First off, let us apologize for the lack of BLOG posts and updates on the current happenings here at Dime City. We've been slammed with a few large projects in the fab shop (cool stuff to come!) and for those of you hitting the web we're sure you can vouch, we're adding products daily, which is taking up the bulk of our free time.  We're getting back into the groove though, so you can expect some cool stuff to hit The Diatribe in the coming weeks.

That said- with an overwhelming amount of joy, and sadness we would like to share something about our favorite Intern, Michael. You all know him.. Happy-go-lucky Michael, name on his back always willing to polish up a piece of aluminum. Well, you see, Michael came to Dime City with a dream. A great dream. That dream was to ride his very first Cafe Racer.

As we spent the summer watching Michael grow from a quick-lipped non-sensical jovial college student into someone who not only understands the basic mechanics of a motorcycle and fabrication we couldn't help but have sympathy towards his plight. What were we to do though? The ground rules were set and he still have 1,000 square feet of aluminum to polish and he was running out of time....his dream was slipping through his fingers like the hair a college girlfriend leaving to go home for the summer.

 

After watching Michael covet the Manx daily and catching him trying to sleep in the warehouse "to be close to the bikes to keep them safe." he said.. Herm and I decided that he was ready..

So Herm, unbeknownsts to Michael, had him pull the Manx from the warehouse and get it warmed up. "For a tuning run he said." 

Once she was ready to go Herm told Michael it was his turn...and man, it was like watching a fat kid at Disneyland dive into the all you can eat ice cream buffet face first! His leg was over the Manx in a fraction of a second and his right hand was twitching the throttle.

 

 

Michael, you earned it bubba... Your a hell of an apprentice and Herm and I can't wait till you get back from school.  Lord knows the shop will be dirty as hell and there will be a pile of stuff to polish! And besides, you still gotta earn that name patch!

Have a great year man and don't do anything we wouldn't do!

Hey David, what are you grinding Bubba?

That looks a little like a fender for a CB900 that rolled into the shop a while back...

 

Our good friend Greg from Greg's Cycles in Clearwater stopped by with his wicked new trike design he's now taking orders for.  So awesome!

It is by far the best trike design we've seen, but then again, when one of the worlds best custom bike builders decides to build a trike for his pops what would you expect?

Good show Greg! Bet you can't get that left rear wheel of the ground...  HA!

...only, cut up and getting modified!  :)

One of our customers decided to take the plunge and have us mod his CB750 shaft with The DCC Original "Exclusive" Baxter X-Kicker pedal.  Good call Jason!  It'll save your shins and it'll no doubt get some good grins along the way!

You see, DCC hooked up with Baxter a while back and the conversation went a little bit like this.

DCC - "Yo, Murray.  Is that you man?"

Murray - "Of course it's me.  Who else would it be.  You called my cell phone."

DCC - "Right.  So here's the deal Murray.  We're sick and tired of all the vintage Jap bikes not getting any love in the custom market!"

Murray - "Hmmm... I see what you mean."

DCC - "Good.  So here's what we're gonna do.  We're gonna partner with you to produce some wicked-cool, bees-knees, wam-bam thank you ma'am kicker pedals to get these sweet little mo-chines fired up."

Murray - "Wait, Ashton? Is that you? Am I being punked?

(Murray talking in the backround - "If you're there dude, come out! Ashton! Ashton are you there!?)

DCC - "Murray, No! This isn't punk'd! We're for real man, and the pedals are just the beginning! We're gonna have 1" riser kits, hard-tails and maybe, just maybe, an iPhone app that fake punks people when they order stuff. Ha! Wouldn't that be funny!"

(Murray still babeling & wandering around looking for Ashton - "Ashton, I know your here dude! Come out!")

DCC - "Send the pedals Murray." - CLICK -

And so began the life of the DCC Chuck-start:

http://www.dimecitycycles.com/vintage-bobber-brat-chopper-motorcycle-parts-honda-cb-cl-kick-kicker-kickstart-pedal-dcc-450kicker.html

Anyways....  Back to our good buddy Jason.  We're working on his CB750 pedal right now. (We can mod any style/model kick shaft.)

[everything cut and measured to perfection]

 

 

 

*note the bitchin' Baxter chromo-shaft (the heart of the pedal) which we TIG-graft to the existing kick shaft

[here it is after being TIG'd and cleaned up with one of our magic pads]

 

 

 

 

Still have a little more clean-up to do and then she'll get powder coated, wrapped in flannel and sent off on her marry way to good 'ol Jason where he'll bolt her up and kick his baby to life!

Change is comin!

Because "The Champ" knows what's best. And if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for us!

And you!

Down with corporate cola!!

You just never know what's going to show up at The Dime City Garage.  :)

Our good buddy Dave came by today to get his fancy new Vance and Hines headers wrapped. After installing the new exhaust a few weeks back, he felt a sudden burning on the inside of his leg. (Yeah, that's exactly what we said!)

Bad jokes aside, he's got a 1400 mile trip coming up on Tuesday with the ol' girl and he needed to beat the heat so we rounded up some black header wrap and stainless ties to get the job done propuh!

Looks good Dave! And remember, in New Orleans it's always best to double up the layers...

 

All too often, we discard things under the assumption that they will not suite our needs merely because of our first impression.

With a little patience, some good bourbon and the right tools, its amazing what one can reshape something into.

[Stock CB750 tree shaved, clip'd and being prepped for polishing.]

 

In the old days when men could smoke cigars, swill bourbon and race cars through the city, and be praised for it...

They actually "fixed" things, instead of just tossing them aside and replacing them...

Here at Dime City, we think that was a pretty good way to be. After all, It worked alright for them... Right?

So here's to you gentlemen... You knew how to live. We're just trying to follow in your footsteps one rusty bolt at a time.

So, the 450 Wasp was getting a little upset that we've been spending so much time on other bikes that we thought it would be nice to give it something new and bespoke..

After a little finesse with some of the newish metal working Hammers Herm picked up at the flea market last week and some TIG tacks it's starting to look like something. Can you see it?

Ahh, perfection.  "It's only meant for those who think it matters. - ph"

Now performing full carb rebuilds at The Dime City Garage.  Just drop us a line and we'll hook it up.  Propuh.