Alpha Dog from Philadelphia

[AlphaDogChoppers]

Hey, all.
Just joined the forum. I am enjoying the resurgence of the cafe racer style. I think the show on Velocity is fun to watch, and is actually responsible for some of the return of the cafe racer. The chopper craze is sooo yesterday, but people still want to customize motorcycles to have a unique and fun ride.

I have a custom bike shop in Philadelphia. I do more general repairs more than anything else. I tend to specialize a bit in old bikes. It seems that there are few people who will even work on the old bikes. I have a '68 BSA 650 scrambler in my shop right now. The owner had trouble getting it to start and it wouldn't keep running. I had it purring like a kitten and starting on first or second kick after working on it for 10 minutes.

I do all kinds of metal fabrication, painting, and powdercoating.

I just bought a 1980 Yamaha XS650 Special. Nice shape except for dirt, and some corroded aluminum. Chrome looks good as far as I can tell. (Too dirty to see.) I am going to set the bike up for touring. I have distressed brown leather saddlebags, and some old brown leather to cover the seat. I'll be doing it in a
steam punk theme with copper plating, wood, and brass.
http://alphadogchoppers.com

 

[MNBikerPup]

Look forward to the steam punk design. That's something I also wanna do with mine in the future. Look forward to your build and the knowledge to gain from it.

 

[Zooweemama]

And if only I had a way to get the RD250 to you (Fairmount)... I cannot figure it out for the life of me. I think the timing is all out of whack... Was going to mess around with a timing light, but couldn't get it to strobe. Maybe one day...

 

[chimp1]

welcome Alpha, good to see someone who works on bikes all day... still wants to talk about them after you knock off.
pete

 

[AlphaDogChoppers]

And if only I had a way to get the RD250 to you (Fairmount)... I cannot figure it out for the life of me. I think the timing is all out of whack... Was going to mess around with a timing light, but couldn't get it to strobe. Maybe one day...

So, Fairmount, Philadelphia? My shop is in Germantown.

 

[AlphaDogChoppers]

welcome Alpha, good to see someone who works on bikes all day... still wants to talk about them after you knock off.
pete

There is nothing I would rather do than mess around with bikes all day, and talk about them all night.