BIG NEWS!!! With the return of Strange Days this year, you might be wondering, what about the giveaway bike?!? Ladies and germs, I’d like to introduce the Strange Days 10th Anniversary giveaway bike, “Sweet Cheeks.” This custom 1980 Shovelhead is built in the spirit of what Strange Days is all about: long distance riding and camping! Inspired by the long-haul, mile-munching bikes that @joepanhead1313_archives and his friends rode in the past, Sweet Cheeks is the bike to carry everything you need with plenty of fuel, pullback handlebars, and a comfortable seat for that lazy-boy feel while jamming down the highway. **Features of Sweet Cheeks:** - 80” Motor - 4-Speed Transmission - Raked Frame - 8” Over Front End - Custom Stainless Pullbacks by @silverbackmoto - 3.5 Gallon Tanks - Custom Seat by @dnseats6779 - Custom Paint by @custom.paint.by.jam - Tall Polished Stainless Steel Sissy Bar for holding all your gear or your ol’lady. Many of you may remember the beginning of this bike’s journey back in January 2020. Just a month later, the world went to shit, and many events, including Strange Days, were forced to cancel. Despite the uncertain return of Strange Days, we continued to build and complete the bike. Now with Strange Days 10 a go, we’re thrilled to bring Sweet Cheeks out of hibernation for one lucky winner to take home this July! I want to extend a big shout-out to @lowbrowcustoms for supplying a bundle of parts for this build five years ago, @silverbackmoto for the custom stainless pullback handlebars, @dnseats6779 for the custom seat, and @custom.paint.by.jam for the amazing paintwork depicting the golden hour on the Rickey Farm, the birthplace of the first Strange Days. Ticket details are TBD. However, PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN! So, start making plans for this psychedelic chopper campout weekend now! Stay tuned! We have more exciting details to reveal about this giveaway! I want include these fine people and pages for their help and patience to see this through. @chopcult @hotdoggin @motojam_productions @lowbrowcustoms @silverbackmoto @dnseats6779 @bengottheinsta59fl @custom.paint.by.jam @strangedaysevent

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Save the date! The 18th Annual Secret Bike Show is October 27th! This show is always a good time to close out the season! I’ll be vending! Be there or be square! #milfordpa #secretbikeshow #secretbikeshowmilfordpa #choppers #custommotorcycle #custombikeshow

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Wishing this awesome wife of mine, @miss_mundy a very happy birthday! I’ll never forget the moment on our first date we discovered we shared birthdays a day apart. It’s a small thing we bonded over at the start (also Death Proof ☠️) and who could have thought many years later we’d share and bond over so much more together! Love you!

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Surprise! @miss_mundy and I made a last minute decision to make a run to @fuelcleveland. Great show as always, awesome collection of bikes! We got to see @pedro_and_bettys_big_revival Charity Chop in progress in person! It was great hanging with Frank and Mike, thanks for the shade and water at your vendor spot! Here’s a few quick photos from the day. Kate and I even took a train ride in the afternoon. Back to Jersey in the AM!

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Hey gang! It’s been a while since I last shared any updates on shop work. I haven’t been able to work on much since selling my dad’s place last November. However, I’ve been slowly working on getting all my equipment back up and running and creating a somewhat functional workspace for now. That said, I’m excited to announce that I’ve made the first sissybar in the new spot, and it’s all for a good cause! A little background... Kate and I met Frank of @pedro_and_bettys_big_revival last year @fuelcleveland and we instantly connected over Honda Shadow choppers. Frank and Mike are real grassroots garage chopper buildin’ dudes out of West Virginia and throw down the miles on their Shadows. These guys have class and character. In a world drowned in chopped Harley’s, it’s cool to meet people that “get it” with building metric bikes. They may be cheap and easy to acquire, but to be built right and look good, is not for the faint of heart. So! Frank and Mike have a new chopper build underway! They have been working tirelessly on a wild VT600 Honda Shadow chopper that will be raffled off in October to benefit the @sweetjuliagrace foundation. This foundation’s mission is to provide support with day-to-day needs for families with children who are seriously ill, have special needs, or are currently facing a medical crisis. If any of you know my brother Ray, you know this kinda thing is close to my heart. So, we had a quick chat with the guys and they sent us their design and a mock-up bar to pull measurements from. We then turned their dream bar into an all-polished stainless reality. I thank Frank and Mike for the opportunity for Kate and I to make a contribution towards this. Within the next week or so I’ll be posting a video of how this sissybar was built start to finish. We wish these guys safe travels to Fuel Cleveland this weekend! If ya’ll are out there be sure to pay a visit to their booth and check out what they’ve been building and their own chops, “Pedro” and “Betty”! #stainlesssissybar #pedroandbettysbigrevival #fuelcleveland #retrofitcycleworks #choppers #vt600chopper #hondashadow #charitychop

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I want to wish this amazing woman at my side, @miss_mundy a very happy anniversary! 🎉🥂 I love every single project 🛠️ or adventure 🌄 we embark on together and I love every single night falling asleep watching Mysteries of The Abandoned with you 🏚️ I’m an incredibly lucky man to have someone like you to be with on this wild roller coaster called life🎢 Through the ups and downs and loop de loops and sometimes puke 🤢😆 2 years hitched flew by already however, I can’t believe it’s been 12 years total we’ve been in each other’s lives. We’ve experienced and learned so much together. I’m looking forwards to what the next 12 years will bring ❤️

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For Sale: NOS South Bend drill press quills. One looks like a Morse Taper Shaft with the slot. The other may fit a Jacobs J-33 Chuck. $60 shipped for both.

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For Sale: 1944 South Bend 9” x 36” lathe. 220v but could be changed to 110v. Forward only at the switch but can also be changed. Power cross feed. Comes with the table and drawer set up on wheels. Very easy to move around. Table top is 31” x 48”. Drawers have little pull out shelves at the top. Light not included. I’ve owned this machine for over 12 years. It’s served me well. Ways have some wear. Comes with tooling pictured, 2 3 jaw chucks, collet set and draw bar, left and right tool holders, knurler, cross cutter, gears to change speeds, steady rest. Cuts nice. $1200 or best offer. Located in Newton, NJ. Also have an Atlas 10” for sale. Check my feed.

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For Sale: Atlas lathe. 10” swing. 42” bed. 110v. Forward and reverse at the switch. Serviced and greased. New wiring. New head stock bearings, gibs replaced and adjusted, new way wipers, belts in nice shape. Comes with a Cushman 3 jaw chuck, thread counter, Colton quick change tool post. Power cross feed. No tooling. The work bench its sitting on is not included. There are 2 knicks in the ways on the front side, doesn’t affect the carriage, ways are still decent. Cuts nice. $995 or best offer. Located in Newton, NJ.

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FOR SALE: Craftsman 150 psi 33 gallon air compressor. Works great. Light use. I put a new piston and ring kit in it a few years ago. Regulator and water trap included. No hose. $100 or B/O. Located in Newton, NJ. Got my heavy duty 220 compressor up and running and no longer need this one.

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A week ago this Sunday, I closed the doors at my dad’s place, the shop, for the last time. Although my dad passed over a year ago at this point, we finished up what jobs were left and packed our bags. 10 images for Instagram doesn’t nearly capture 15 plus years of history, Halloween, Christmas parties, and stories by the fire made at this little barn turned house. To say history feels egotistical, but I don’t know how else to put it. So many bikes and builds have passed through this garage door and closing it for the last time feels strange. I can’t thank my dad enough for putting up with my antics running a shop, supporting it, wanting to tell stories and share photos from back in the day to anyone who passed through, and giving me the skills to run things out at his place as long as I could. “The shop” has moved home to my place and I’m still finding my footing. Moving just sucks in general. I don’t know when the door will be open again exactly, but RetroFit will not die on the vine. It just has to get through the winter. Many thanks to @makeshift.matt @nick_fortuna @bengottheinsta59fl for the final push moving things and riding motorcycles to the new spot. I also can’t thank @marctremain and @lakemohawklocals enough for an easy and smooth sale. Hope y’all have a great holiday and we’ll see ya in the new year.

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WANTED! 2 piece chopper seat that looks like this. I believe it's a Corbin Gentry "Dragoon". Swipe to see what the stitching looks like.

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I had an awesome visitor come to my garage sale this past weekend. @24ouncepbr and I have talked about getting the dad bikes together for a while and we finally made it happen! For those that don’t know, Leigh’s dad and my dad both bought brand new black XLCHs in 1969. Absolute identical bikes. Leigh’s dad bought his from Dean’s in PA and my dad bought his from Tramontin’s in Clifton NJ. Only difference is 54 years later Leigh’s hasn’t changed a bit, my dads original ‘69 is lost to the sands of time. However, the photo op couldn’t be passed up getting the clone and Leigh’s together. I unfortunately don’t have a photo of when my dad bought his new, but the 3rd to last photo is the best I got. (Photo before that is Leigh’s dad) I don’t think it was even a week before my dad ripped off the decals and had the bike pinstriped. 2 years later it turned into the flame bike. 2nd to last photo is my dad’s original owner’s manual pictured with Leigh’s bike. Way too cool. Seeing these two together is making me fidgety for another ‘69 to build the next version… Lastly, thanks for the shirt Leigh!! #dadbikesrule #69XLCH

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Here’s the details folks! Massive yard sale at our house this weekend! Large lot of vintage motorcycle parts - Harley, Honda, Yamaha, Chopper - exhaust, tanks, fenders, wheels, sissybars. Household Items, Cookware, Utensils, Furniture, Clothing, Kitschy Items Car/Truck Parts - Ford/Chevy. Some tools. Automotive/Motorcycle and Other Literature. 12' Rowboat with trolling motor. 1996 GT Convertible Mustang, red, with 90k miles, fantastic condition. 9am-4pm No Early Birds! 2 Parsons Rd, Newton NJ 07860 (Hampton Township)

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Mark your calendars you local yokels! I'm having a giant yard/estate sale at "Rancho Relaxo". The time is closing in for my dad's place/the shop to be put on the market and I need to get rid of a lot of stuff!! Motorcycle and car parts and books, household items, cookware, furniture, artwork and clothing. Sept 16-17, 9-4pm. Address will be posted the night before.

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For Sale: 1981 GS550 Chopper Project This project was started about 12-14 years ago. I hate to see it go but I just don't have the time or see myself fully finishing this in the future. Custom rigid frame, Mustang tank flipped upside down, split and narrowed with Triumph oil tank caps. The coils are actually hidden between the two tanks. Stainless horseshoe battery box, stainless sissybar and seat pan made to fit but needs to be covered. Custom hand made forward controls with spoon pegs you'll never find for a GS550. These forward controls have the ability to be foot shift/hand clutch or foot clutch/hand shift. Pictured is the hand shift setup using the original shifter flipped up, and a second brake pedal modified to act as a foot clutch. Frame is smoothed and welded, stamped seams are gone. The wheels are RARE GR650 Tempter aluminum 16 Rear/19 Front with brand new tires. Rear fender was radiused to match the wheel and trimmed and blended for chain clearance. Top triple tree is smoothed, filled and polished for a slick look. Bottom tree is ready for a Bates bottom mount light. This bike comes with a TON of extra collected parts like clutch/basket, carbs, extra forks, nice shorty mufflers, etc. It pains me to see my early college project I cut my teeth on at Pratt in Brooklyn, but I'm hoping it can go to a good home that'll finish it. My dad's estate has more sentimental projects I want to hang onto, so I'm selling this bike. Hell, I think this is the second stainless sissybar my dad and I ever made. Cat eye taillight for the sissy bar is included. It did run, and ran well, it's just been sitting. Needs wiring and bungs welded in the tank for petcocks. Can provide more pictures upon request. Clean NJ title in my name. Asking $800. #chopperswapper

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@fuelcleveland was a blast! It felt really good being back since 2018! It was a bit of a white knuckle drive towing a heavy trailer from NJ to Ohio for the first time. I definitely pushed the limits of my '93 F150 climbing the long hills of PA. @nick_fortuna and @corinnenj were great travel companions watching my back the whole way out! Thankfully we made it in one piece and the truck didn't blow up so that was nice. Hale Farm and Village is a fantastic spot to host a motorcycle show. So much history combined into a few acres. I didn't take nearly enough pictures but did score some parts for maybe the clone Sportster version 2.0. Saturday had some rain in the morning but that didnt stop the show! Sunday the weather was perfect and Kate and I even snuck in a last minute interview for @thecrazygentleman podcast! Thanks for the opportunity Rob! Big special thanks to @mikeyrevolt and @starlasaz and the whole @lowbrowcustoms team for putting on another unforgettable and incredible event. Here's a few snaps of some of my favorite machines from Fuel.

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For Sale: 1954 Ford F100 Got some better pictures and video today. 239 Y Block V8 single glass pack exhaust 3 speed on the column drums all around 12volt. 3rd or 4th owner. I've owned it for over 8 years. Originally a Missouri farm truck in Glacier Blue". I purchased it from a guy in Pittsburgh PA who bought it from the family in Missouri. Backyard red paint job was done sometime in the 1980s. I put in new floors cab mounts front and rear firewall door jam pillars front cab corners door strikers firewall cover rubber floor mat steering box drag link king pins 3" drop leaf springs up front air shocks in rear. Trans was rebuilt about 6 years ago. Many many more new parts I can't think of off the top of my head. Comes with brand new visor not installed front sway bar new rear leaf spring bushings original 16" rims and tires hubcaps extra vent window frames side glass. Bed is just plywood which is perfect for hauling motorcycles or other junk around. The paint as you can see is not perfect but has that perfect farm truck patina. Only rust that was NOT fixed was the rear cab corners because you can't really see it it was not part of my plan for making the truck structurally and mechanically sound. All the gauges work. The heater box and core are mounted but needs the rest of the ductwork and controls. Turn signals work. Wiper motor new and wipers work. This is an honest solid truck cruises nicely and has good power. Fresh alignment brakes clutch and points all recently adjusted. Asking 17k or best offer.

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FOR SALE: 1954 Ford F100 (Insert this pains me to do this speech) Original 239 Y Block 3 speed trans drums all around. 3rd or 4th owner. I've owned this truck for over 8 years. Originally a Missouri farm truck in Glacier Blue". Had a back yard red paint job sometime in the 1980s. I purchased it from a guy in Pittsburgh PA who bought it from the family in Missouri. I put in new floors front and rear cab mounts firewall door jam pillars front cab corners door strikers inside firewall panel floor mat new steering box and drag link king pins 3" drop leaf springs air shocks in rear. Trans was rebuilt about 6 years ago. Many many more new parts I can't think of off the top of my head. I have receipts and documentation for all of it. Comes with a brand new visor not installed front sway bar set up new rear leaf spring bushings original 16" rims and tires hubcaps extra vent window frames side glass. Bed is just plywood which is perfect for hauling motorcycles or other junk. The paint as you can see is not perfect but has that perfect farm truck patina. (Dont worry about scratches! Its still a damn truck!) All the gauges work. The heater box and core are mounted but needs the rest of the ductwork and controls. Turn signals work. Wiper motor new and wipers work. This is an honest solid truck cruises nicely and has good power. Same year truck that was in Beetlejuice or make it the family Christmas tree hauler! Selling due to needed space to absorb the rest of my dads estate. Cant keep everything but there are some things near and dear to my heart that was my dads so the truck needs to go. Fresh alignment adjusted points clutch and brakes. Asking 17k or best offer. No trades. DM if interested or for more info.

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One year ago already we tied the knot! 10 years in, 1st anniversary in the books! Looking forward to many many more with my @miss_mundy.

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