Asitwas

Bye for now

2011-01-09T22:17:00.000-08:00

So I’m heading off now from blog world. It's been fun but I’m getting too busy these days and I feel I’m about to start a new journey in my motorcycle world. In no way am I leaving a ‘trend’ or whatever someone wishes to label it, yet venturing into a stage of riding to really become a dirty, scummy and hated of the world, biker. 'Into the wild' is how I am looking at it.

I still plan to use 'As it Was' as a label I don't know what for or when but at this point in time its art and I'm keen to explore the unknown.

As my mate always says;
‘See ya on the road’- which really is where bikers should meet.

Art

2011-01-09T22:12:00.001-08:00

WWII bomber nose art

2010-12-15T23:05:00.000-08:00

New bike!

2010-12-11T18:31:00.000-08:00

Been very busy with this little monster!

Kustom Kulture in Australia

2010-11-26T18:46:00.000-08:00

Greazefest Kustom Kulture Festival 09 from Rhys Day on Vimeo.

"It has a soul, a charma see...."

2010-11-18T20:49:00.000-08:00

Quote

Robbert Williams

WOW!

2010-11-18T20:13:00.000-08:00

You like history?You think you know cars? Im reading the 10 part series on Autoculture of the 'History of the ratrod'

It offers a non biased and very depth story of how a new breed of hotrod emerged.

check it out

http://autoculture.org/

Period perfect

2010-11-17T00:06:00.000-08:00

I think i stole this photo from dice but the king and queen seat along with other subtle touches makes this a period perfect bike. Things like the seat, footpegs, bars amd kicker pedals were all things available via catalogue back in the day.

The real magilla

2010-11-17T00:05:00.000-08:00

Simple life

2010-11-11T20:31:00.000-08:00

This is one of my favourite parts of the film American graffiti. The quiet scene with cars and if i remember a train in the background just reminds you of what it was like back then. The simplicity. Cops on steak outs and pranks buy big kids aka the Pharoahs cc. Cool cars, fun times and small towns.

More bikes on dirt

2010-11-10T16:51:00.000-08:00

Its loose, its unsafe and man does your bike like it

Von Franco

2010-11-09T22:51:00.000-08:00

Stolen from his personel blog. Cool story that his pickup was used as a background car in the 70's. You might know it. American Graffitti.

The flat black helmet

2010-11-09T22:46:00.000-08:00

Is as much of Australian bike history as Harleys are to American choppers. Outlaws and chopper riders have worn and continue to wear them. Outlaw or not its part of Australian bike culture and you bet i have one!

70's jappa

2010-11-08T02:21:00.000-08:00

This bike shows the capability of radness for a home builder. All things on this bike could be done at home.

Inspired much.

Red hot or cold red

2010-11-06T20:54:00.000-07:00

New email homies!

2010-11-06T17:46:00.000-07:00

Any emails i may have missed during the week please send them to

Psychomatt69@hotmail.com

The power of custom networking

2010-11-03T04:25:00.000-07:00

At my recent local swapmeet i met a man selling hotrod dvd's. As there were mostly farming parts and old tractor engines around this stall came as a warm welcome. With a friendly G'day i soon found out this swapper helped start the now iconic Sydney Rat Rod Day. I had never been to the show but read much about it. I think after an hour of story selling i knew how it began and was honoured to meet someone with such a connection to the Sydney scene.

Just goes to show

You just never know

Hotmail troubles

2010-11-03T04:22:00.000-07:00

Hey folks!

Been very busy as i think my hotmail has been hacked! Any emails may be delayed sorry for the troubles. In the mean time chop, custom, ride or drive whatever you got!

Cya!

Oz rodders

2010-10-28T19:30:00.001-07:00

Joker Brand

2010-10-28T19:29:00.000-07:00

Can't forget my roots

Picture art

2010-10-28T03:29:00.000-07:00

Ed roth genius

2010-10-26T03:45:00.000-07:00

What a designer. I am told that i would think less of him if i read his bio.Hmmmm

Brooklyn

2010-10-26T03:35:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn Invitational from MARINO on Vimeo.

Im just loving the production going into these vimeo short films. They are fun, well done and have a sort of soul and character that youtube doesn't. Anyway this one is preety cool. The music in this one reminds me of a travelling musician we get up my way in the summer who plays in front of our grocery store.

Video from white knights blog

Bare bones original

2010-10-23T19:59:00.000-07:00

Fun with font

2010-10-23T19:58:00.000-07:00

1970's, 750 aussie chop

2010-10-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

More from the Halliwell collection

2010-10-20T18:41:00.000-07:00

Thanks very much for letting me share these photos

More disciples

2010-10-20T18:40:00.000-07:00

Outlaw livin'

Low style

2010-10-20T00:44:00.000-07:00

I frickin love lowriders

1980 nsw

2010-10-18T22:25:00.001-07:00

Had a great weekend, first time over the tablelands and it was hot,cold and rainfilled. New friends and new stories.

60s-70s

2010-10-18T22:23:00.000-07:00

Gone for the next 5 days

2010-10-14T00:34:00.000-07:00

Im going away with some bikers for the weekend. Should be fun and an experience i wont forget.

Peace homies

Fun

2010-10-11T16:40:00.000-07:00

Sure you older guys were used to these back in the day but man these are at the very least just fun....

Oz rodder

2010-10-11T16:39:00.000-07:00

Andy Brizio

2010-10-11T16:38:00.000-07:00

1970's and 2010

2010-10-11T16:37:00.000-07:00

Both do it yourself era's garage building are teamed with retro styling

Arte

2010-10-09T21:26:00.000-07:00

Andrews wla

2010-10-09T21:21:00.000-07:00

Timeless photo of a classic chopper

ultimate cool

2010-10-07T19:59:00.000-07:00

Skull are kooooool

2010-10-05T22:08:00.001-07:00

Blog crazy!

2010-10-04T22:38:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful world of blogs we have out there. Allowing the home builder/reader to communicate and make a name for themselves on a global level. Theres some good ones and some shit ones which allows people to give a sense of style to their web page. Initially i was just collecting photos to hang in my bedroom but man its grown into a great way of self expression and i love it.

Save a dolphin . create a blog

peace

60's bike cont..

2010-10-04T20:59:00.000-07:00

I don't know why so many people like me love this vintage shots? The reality and natural character is what attracts me but you know....

The 60's biker

2010-10-04T20:58:00.000-07:00

Times gone by

2010-10-02T20:10:00.000-07:00

Cool 60's dragster

Kool custom

2010-10-02T20:07:00.000-07:00

I just love these chops where there is custom parts.

blah

2010-09-30T22:22:00.000-07:00

Been busy folks. You know how it is in this rollercoaster world. Got my first set of panel beating tools and should be moving my stuff to the new shed soon so will get to have some fun banging and listening to rock n roll

peace

What started it for me

2010-09-24T21:51:00.000-07:00

This is my 1965 ford xp falcon, it was the first for alot of things. What i learnt though was put simply by cole foster that you can work on a car for 3 years and it can look like you achieved nothing.

How bikes are so different.

My art

2010-09-20T21:00:00.001-07:00

Just kool art

2010-09-20T20:50:00.001-07:00

Bikers of the 60's and 70's

2010-09-20T20:49:00.000-07:00

Its still around, death traps mc are a good example.

Australia 1975

2010-09-16T20:18:00.000-07:00

Things cool ey

19??

2010-09-15T05:15:00.000-07:00

A favourite for so many reasons. Australia late 70's. Picture choppers australia

19??

2010-09-15T02:53:00.000-07:00

WHAT IT MEANS

19??

i like the vintage bicycle like stuff of the 1920's

i also like

the bobbers and military stuff of the 1920's-40's

i also like

the early hot rod cars and bikes with their obsession for speed in the 1950's

i also like

the style and futuristic pearls of the 1960's

i also like

the crazy engineered parts of the 1970's

i also like

the punk attitudes that evolved in the 1980's and onwards

GET IT?

Fc/fe daily

2010-09-14T21:23:00.000-07:00

Use it or loose it. Old cars need lovin too!

Bill Hines

2010-09-14T02:46:00.000-07:00

Custom

wings

Australia 1980's

2010-09-14T02:44:00.000-07:00

Typically australian with no flash colour, lots of chrome and some attitude to hand out. This recipe is still present in australian custom bikes today

Paint

2010-09-13T03:47:00.000-07:00

Fading+flames 19??

1970

but this shot was 2010. Period perfect

Sissy bar

2010-09-13T03:46:00.000-07:00

Strange but true, very suitable of a 1960's chopper.

Cycle Zombies

2010-09-10T20:29:00.001-07:00

Check out our friends at Cycle Zombies. Young guys like me doing cool things. Cheers for the holla Scott!

Secretly a favourite

2010-09-10T20:27:00.000-07:00

This is Gringo's honda chop. I like it because of the simplicity and period perfection. Simple mods that add to a great build.

Xs bare bones

2010-09-09T20:29:00.000-07:00

Taken from choppers australia. Back yard builders!

Respect tha cholos

2010-09-09T20:27:00.000-07:00

Lowriding culture isn't so

big down unda. But as you all know i love culture and the true latin american lowriders live by their cars. Something that is to be admired. Check out the lifestlye car club in LA

Early 2000 Australian nationals

2010-09-09T20:25:00.001-07:00

Photos thanks to our friend Pete Kosovic

Cool story

2010-09-08T01:59:00.000-07:00

I came across when researching Joe Scarber
http://www.micahscustomcycles.com/micah.html

Dragster update!

2010-09-03T22:39:00.000-07:00

Well th

anks to the hamb i have decided to build this dragster chasis for me. I am confindent that my father and i will be able to make this...anyway you'll see it all no doubt

Travel dreamin

2010-09-02T21:42:00.000-07:00

I cant wait until i get my harley. I plan to have little but alot of. True freedom

t drag

2010-09-01T00:57:00.000-07:00

stolen from ozrodders

Drive theatres

2010-09-01T00:55:00.000-07:00

A time before mine but hey i would rather cruise the car on saturday night to one of these then get pissed and not remember anything

Just lovin roadside antics

2010-08-28T21:46:00.001-07:00

Aussie shed

2010-08-28T21:24:00.000-07:00

Went to a mate house about an hour from mine. I had to go through sugartown aka woodburn which is a town based around the sugar factory and a couple of motels, 1 or 2. Then onto some dirt tracks, dodging some roos and finding his house. Anyway ron told me he wanted to show me his midget racer. A vintage race car he is running off a 42 wla harley davidson. This thing is preety sweet all bends were done by melting led into tubes, letting them cool them bending them as if they were solids. When he had his shape he simply heats the led and watches it drain right out.

He had all these old tools like a gas welder and screw press which looked to be straight out of some 1950's factory.

Was a fun morning shame the chop wasn't up for the ride.

Panel beating-a dying art?

2010-08-27T23:51:00.000-07:00

Today a week ago i set up shop at my local annual swap meet. I was next to a guy who like myself made a small sacrifice to get there when it was still dark. This guy looked young like me so we got talking. I couldn't help but ask what he does and why he wants so much for the tools he was selling.

He was a retired panel beater at age 27. He said he left while he could and the prices he wanted for his snap on tools were actually quite reasonable. He left the proffession as it simply wasn't earning enough money to support his wife and kid in the modern day. As we talked he mouthed off all the different places he worked,(which explained how he knew all the people that came to chat with him) in search for better money. I was shocked to hear that after 3 years at trade school and as a slave apprentice plus 4 years fully qualified, i was earning more then he did and i only work friday through sunday.

He now packs boxes at a meat factory earning a third more then he did before. It was sad to see someone give up a proffession that i considered essential in the automotive culture. I missed the shot but two other local panel beaters came to talk to him and talk about their work, unlike him they were still employed panelbeaters except they were well above 60 years of age.

I hope this is not a common story.

Backyard

2010-08-27T19:16:00.000-07:00

A well known image, i think the drag bikes of today could take some style from this

19??

2010-08-25T20:26:00.000-07:00

These things are mean

Xm falcon

2010-08-23T21:39:00.001-07:00

They aren't

done up much but how good do they look when done so,

Go trippin man'

2010-08-23T21:37:00.000-07:00

and make something beautiful

(stolen from mc art)

Lets go trippin

2010-08-23T21:35:00.001-07:00

Kyrie elieson

Respect the chopper gods

2010-08-23T20:05:00.000-07:00

19??

2010-08-22T23:57:00.000-07:00

One of my favourite pictures of all time

2010-08-20T22:52:00.000-07:00

I dont know much about this shot or the 2 other i found with other then they are painted by von dutch. The setting, the bikes, the dude just timeless

Motel garage

2010-08-19T20:24:00.000-07:00

I stole this from the jockey journal but really how rad is this. Screw leaving them in the lot you bike like carpet too!

Tank

2010-08-19T20:22:00.000-07:00

Australian made. Something futuristic about these things. Although they used to only hold fuel the shape was way ahead of its time.

Aussie muscle

2010-08-17T22:37:00.000-07:00

From the ozrodder site

Choppers australia history

2010-08-15T22:25:00.001-07:00

Its there just gotta know where to look

Got the bug again

2010-08-15T22:22:00.000-07:00

So my sister just got a little mg

4 cyl sports car 1970 model. Man it gave me the bug again. I used to own a 1965 ford xp falcon as my first car and i regretted selling in. So this is what i would get now a 59 holden fc/fe and do it up just like this. I would have a header pipe for those street races but really just to cruise.

We will see how long this bug hangs around for

Roth saturdays

2010-08-13T19:21:00.000-07:00

Denim character

2010-08-12T21:28:00.000-07:00

Badass trike

2010-08-11T19:03:00.002-07:00

Aussie tank art

2010-08-11T19:03:00.001-07:00

My girl

2010-08-11T01:19:00.000-07:00

Sure is high maintainence but i wouldn't have her any other way. sure i wasn't riding in the 70's and this is an 80's bike but when im riding it sure feels cool.

Before bikes

2010-08-10T02:45:00.000-07:00

I too was a skater. I was obsessed. The rebellion, the freedom and the style had me taken. Not many banks though in sydney so we had to search for hills and on summer nights we would grab or ipods and crappy speakers and hit the main roads. In between car and busses we would cool down just havin fun.

Fatboy!

2010-08-10T02:43:00.000-07:00

Man i miss this lil shredder. It looks crap but man the feeling i had riding this thing made me feel like i was on some vintage flat tracker.

Imagination is one hell of a drug

Penrith city!

2010-08-08T23:48:00.000-07:00

Chop shop

2010-08-05T20:45:00.001-07:00

PIMP

2010-08-05T20:44:00.000-07:00

Old servo

2010-08-05T20:43:00.000-07:00

They just have so much character. from Garry Halliwells facebook

Check him out a great photo library

http://www.facebook.com/#!/garry.halliwell?ref=ts

Aussie vintage 3 wheela!

2010-08-04T01:26:00.002-07:00

This was up for sale a while back, couldnt get any history of em but i hope the new owner treats it with respect

Hand painted

2010-08-04T01:26:00.001-07:00

Psychadelic

2010-08-04T01:25:00.000-07:00

Brunswick heads 2010

2010-08-02T18:19:00.000-07:00

New Poster!

2010-08-02T18:12:00.001-07:00

All in a days work, CROMAG is a rider running free through the streets of wollongong. He rides the superglide here but has a huge history with bikes.

So anyway Waterbottle, Charlie the Wombat and Cromag went riding to check out a bobber project and came across these beauties a 2 kick 68 xlch and a sweet fj.

stay tuned to here more from him!