The World of JEK

Sunday, January 22, 2012

2012 Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Tradex

Here are some random bike shots from this year's show. More to come.

Custom SV650 Seat Cowl Part 2

I cut down some bolts to lock the cowl to the bike and attached these to an aluminium bracket I shaped. Then with some filler I added some smoothness to the top. Its still needing more filler, primer, then paint.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Custom SV650 Rear Seat Cowl Step 1

Well, I have decided to change the appearance of the SV back end. I waned more of a cafe style tail, sort of like the Hayabusa. I still want to be able to change back to the stock passenger seat, which provides a good platform for a backpack or bag strapped to the bike. But for those shorter distance day trips a cafe type seat cowl was what I had in mind. A good friend Robert gave me an old Honda VTR section that I cut in half, trimmed about an inch and a half off the back, then raised it and plastic-welded the two pieces to what you see here. Next stage, reinforce the join with some steel and epoxy, sand the rough join, but some filler in and smooth it out!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

1973 Hodaka Wombat

Dune Buggies

I always wanted one as a kid; I think I was influenced by the Speed Buggy cartoon.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Vincents in the Summer

With the dark days and wet weather, I thought I'd post a few summertime shots from a few years back.

Metalflake!

Let's start the new year off with some flakes!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Antique Store Sign

This is perhaps the largest sign I 've ever painted on a building. I did this one quite a few years ago, and it still looks good today. I think I used marine enamel on it. I did the DOORS sign as well!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Tudor Ice Cream Clock

This was perhaps my first antique restoration job. A collector asked if I could paint in the missing sections of his Tudor Ice Cream advertising clock. Considering I did this more than twenty years ago, I think it looks pretty good!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas!

Friday, December 23, 2011

Paul Pigat of Cousin Harley!

Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot in Seattle!

Last night's Rockabilly Riot show in Seattle was outstanding! Brian Setzer has been on my all time must see musician list for many many years. So to be able to make the trek south to see him and his band in Seattle was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. To begin with, the night opened with Cousin Harley, one of my favourite old time rockabilly bands. Cousin Harley are fronted by one of the best guitarists of the genre, Paul Pigat. I have seen this band a couple of times close to home, so it was the proverbial icing on the cake when I heard they were the opening band. Needless to say, Paul Pigat blew everyone away with his fantastic guitar playing. Being very close to the stage during the whole show, I was fortunate to see both Pigat and Setzer work the frets up close. Highlights from the Cousin Harley set had to be "Noodlin'" and "Jukin'". I plan on seeing these guys play again!

Brian Setzer took the stage with one of my post-Stray Cats favourites, "Ignition" from the album of the same name. Right away that set the tone for the rest of the show. He played a wide variety of songs from his career including some from his BSO albums, including "This Cats on a Hot Tin Roof", "Drive Like Lightning(Crash Like Thunder)", etc. He also included other stuff from Ignition!, as well as from the Rockabilly Riot Vol.1 album. Setzer and Co. finished the evening off with a set of Stray Cats material, and brought in Slim Jim Phantom on drums. Slim Jim I think is the skinniest man in rock, as well as one of the classiest, as he gave a very young fan (I think she was four? five? years old) a shirt that he hand delivered himself by walking into the audience. Brian Setzer assembled an excellent band of musicians and put on one extremely entertaining show, including a three-man slap bass duel! The drive to Seattle was well worth it; an amazing evening of amazing music and performance!