Death Wish

Groovebox Studios & Detroit Love Muscle

2012-02-14T19:20:00.000-05:00

So this is some shameless self promotion, watch the vid, check out our songs here and here. and if you really want you can give us 600 fucking dollars

Rumspringa

2012-02-14T00:01:00.000-05:00

good tune

26" roadglide

2012-02-13T23:57:00.000-05:00

Help a brother out.

2012-02-06T00:55:00.001-05:00

Click here to help save this dudes arm

http://grimmetalworx.blogspot.com/2012/02/broken-bone-update.html

Sean over at grim cycle salvage fucked up and broke his arm off. Even if you send just a buck its one step closer to this dude getting some cash together to save his arm. If you were about to lose your arm wouldn't you be wishing for a bunch of random fuckers to toss a few bucks your way. I know tons of you guys know what its like to live without insurance and scrape by. It sucks, it's scary and you'll get some good karma points if you help out.

~Ethan

Holy shit i posted something

2012-01-28T03:19:00.000-05:00

I have been really lazy with the posting lately if you haven't noticed. But i haven't been lazy at work, 12-16 hour days and nights trying to get a bike ready for the v-twin expo in cincy. It's been insane to say the least. We are putting together a full custom roadglide to promote our rake kit that we put together a little while back. We have put a custom touch on pretty much every part of this thing. We made the gas tank, rear fender, bag fillers, extended the bags and boxed them in really nicely, hidden bag mounts, redesigned fairing mount, custom headlights and filler plate, hell i'm even building the fork sliders for this thing. And the weird thing is even though this bike is more time consuming with all the bodywork and shit, it has been easier than building a full custom chopper. Maybe because it is easier to hide shit, maybe it's less creative, or maybe i just have a good team rolling on this one, i don't know to be honest. I do know that it is gonna be really killer when it's all said and done. We have a booth at the expo for the first time this year and i am really stoked about that. It has been a long time coming for this place. I will let you all know how it goes when i get back.

I haven't forgotten about this place and things should pick up again after we get back from the expo.

On another note our buddy john over at the damn bandits has set up a blog for our friend ryan who is enjoying a stay in prison at the moment. You can check it out and ask him questions at http://www.askajailbird.com/ Reading his stuff is worthwhile.

have a drink, it's friday after all

2012-01-14T06:21:00.002-05:00

work

2012-01-13T23:47:00.003-05:00

mock up stuff

2012-01-13T15:10:00.000-05:00

check that cardboard rim... sexy

96" S&S Shovel

2012-01-13T15:05:00.000-05:00

S & S 96" SH series shovel head motor. Evo valvetrain, dual plugged heads, stator and rotor, Dyna S DC6-4 ignition coil, One year warranty, M.S.O., and New never been started. Does not come with carb intake or nosecone ignition.

up on ebay here or call 734-426-7000

been a while

2012-01-11T14:03:00.000-05:00

Since i posted any chickies, so here ya go.

Raked Bagger Kit

2012-01-10T16:58:00.000-05:00

Welded up the neck

Beauty shot of the whole kit

This is what the shop looks like at 2 in the morning

Last night harlan and i finished up the video for the neck kit install. Right now he is finishing up the editing of the flick and will be up on youtube in a couple days. The movie a few posts down is part one. Watch it, like it, comment on it. I really do want to hear what you all think of the kit. Harlan and i are also planning to start a youtube show that will basically be like a poor mans top gear (the good bbc version) for motorcycles. Unless you want to give us a whole shitload of money then we will do a rich mans version of top gear for bikes. The first episode of that should be out in a couple weeks. I'll be sure to post it up here.

nap time

2011-12-31T01:12:00.000-05:00

so tonight steve-o stopped by the shop to do some work on the shovel chop that has been getting neglected for a while now, awesome new seat and set up the rocker arms and shafts. We need to pic up some longer banjo bolts for the external oil cross overs, but its looking good so far. I tore down the top end on my little brothers chopper. He was complaining about the base gaskets leaking. I found both exhaust valve springs broken, a completely wasted intake seal, barely any carbon on the pistons and still some nice cross hatch in the cylinders even with over 40k on the engine. Time for some beehive springs and new gaskets. Then we got some really good heavy mexican food and beers and i took a food coma. Thanks for dinner buddy.

Hey look we are still doing shit

2011-12-27T19:02:00.000-05:00

Wanna throw a 26 on your bagger? Well buy this kit and make it happen. Gonna debut it at the v-twin expo.

Leatherworkin

2011-12-17T11:33:00.000-05:00

seat i'm workin on.

My Brother

2011-12-15T00:16:00.000-05:00

Got the linework on his sleeve finished up today, next step color.

the other night

2011-12-14T16:14:00.000-05:00

harlan and i split out in his s-10 and drove north to go pick up a chainsaw from my old man. We took off at about ten at night, got back at 8 in the morning and went straight into work. Miserable day at work, awesome night with a buddy. We talked about how most of the people we know would have said no way to driving 450 miles in one night to go get a stupid ass saw. I'm glad we are the kind of people who will do things like this just because... why not lets go. It was a great time, we laughed at shit till the road got blurry with tears, hung out with my crazy pops for a few,and even picked up a bad ass couch. Simply enough, go do something that doesn't make sense, even if your miserable later the good time and the story you get to tell later are worth it.

Raked Bagger Frame

2011-12-11T03:44:00.000-05:00

Yep Doing another one

As much as i love choppers, it's nice to change things up a bit from time to time.

Jesse James Vs. OCC Tonight at 9

2011-12-05T14:27:00.000-05:00

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/27/jesse-james-american-chopper/

i'm gonna watch it. Hopefully jesse gets some decent air time, but i'm suspecting that it will be mostly pissing between the old man and his kids. I can't wait to see what they bring to the table.

welded up

2011-12-04T19:57:00.000-05:00

sleeve details

welded up, motor dropped back in. Right now i'm playing dress up with different tanks, fenders, ect. Loving this so much more than a week ago. The loopy lower rails were kind of an accident that i turned out really cool. We loaned out our tubing bender to a buddy so i had to make due with some pre bent pieces from a previous build that didn't look quite right..

looking better already

2011-12-04T03:43:00.000-05:00

modifying a ironhead hardtail section that has been kicking around the shop for a while to work with the evo frame. I'm goin to add a touch or stretch to the top rails, line it all up and weld it on. I like this way more than where the bike was headed before. I'm still a bit hesitant on the overall style the owner wants. But i think it can be pulled off very respectfully. I'm trying to get back in the swing of updating the site more regularly again. I really just haven't been doing anything that is fab related lately. Just a bunch of motor builds and maintenance stuff over the last few months. But as the snow starts to hit the ground. The grinders come out and the welder warms the hands. Also i'm looking for a stock rubbermount sporty frame, If the back bone and or front down tubes are tweaked that is fine with me. As long as the rear section and lower frame is straight i'm interested.

hardtailed

2011-12-01T23:32:00.001-05:00

look mikey.... no shocks

The Black Keys new album

2011-11-30T23:00:00.000-05:00

http://www.theblackkeys.com/elcamino/ < 5 of the tracks available for listening

Procharger

2011-11-30T21:27:00.000-05:00

prepping the 2010 for a procharger, new pistons, stronger cases, diamond cut heads and cylinders, baker 1.5pan and a shit ton of other stuff.

And on a unrelated note.... boooooobs

Bar Night with friends

2011-11-30T21:22:00.000-05:00

fuckin hipster

bar straw flower

cute couple

Tried to get a shot of alexa smacking this chick on the ass

My brothers ride

2011-11-30T21:16:00.000-05:00

My lilttle brothers chopper, all he does is ride the piss out of this thing, howell to dearborn every damn day, plus all his other fun riding he does.He went through two cop tires this summer, we think he was avg.1k a week. I love this kid.

Wheels for sale 09+ bagger and 84-99 16" set

2011-11-30T21:10:00.000-05:00

The 09+ look gold but its just my camera, they are really shiny chrome. Hit us up 734-426-7000.

Score!

2011-11-30T21:06:00.000-05:00

been chasing one of these for a while, got a hell of a deal on this one. Also picked up the cam w/mag drive i was needing for the 69 xlch for 5 bucks. i love swap meets. Thanks billy!

entertains me everytime i watch this

2011-11-30T20:47:00.000-05:00

It lives... and kills

2011-11-27T16:41:00.000-05:00

Watch and wish you had as much fun as these kids

Rocket 4

2011-11-19T11:57:00.000-05:00

My buddy harlan has been keeping busy with fun projects like this

Toasty

2011-11-18T16:20:00.000-05:00

Picked up a new project on the cheap. Cases and trans look good so far. Fins are a bit droopy but i think they might work

Trogdor The burninator

2011-10-18T18:13:00.000-04:00

New shop tree.

Zeke "goddamn it he ran away again" Lowe

2011-10-16T04:04:00.000-04:00

Tonight we lost a member of the conspiracy family, Zeke the shop dog. Many of you have met zeke and probably wondered how the hell he was still running around like a puppy at a million years old (15 in people years). As much as i cursed that damn dog and all of his aggravating tendencies, he was a great pup. He loved people... and running away. I swear to god every time i turned my back on him he was off to the bar, or the gas station, or wherever the fuck he wanted to go. A true free spirit i guess you could say. One day the L.E.T.S. bus driver stopped by the shop with zeke on the bus. I guess he had picked him up at one of the stops and asked if zeke could ride around the rest of the day with him. No problem, hell we probably could have gotten him a job doing that, just rollin around meeting old folks and staring out the window. Pay him in milk bones and love. He was known all around town and spent many i night in lock-up for his wandering. I remember one winter he split off and we were too broke to bail his ass out of cherry hill. About a week went by and we got a call. You could hear zeke in the background barking his brains out, they told us there would be no charge if we would just come down and get him the hell out of there, they couldn't stand listening to him bark anymore. Now some of you reading this may think we didn't take care of him or whatever, but in reality this dog just loved to wander off, it was in his bones and i'm sure many of you can relate. I'm gonna miss that old fucker and i will never forget him. So everyone out there, remember to take some time and give your pup a little extra time out of your day, they won't be around forever.

If you have a zeke story leave it in the comment box. I know george would appreciate them.

~Ethan

Motor Nook

2011-09-26T23:45:00.000-04:00

filed to fit, lubed, cleaned and ready to rock. The kids 97" evo.

twin cam timkin conversion set up

93 Xl1200 cases all blacked out and ready to go back together for the new sporty project

new custom made twin cam engine stand.

project ironheads. 74, 73, 69.

holy hell

2011-09-26T20:58:00.000-04:00

Bagger Rake Kit

2011-09-23T16:26:00.000-04:00

Lifter Block Service

2011-09-22T18:09:00.000-04:00

Some new ten over lifters for the super iron

Humpday Girls

2011-09-21T23:14:00.000-04:00

2001 Screaming Eagle RoadGlide $12000

2011-09-21T22:33:00.000-04:00

Really Clean 01 SE Roadglide, 15k on the clock, includes matched quick detach tourpack with 12 disc cd changer. One of the best SE paint schemes they ever made pretty much the only downfall of this bike is you don't own it yet. For more info call 734 426 7000. Located in whitmore lake michigan. Stop by and check it out in person at conspiracy cycles 6690 whitmore lake rd, whitmore lake mi tues-fri 10-6 sat 10-3

Classy

2011-09-19T22:33:00.000-04:00

Hey tim the taillamps made it safe and sound, thanks again. I didn't even have a chance to snag a shot of the other one before my brother took it and ran away to go mount it.

If anybody wants to get one for themselves hit up Death Science . Way cool stand up type of guys.

shit

2011-09-19T14:21:00.000-04:00

what the fuck is that kid doing?

Oil Change, duh.

Wall Art

2011-09-19T14:07:00.000-04:00

Mmmmm vintage

2011-09-19T13:54:00.000-04:00

All Clubs Day

2011-09-19T01:48:00.000-04:00

Got the sporty rideable and made it out to stockbridge for all clubs day today. If you haven't been to this lil meet definitely hit it up next year. Its well worth the free entry fee. So many excellent old and custom motos there and some very cool people to chat with. I didn't get to snap off many pictures before my camera decided to take a nap and recharge.

Also a forward from Suzi who puts this event on:

"Please send an e-mail thanking the village of stockbridge for this event. Sign your name and where you live. It is important for the village officers to know how important this event is and please send a copy to me."

Send E-mails to

Dbyrd@vil.stockbridge.mi.us

Suznort@juno.com

Lets keep this event alive and thriving.

Panhead Stolen

2011-09-13T11:41:00.003-04:00

Click the link Here 49 pan stolen in new boston michigan over the labor day weekend. 1k Reward for its return no questions asked. Call Dennis Collier 248 880 4738.

dang thats hot

2011-09-06T19:55:00.000-04:00

Foo Fighters Lollapalooza 2011

2011-09-04T21:41:00.001-04:00

way cool vid with all the rain

Have a sweet ass labor day

2011-09-04T21:30:00.001-04:00

getting closer-er

2011-09-03T01:14:00.003-04:00

change is good

2011-09-01T22:42:00.001-04:00

trip countdown begins today

iron

2011-09-01T22:40:00.001-04:00

Burban

2011-09-01T16:24:00.001-04:00

Billy took the leaf springs off

then the truck fell on him

which made it easier to get a shot of the motor

and the worlds biggest fuel gauge

trying to impact his way out from under the truck

ooo lift shackles

he is still under there. I would help him but he needs to learn to be self sufficient and solve his own problems

Bagger Sounds

2011-09-01T16:18:00.002-04:00

New 6.5"s, tweeters and Memphis amp

Iron head chopper

2011-09-01T16:12:00.001-04:00

getting closer

top secret

2011-09-01T16:08:00.003-04:00

Thanks Rich

Ironhead Forward Controls

2011-08-31T16:42:00.002-04:00

Ironhead forwards that work well for a change, all i had to do was build them

Justin Townes Earl

2011-08-30T13:19:00.000-04:00

Dumbass brothers

Caught Justin Townes earl w/ shovels and rope at the magic stick the other night, had a way cool time with my brothers, miss amber, and rob.Check them out if you haven't, they put one an awesome live show.

Last night

2011-08-20T12:12:00.002-04:00

Drunken fools

Holding up this bike with my cock

Well last night is a bit fuzzy but i do know that it was a retarded amount of fun. Some black chickie wanted steves nuts in a bad bad way she even braided his beard for him. Eron rocked the buell, bought some drinkables, and played an excellent wingman. I met this cool chickie then rode every dirt road i could find on the way back from a2 to pinckney. Tonight is grandmas b-day and then the dream cruise.

fix your wagon

2011-08-18T19:26:00.000-04:00

problem solved. dont worry it looks way better after the tubes were finished off

Riding with friends

2011-08-18T13:10:00.003-04:00

Fire

2011-08-18T13:08:00.000-04:00

Dear Paughco

2011-08-18T13:06:00.000-04:00

Fuck You! drain plug nails the frame.

clean

2011-08-12T16:00:00.000-04:00

internal wires, clutch line, brake line, and throttle cable

welding

2011-08-12T15:58:00.002-04:00

Baker DD7

2011-08-10T16:52:00.000-04:00

reflective crotch shot for the ladies

124" dyno run

2011-08-10T16:50:00.001-04:00

114 hp 132 tq Not bad considering he is running crappy rinehart true dual pipes with no baffles. i really don't much care for rinehart.

Shovellovin

2011-08-10T16:43:00.000-04:00

i thought something smelled of awesome, pretty sure it was the bike.

Spent some time on pigpens shovel last night, finished up the pipes, tried out some new seat, tank and bar combos. Really liking the new apes, solo seat look. I'll get some pics of it with the prism tank up later over at the damn bandits blog.

Its Too fucking hot out

2011-07-22T19:00:00.002-04:00

get naked

Baker DD7

2011-07-22T18:56:00.000-04:00

Everything that baker makes just looks straight sexy and works awesome. These suckas are the ticket for getting the newer baggers get out of their own way...... along with lots of motor work.

Piston Art

2011-07-22T18:53:00.000-04:00

Wauseon bound

2011-07-15T22:02:00.000-04:00

Well at least the pan is going, and thus far leak free

Bar NIght

2011-07-15T21:58:00.000-04:00

I love cigar bars

going to prison

2011-07-15T21:52:00.000-04:00

Harlan and i stopped by the ol' prison the other day to scout out a spot for his stunt bike vid that we want to shoot, its a pretty neat lil spot off the beaten path and royally fucked up already with every window smashed out, a totally destroyed pool table but really good cell service. The cbr was definatley digging it, she wanted to stay so bad that she quit running as soon as we pulled up. Luckily nicked showed up to bail us out witha few tools. Stay tuned for a pretty sweet video

Wauseon National 2011

2011-07-12T19:05:00.000-04:00

Hoping to have this pan ready to rock tomorrow so its lucky owner can rock it down to wauseon, still trying to figure if im gonna make it myself. If you have the chance to hit it up its worth it. http://www.wauseonnationalmeet.org/

Sketchy yet awesome

2011-07-12T14:33:00.000-04:00

looks like a wheelie machine

boobie tuesdays

2011-07-12T14:03:00.000-04:00

nice sneak attack wedgie

Sidecars are fun

2011-07-09T19:03:00.002-04:00

Too bad he shut the camera down before i went and lifted the sidecar a few feet in the air blasting into the church parking lot.

Stupid Electricity

2011-07-08T12:02:00.000-04:00

Stevos bike died the other night on the way home from the bar at about 3 am. I noticed all the missed calls after i got home and was getting ready to crash out for the night. No go on sleep yet, so i fired up truckula and went and picked his goofy ass up cause that's what friends are for..... goddamn choppers with their issues. All in all made it back home by about 5 something. At least i was able to snag a hash brown from the mcdevils.

Shovellove

2011-07-08T11:54:00.002-04:00

2011-06-29T16:37:00.000-04:00

A few More from the saints show

2011-06-29T00:53:00.000-04:00

(pictured above: Drunk guys)

My buddy harlan Showed up, hes like a brother to me... that looks like jesus... and kinda smells funny. He's pretty much awesome.His chickie took these pics on her phone. It blows my mind that phones take good quality pictures

what a bunch of suckas

moments before joe swung on that ratchet strap and nailed us in the balls

and my buddy ryan had a birthday party for his kid tyler, actually he insisted that it wasnt his birthday and it was a motorcycle party, with pinatas, water ballons, nerf guns and beer. It was a good time. My friends are awesome.

titty tuesday

2011-06-28T13:30:00.002-04:00

Ts 185 Suzuki

2011-06-27T14:08:00.001-04:00

Ive been looking for an old dirt bike for a little while now and i spotted this mother fucker up on the craigslist for $150 obo, so in the morning i hopped in truckula and rolled down to the dudes place to check it out. When i talked to him on the phone he was pretty adament about the fact that it was pretty crappy and was not a show bike by any means and that he was TN. but his brother would be there. Well i pull in and im greeted by a dude with no shirt jeans and south park boxers. I looked it over and yeah its kinda crappy. the coil is missing, along with all the lights and oil injection unit but it feels like its got compression and its old so i said fuck it, threw him 120 bucks and tossed it in the truck. i found a coil on the ebay along with a front chain sprocket and other lil bits i might need for it. This things gonna be retarded fun.

sweet

2011-06-27T13:56:00.000-04:00

Impala

2011-06-27T13:55:00.000-04:00

kicker

2011-06-24T15:17:00.000-04:00

Its got safety tubes and i aint scared

2011-06-24T15:12:00.000-04:00

check the heads

Yeah it isn't a hot rod lincoln but it does have suicide doors. Spike a.k.a Cpt. Fuck you stopped by today with his merc, this car is pretty fucking awesome. Ive been telling him to drive it by for about 3 years now and pretty stoked i finally got to check it out.

listen up fuckers

2011-06-23T23:23:00.000-04:00

Instead of telling someone who rides a motorcycle how dangerous it is; Look twice before switching lanes, making turns, or pulling out of a drive way. Stay on your side of the road, especially in corners. Don't follow too closely. Keep your eyes on the road and off your cell phones. If you care about someone who rides a motorcycle

Six Mile Saints

2011-06-23T19:54:00.000-04:00

yeah we fucking rocked it out last night with hello kelly and the afternoon round. Drank until i puked, avoided getting arrested (cop thought i was gonna steal a 4 story scaffolding setup for some reason) and had a great time with some really good friends. Thanks to all who showed up, my brother for driving me home, steve for the breakfast at abes and miss amber for taking pics of it all.

friends

2011-06-23T18:07:00.002-04:00

i miss the sun

2011-06-23T18:06:00.002-04:00

burn in hell rain

pretty new wheel

2011-06-23T17:51:00.002-04:00

got the wheel back for my pops bike, shiny shiny black

Son of a bitch

2011-06-20T13:09:00.000-04:00

Just read that my favorite jackass died this morning, rest in peace Mr. Dunn

Bought this today

2011-06-16T18:54:00.000-04:00

Stay tuned for a install and review hopefully it solves the issues ive been having with my rubbermount hardtail being not fun to ride latley

Hells Yeah

2011-06-16T12:05:00.002-04:00

New guy

2011-06-16T12:05:00.000-04:00

New Kid Paulie working on his whip, hes gonna get all the bitches

Pantastic

2011-06-16T12:03:00.000-04:00

Puttin in work

2011-06-14T17:52:00.000-04:00

buffing out a fender

look at these two monkeys, new sprocket and chain on the xs for more police chase speed

nice old honda

2011-06-14T17:48:00.001-04:00

Its friday again

2011-06-10T17:32:00.000-04:00

now go ride your fucking motorcycle