motorcycle rack - Honda CB 250 "Cheap Tracker" - Wheels Garage
Si estas fotos os sirven de "inspiración" para hacer algo parecido, por lo menos avisad! ;-)

If these photos "inspire" you to make something similar, at least give me a shout! ;-)

jueves, 1 de agosto de 2013

El depósito perfecto / The perfect tank


Hace unas semanas tuve la suerte de poder hacerme con este pequeño gran depósito con tapón y grifo por un precio asombrosamente bajo. No se la capacidad que tiene (aunque si llega a los 6 litros será de milagro), no se de qué moto es si es que es de alguna moto, sólo se que estaba en uso en una minimoto.

Some weeks ago I had the lucky chance of being able to purchase this great small tank, including petcock and cap, for a total steal. I have no idea what its capacity is (I wonder if it holds 6 litres), I have no idea from which bike it was taken, if there was a bike whatsoever, the only thing I know is that it was being used in a minibike.


Wheels Garage

Wheels Garage


Con este depósito me gustaría llevar a cabo un proyecto mucho más ambicioso utilizando una moto más vieja y algo más potente de lo que hemos hecho hasta ahora. Me gustaría hacer algo parecido a estas motos ( una de ellas muy famosa, inspiración de la segunda).

With the help of this tank I would like to carry out a much more ambitious project using an older and more powerful motorcycle than the ones we have already used. I would like to build something similar to these bikes ( a very famous one, inspiration for the second).

Deus Ex Machina "Major Bloodnok"


Deus Ex Machina - Kawasaki W 650 "Major Bloodnok"  - Wheels Garage
Deus Ex Machina - Kawasaki W 650 "Major Bloodnok" 

Max Power Kawasaki W 650 "Bloodnok inspired" 


Max Power - Kawasaki W 650 - Wheels Garage
Max Power - Kawasaki W 650

1979 Yamaha XS 650 "Bratstyle"


1979 Yamaha XS 650 "Bratstyle" - Wheels Garage
1979 Yamaha XS 650 "Bratstyle"

La moto en la que pienso para este proyecto es la Kawasaki KZ 400. Es una moto algo más potente pero aún dentro del rango de motos ligeras con las que nos gusta trabajar. Se puede encontrar con relativa facilidad en España (algo poco habitual con las motos viejas), tiene chasis recto sin florituras modernas, arranque a patada, etc. 

En España tenemos dos buenos ejemplos de cosas muy bien hechas con esta moto.

The bike I think of as a proper base for this project is a Kawasaki KZ 400. This is a little bit more powerful bike but within the light bikes range we like to work with. It can be quite easily found in Spain (something not that common when talking about old bikes), it has a straight frame, kick-start, etc.

We can find two good examples of awesome works done on this bike in Spain.

La Corona Motorcycles KZ 400


La Corona Motorcycles - KZ 400 - Wheels Garage
La Corona Motorcycles - KZ 400

Mad Crow Garage KZ 400 + El Diablo Magazine


Mad Crow Garage - KZ 400 - Wheels Garage
Mad Crow Garage - KZ 400

¿Para cuándo estará este proyecto en marcha? De momento, tenemos la pieza más importante: "El depósito perfecto"

When is this project going to get started? For now, we have the most important piece of it: "The perfect tank"