San Diego & Peoria AZ custom motorcycles - riders & lovers of custom choppers

La Mesa Classic Car Show

La Mesa Classic Car & Motorcycle Show

La Mesa California is just east of San Diego California. This is a totally free to attend and to show your vehicles. This show runs through August 29 on Thursday evenings.

Although the show is mainly autos and hot rods, motorcycles are also entered and usually on any show night you can see a dozen to a dozen and a half motorcycles there. There are two winners picked each night, and the night that I was there with my modified big dog K9 motorcycle I won one of those awards. (more…)

By biker1, ago

San Diego Motorcycle Event

San Diego Motorcycle Event

Majestic Wine Mixer fund raiser for Cammies & Canines, an amazing organization saving lives 2 at a time. Their mission to end Veteran homelessness is paired with rescuing dogs from being euthanized. A great cause, an exceptional event and many good looking motorcycles.

I guess technically you can and say this was a San Diego motorcycle event, but, because there were so many bikers with good-looking bikes there, it may as well have been. Besides the ever present Harleys, there was a good-looking Big Bear chopper, big dog K-9, a number of good-looking rigid choppers and even one of the lowest to the ground Honda choppers that I’ve ever seen. (more…)

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San Diego Motorcycle Painter

San Diego Motorcycle Painter

I met Kevin about a month ago at his studio in the Midway area. He helped me with some paint chips on my Big Dog k9. If you are planning on a total bike paint job or just a custom helmet design, I think it would be a good idea to our own local bike painter . . . Kevin:

San Diego motorcycle painter

San Diego motorcycle painter

About Kiwi Custom Designs

Kevin was born in New Zealand where he completed a 9,000 hour, approximately four and a half years, of an automotive car painting apprenticeship. (more…)

By biker1, ago

DIY 360° video of your motorcycle rides

Best camera for getting 360° video of your motorcycle rides

360° video of your motorcycle rides – – This is a short demonstration video of using my Insta360 One x video camera on my 2017 Big Dog k9 clone. Because the camera films everything in 360°, you really don’t have to worry about aiming it at any specific point or in any direction.

When using the manufacturers app for editing the video you can decide what angles and what scenes or special effects are applied to the video. Once the video is edited, you can export it as a regular ‘flat’ video. With a normal video camera you could never get all these different directional shots. Actually, in order to do that, you would have to, let’s say shoot facing forward, then stop and remount the camera so it’s facing backward, then stop again, and change the camera to point out to the right side, etc.. With this camera, because everything is captured, you can decide what shots you want to include in the final video and also make some incredible special effects. (more…)

By biker1, ago

Big Dog Shock Absorbers

New Big Dog Shock Absorbers

Installing new rear shock absorbers for the Big Dog motorcycle. Although this video shows the shocks being installed on a Big Dog K-9 model motorcycle, actually, the shock absorbers shown here can also be used on a number of the Big Dog motorcycle models as well as certain Harley-Davidson models.

It was time for new shocks for my Big Dog k9 motorcycle.The ride had become rough and on a number of occasions out here in Southern California with our crappy roads, hitting the slightest bump, it could bottom out. (more…)

By biker1, ago

Motorcycle Transmission Problem

Big Dog Motorcycle Motorcycle Transmission Problem

Proper maintenance is the key to maintaining your motorcycle.    

The Big Dog motorcycle k9 model cost about $34,000. But, whether you have a Big Dog or a Honda, you want to take care of it in order to avoid costly repairs and to ensure it’s maximum longevity.

In this video you see that this Big Dog motorcycle needs a complete transmission rebuilt. Yes, this is going to be very expensive to say nothing of the riding time lost. But, worst of all, the problem may never have occurred if the owner or the owner’s mechanic followed the manufacturer’s specifications for the type and the amount of transmission gear oil to use. (more…)

By biker1, ago