Today my mom, dad, Kory, Jeff, the 2 dogs and I traveled to Long Island for the last Northeast Expo for 2008. Yup that's right 5 of us plus Louie and Cheech in the truck. Thankfully it is a crew cab so it was tight but it could have been worse. We took the ferry from New London which is only about an hour and half from home. So the hour and half ferry ride broke up the trip. We had an hour and half drive to the ferry, that we barely caught, then an hour and half ferry ride, then an hour and half ride on the island. I took my camera with me but unfortunately I forgot to take my memory card out of my computer at work!! So no pictures but don't worry we stopped at a Target and I got one. So I will bring your pictures tomorrow! The weather has been cloudy and rainy most of the day so the ferry ride wasn't beautiful, nice but not that I missed on great pictures!
Sara and I will be building our bobber for the last time too! So make sure to come check out the bike and get your raffle tickets. I heard that you were going to be the lucky winner!! :-)
The show looks like its going to be packed with vendors and cool stuff. It is at the Suffolk Community College in... I am not even sure what town we are in... Brentwood?
Anyway if you get a chance, come by the show! It looks like it is going to be a good one.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Icon Riding Gear just in time for Riding
Brenda from Icon recently said that she was going to send me some stuff to wear at events, riding, etc. I got the package last week, it was like Christmas! The weather here has been aweful so there has been no riding until yesterday! I broke out my new jacket, boots, helmet, and gloves for a ride on a customer Hayabusa.
I have another Icon jacket that I love. I wore it on my panhead and the bike spit up grease from the chain all over the back. So needless to say the jacket is definitely worn and greased! They make a great product and I am happy to wear their stuff!
If your in the market for a jacket, helmet, boots, or other riding gear make sure you take a good look at Icon's stuff.
Now I have to get my dad to wear Icon because I know he will like it!
At Barb's Harley Davidson's Women's Garage Party
Take a good look at the Hayabusa too because the next time you probably won't recognize it on the cover of 2-wheel Tuner magazine.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Thug's Adventure in Lonestar State
By: Doug "Thug" Robinson
Thug visits Strokers Dallas
I flew to Dallas for a meeting and had some time before my flight out.
My colleague knew I wanted to visit Strokes (first time), so off we went to find it. We were time-compressed, but a short visit was better than no visit at all.
I had seen some pictures of it on TV and I’m on Strokers’ e-mail list, but seeing it in person was more than impressive…wow!
It’s much, much bigger than I thought-2 ½ acres. There were tons of bikes, including 5 or 6 of Rick Fairless’s originals. We made a quick walk around the shop and then over to the Ice House for lunch.
Rick and his service crew were having a meeting with an oil vendor (sorry…I was introduced, but forgot the name), so we ordered at the bar and went outside to sit at a picnic table and wait for our burgers. I was just soaking it all in when I looked down at all the writings on the tables and saw “Shizzle”, Perewitz’s own Kory’s handle. Now…how many “Shizzles” are there, anyway?
We finished our lunch (very good, BTW) and were leaving when Rick asked us how we liked lunch.
I took the opportunity to introduce myself (I’d met Rick briefly in Sturgis in 2006 and he’d signed a poster for Streets’s son, Mark, who was flying Blackhawks for the Army in Iraq). I dropped the Perewitz name and mentioned that Dave had built a number of bikes for me and Rick commented that Dave was a good friend and offered to show us around. We only had about 10 minutes, so he showed us the service area (tons of bikes waiting to be worked on), the fab area (where the second of his new frame designs was coming to life (the first was out to paint and will be Rick’s contribution to S&Ss 50th anniversary), the corporate offices, and then the showroom.
Rick was absolutely great with us and I appreciated that he took the time to show a “suit” around.
Rick tells me that he’ll have 2000 bikes at his place on a weekend. The place reminded me of major bike events (I think his motto is “bikes, babes, and beer”), only year-round.
You could spend the better part of a day at his place. It’s well worth the visit. I plan on going back to when I return to Dallas for another meeting in the Fall.
Thug
I flew to Dallas for a meeting and had some time before my flight out.
My colleague knew I wanted to visit Strokes (first time), so off we went to find it. We were time-compressed, but a short visit was better than no visit at all.
I had seen some pictures of it on TV and I’m on Strokers’ e-mail list, but seeing it in person was more than impressive…wow!
It’s much, much bigger than I thought-2 ½ acres. There were tons of bikes, including 5 or 6 of Rick Fairless’s originals. We made a quick walk around the shop and then over to the Ice House for lunch.
Rick and his service crew were having a meeting with an oil vendor (sorry…I was introduced, but forgot the name), so we ordered at the bar and went outside to sit at a picnic table and wait for our burgers. I was just soaking it all in when I looked down at all the writings on the tables and saw “Shizzle”, Perewitz’s own Kory’s handle. Now…how many “Shizzles” are there, anyway?
We finished our lunch (very good, BTW) and were leaving when Rick asked us how we liked lunch.
I took the opportunity to introduce myself (I’d met Rick briefly in Sturgis in 2006 and he’d signed a poster for Streets’s son, Mark, who was flying Blackhawks for the Army in Iraq). I dropped the Perewitz name and mentioned that Dave had built a number of bikes for me and Rick commented that Dave was a good friend and offered to show us around. We only had about 10 minutes, so he showed us the service area (tons of bikes waiting to be worked on), the fab area (where the second of his new frame designs was coming to life (the first was out to paint and will be Rick’s contribution to S&Ss 50th anniversary), the corporate offices, and then the showroom.
Rick was absolutely great with us and I appreciated that he took the time to show a “suit” around.
Rick tells me that he’ll have 2000 bikes at his place on a weekend. The place reminded me of major bike events (I think his motto is “bikes, babes, and beer”), only year-round.
You could spend the better part of a day at his place. It’s well worth the visit. I plan on going back to when I return to Dallas for another meeting in the Fall.
Thug
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Dave's Weekend
This past weekend was a busy one for all of us here at Perewitz but especially my dad. He flew to Dallas early Friday morning to the Nascar Race. He hung out at the track all day, visiting the various drivers he has become friends with and watching the cars fly by.
Then Friday night he stood on the side of the stage while Big and Rich (one of my favorite musicians!) performed a live concert! My dad said they were awesome. After the show everyone hung around the coaches including some drivers.
On Saturday he flew to Austin for an event with West Coast Choppers Jesse James!
Jesse recently opened a new speedshop, Austin Speedshop. Dave met his friends the Iannotti's in Austin and went over to the car show. There was over 1,000 hotrods and you can bet they were some wicked cool cars! Jesse came in his new 49 Merc, all chopped. Dave also saw an old friend, Jack Rudy. Jack is a world renowned tattoo artist. Chris Callen from Cycle Source was also at the event getting some good photo's for a possible upcoming issue!
My dad has known Jesse since the days at Boyd Coddington. Jesse used to work for Boyd when he made wheels for us. Jesse and Dave became good friends. Dave was on the first Motorcycle Mania with Jesse.
On Sunday Dave sat in the suites at Dallas International Speedway to watch the Nascar Race. He sat above the track with the Mayor of Ft. Worth, Ruth Buzzy from Laugh-in, and the Green Bay Packers coach. (It's a good thing there was some entertainment in the suite because the race wasn't very entertaining... but a congrats to Carl Edwards for the win! )
Jesse, Dave and Jack Rudy
After a busy weekend, everyone is back in action getting bikes done before the warm weather gets here (which hopefully will be soon!). Our latest project is a Hayabusa! I will post some pics as it moves along. Look for it on the cover of 2-Wheel Tuner magazine!
Monday, April 7, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
MN Tattoos
Kory, Dave, Susan and myself traveled to St. Paul, MN last weekend. We went out there to not only spend time with the Hamsters but also to spend time at Acme Tattoo. Nolan and T, the owners of Acme, have been our friends since I was probably barely old enough to walk. Nolan is an unbelievable artist. The crazy things he has paint, made, tranformed, are just unbelievable. So as you can tell we love to hang out and hear stories and of course get tattooed!
Below are some pictures of all of us hanging out with the Acme crew. I want to thank them for their hospitality and also congradulate Gabe and Jenny. Jenny gave birth this morning to a baby girl!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
A Saturday Afternoon
By: Donna Tocci
Just thought I’d check in with a quick post today. Two Saturdays ago I buzzed down to Perewitz Cycle Fab. Unfortunately, Dave wasn’t there; he was off with Kory and Jeff to Cleveland. But, this time of year I don’t really expect to see Dave on a weekend in Bridgewater. If I do, I’m pleasantly surprised.
I did get my warm, wonderful welcome from Zipp and “the boys”, Cheech and Louie. When they settled a little bit, Cheech was in my arms getting some snuggle time while Louie and Zipp cozied up to each other.
It was a nice afternoon of visiting with Jody, Susan, Dee and even Billy and Uncle Danny. Both of the guys brought food – gotta love them. Not sure I should have had so many fries, but I can’t resist. Thanks, Billy!
As many of you know, the Perewitz family is one of the most generous, giving families around. They gladly give of their time and resources to several causes. The last two years Jody, Susan, Zizi, Leah, Tara, Dee and the kids, dogs and I have walked the MS Walk in Hyannis. While we were munching, Jody and I talked about doing it again this year but were bummed when we realized that the Hyannis walk isn’t happening this year and the Easton walk is on a date that Jody is going to be out of town! Grrrrr….
When I got home and told my cousin this (he’s lived with this disease for 30 years), we decided to have our family continue the tradition started by Jody. Our family is going to walk in the Easton walk with the hopes that both families can walk together next year. So the 9 members of Team Tocci are fundraising and training (now I feel every single fry I ate that day tenfold!). Wish us luck!
Oh, and….while I was hanging out with everyone I even got to see the celebrity bikes. You know and love them as Thug and Streets, well now here are their bikes, all shiny and waiting for spring riding after their journey to Daytona. Check ‘em out. I’ve posted a couple of other pictures over on the Kryptonite blog, too.
Happy Spring everyone! Watch out more and more on the roads for motorcycles (and walkers!).
Links for body of article:
Team Tocci page
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/MAMWalkEvents?team_id=118194&pg=team&fr_id=8690
fundraising
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/MAMWalkEvents?pg=personal&fr_id=8690&fr_id=8690&px=2059339
Check ‘em out
http://unbreakable-bonds.blogspot.com/2008/03/celebrity-choppersthug-and-streets.html
Just thought I’d check in with a quick post today. Two Saturdays ago I buzzed down to Perewitz Cycle Fab. Unfortunately, Dave wasn’t there; he was off with Kory and Jeff to Cleveland. But, this time of year I don’t really expect to see Dave on a weekend in Bridgewater. If I do, I’m pleasantly surprised.
I did get my warm, wonderful welcome from Zipp and “the boys”, Cheech and Louie. When they settled a little bit, Cheech was in my arms getting some snuggle time while Louie and Zipp cozied up to each other.
It was a nice afternoon of visiting with Jody, Susan, Dee and even Billy and Uncle Danny. Both of the guys brought food – gotta love them. Not sure I should have had so many fries, but I can’t resist. Thanks, Billy!
As many of you know, the Perewitz family is one of the most generous, giving families around. They gladly give of their time and resources to several causes. The last two years Jody, Susan, Zizi, Leah, Tara, Dee and the kids, dogs and I have walked the MS Walk in Hyannis. While we were munching, Jody and I talked about doing it again this year but were bummed when we realized that the Hyannis walk isn’t happening this year and the Easton walk is on a date that Jody is going to be out of town! Grrrrr….
When I got home and told my cousin this (he’s lived with this disease for 30 years), we decided to have our family continue the tradition started by Jody. Our family is going to walk in the Easton walk with the hopes that both families can walk together next year. So the 9 members of Team Tocci are fundraising and training (now I feel every single fry I ate that day tenfold!). Wish us luck!
Oh, and….while I was hanging out with everyone I even got to see the celebrity bikes. You know and love them as Thug and Streets, well now here are their bikes, all shiny and waiting for spring riding after their journey to Daytona. Check ‘em out. I’ve posted a couple of other pictures over on the Kryptonite blog, too.
Happy Spring everyone! Watch out more and more on the roads for motorcycles (and walkers!).
Links for body of article:
Team Tocci page
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/MAMWalkEvents?team_id=118194&pg=team&fr_id=8690
fundraising
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/MAMWalkEvents?pg=personal&fr_id=8690&fr_id=8690&px=2059339
Check ‘em out
http://unbreakable-bonds.blogspot.com/2008/03/celebrity-choppersthug-and-streets.html
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