Last week we learned more about Jimmi, and his approach, and this week we take a look at the starting point for discussing the build, and the early frame work in order to get the bike to a starting point to work from.
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In our first installment of the 1963 Triumph build blog we introduced you to the bike, and its many quirks. Now, we want to introduce you to the builder taking on the project – Jimmi Davies. Long time readers of THE TON may already be familiar with the name Jimmi Davies. Afterall, his bike Slingshot was one of the first bikes we featured back in our first issue three years ago.
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Part of me has always been fascinated with Triumph motorcycles. In my younger, and more formidable years I was intensely obsessed with youth culture. Throughout the 1990s I walked a fine line in many circles as someone who was at once both a “mod” and a “rocker”. We colloquially called such people “mockers” in the pacific northwest.
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“It started a few years back as a bunch of garage nights," says Jeff Hoge, one of the founders of the Tacoma Breakfast Club."
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As a kid living in Olympia, Washington in the early 1980s one of the marquee events of the year was the annual toy run.
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“It started a few years back as a bunch of garage nights," says Jeff Hoge, one of the founders of the Tacoma Breakfast Club."
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The Vicious Cycles, or Vicious Cycles MC is a band that blends garage, pop, rock and roll, and punk to form a sound that seems like it could only have been made in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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"The idea of covering this race in any press sense was absurd." - HST, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
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Audio Landscapes explores music makers, producers, retailers and more. In this edition we present an interview with Mastodon.
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I found myself in New Orleans for just over one day as a stopover on the way to visit family in Florida. A town as steeped in history and culture as New Orleans is difficult to take in during such a short burst, but I was determined to make the most of it.
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For the second year we visited the Paradise Roadshow, now in its third year. The third iteration of the Roadshow feels much larger in scale – with the festive atmosphere dialed up a notch.
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We live in a divided world. Despite this, for one week in the heart of America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, people from every corner of the Earth and every walk of life came together to celebrate a singularly American Icon – the Harley Davidson motorcycle.
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Every good story has some level of exaggeration and bullshit to it. The best often begin on a barstool – which is where I first heard about the Shuck ‘n Run.
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The Ton visited the Landlocked Motorcycle Show in Boise, ID and sat down with one of its co-organizer's Brandon Wurtz from Rawhide Cycles. Brandon shares the story of Rawhide from its conception through its celebrated work on bikes such as Jolene and the Honey Wagon.
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The Ton visited the Landlocked Motorcycle Show in Boise, ID and sat down with one of its co-organizer's Brandon Wurtz from Rawhide Cycles.
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During the 2017 Psycho Fest in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sleep emerged from a wall of sound flanked by a bong smoking astronaut; the visual representation of what they have been trying to portray since reforming.
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In its ninth year the One Moto Show (aka 1moto) offers something for everyone. The show celebrates the old, weird, rare, custom and unconventional in the motorcycle world from extreme forks, sleek drag racers, chopped scooters, and period correct restorations.
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I had no previous intentions of going to the second Paradise Road Show – to be honest, I had only a passing awareness of the first one. I was just riding back from seeing LA’s legendary Flesheaters at Pappy’s, and had time to kill in Palm Springs before heading back to Washington.
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The hidden gems that are fading. Nashville's United Record Pressing keeps moving forward. Now that they have moved completely into a new location, The Ton takes a look at what once was.
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Audio Landscapes explores music making, makers, retailers, and supporters off the beaten path. The first episode explores the work of Sean and Zander.
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