Mad Bros #02 : The splitlane

Mad Bike #02 : The Splitlane

This is my 1993 Yamaha SR500 That I rebuilt from the frame up.
In house made the seat, the upholstery, the bars; painted the metalflake tank a while aho and added the flames later. The rest is the usual stuff : blinkers, headlight (from † http://www.eightysixchannel.blogspot.ca/)  vintage looking rearlight. Longer control cables.
No battery, KN filter … blablabla
Upswept muffler and Hagon shocks.
Kick pedal is home made.
Gonna be racing it at Dirtquake this summer, so I have to change it to “dirt track” mode.
LDN May 6th 2013

 

What you been up to

SHit s been pretty intense.

Dont’ have real time to keep posting stuff, but I still have so many photos to put here.
Here ‘s where to find me :

www.louisdavidnajar.tumblr.com

www.louisdavidnajar.com

and my instagram :

http://statigr.am/ldnmadbros

here’ s a tank I painted for my friend Riton.

(before he went on a cafe racer delirium and put hit the ground dryyyy) so I had to repair it and tweak it a little, and gave it back to him right the way I thought he’d like to see it.

Mad Max – the outtakes

An outtake is a portion of a work (usually a film or music recording) that is removed in the editing process and not included in the work’s final, publicly released version.

What was done to the bike :

New Parts :

Twisted bars
Grips
Mirror
Cable covers
New rear fender
New signal lights
Front Champion deluxe 18 x 350
Battery bag : vintage military
New mufflers

Fabrication & Paint job :

Exhaust pipes guiding
Footpegs
Shift lever knob
Double headlight mount
Rewiring
Loads of polishing (trees, boots, covers, bars, pipes, risers)
Rear fender mounts
Sissy bar and mounts
Rear light mount
Signals mount
Seat made from a moped seat (welded spring mounts)
Fender metalflake and pinstripe
Tank flames and pinstripe
Hand made pillon, mounts and signpaint.

Extras :

Patience
Anger
Laughing
Time
Faith
Inspiration

I met Max through a common friend.
He mentioned he had a Honda bobber project in his room that was on hold. We agreed he would bring his roller to my “garage” so we could work on it together.
Honestly, I never thought it would take this long, because this was in April. Anyway, I can say that I am pretty satisfied with the overall look of the bike. See I’ve been into bikes for a little while, but my discovery of California Choppers is more recent, and has caused a severe addiction. Here in Europe, it seems like choices reduce to cafe racer or street tracker. I dig it but bikes end up looking the same, and same aftermarket parts are used. My belief is that choppers allow even more personality expression or extension.
The mix of chrome and rust. That’s what it is.

The wiki definition of chopper is :
A chopper is a type of motorcycle that was either modified from an original motorcycle design (“chopped”) or built from scratch to have a unique hand-crafted appearance.

So that means it s a process rather than an style; I thought we could go in that direction even though we didn’t have a panhed or a shovelhead in our hands.
I had loads of fun rebuilding this bike, and Max was the most patient and tolerant guy with me; so thank you man.

J’ai rencontré Max par l’intermédiaire d’un ami commun.
Il a parlé d’un projet bobber Honda dans sa chambre qui était en attente.
Nous avons convenu qu’il apporte son engin dans mon “garage”.
Honnêtement, je n’ai jamais pensé que ce serait aussi long, parce que c’était en Avril. Quoi qu’il en soit, je peux dire que je suis assez satisfait de l’aspect global de la moto. Cela fait un petit moment que j’aime les bécanes, mais ma découverte des Choppers Californiens est plus récente, et cause une dépendance sévère. Ici, en Europe, il semble que les choix se limitent au café racer ou street tracker. L’inconvénient c’est que les motos finissent par se ressembler, parce que les mêmes pièces aftermarket sont utilisées. Ma conviction est que les choppers donnent une plus grande liberté d’expression.
Le chrome et la rouille.

La définition du wiki est:
Un chopper est un type de moto qui a été soit modifiées d’une conception originale de moto («hachés») ou construit à partir de zéro pour avoir un unique aspect artisanal.

Pour moi plus qu’un style, c’est un processus, alors j’ai pensé que nous pourrions aller dans cette direction, même sans avoir un panhed ou un shovelhead entre les mains.
J’ai eu beaucoup de plaisir à reconstruire cette moto, et Max a été très patient et tolérant avec moi, donc merci tête de mule.

Peace
LD

 

The day she got picked up

Trying weird stuff

Started rewiring

Putting some high bars

First sissy bar

What a pain in the ass

Polishing

Tripping

first paintjob (failed on the tank and had to start over)

Diner time

Rear fender

Bungs for the sissy bar

barbecue time

and back in the garage

Polishing stand

 

This cracked us up

love this photo of max and I taking a break at the local diner

Mad Bros helmet prototype

back with another paintjob

The end (of the beginning)

Where to get Brain Fluid L.P.

If you want to support the music buy buying individual tracks or the whole release, there are a couple of different ways to get the Brain Fluid L.P. album right now :

Digitaly, you can get it through Juno Download : (http://www.junodownload.com/labels/Mad+Bros/releases/)

Physically, there is a limited CD pressing of 100 copies, all covers numbered and handmade, that you can get on the Mad Bros website, but also at 12inch record store (rue de Palestro) and Betino (rue Saint Sébastien).

There is also the official Brain Fluid MIX, that you can download for free right here right now (right click and save).

A quick reminder of what Brain Fluid L.P. is : Brain Fluid L.P. is long play release entirely produced by Luis Davis, over the past 3 years. Our brain produces a considerable amount of fluid everyday, that is absorbed by our body, through physical and mental activity. For me, that liquid represents the different states of mind and moods that a journey or life can have. This is a tribute to Roberto Najar, my younger brother, who tragically died after 100 days of coma due to a traffic accident in the city of New York in 2006. The Najar brothers were very much inspired by the so called House Music, and that was the main reason why Roberto left to NYC. He basically followed his elder brother steps, and was dedicated to DJing. Brain Fluid is the transcription of a tragic story into sound and hopeful melancoly. 11 tracks to travel into emotion.

Approved by

24Hours ( http://www.2-4-hours.blogspot.com/ ) :

The Brain Fluid L.P. is a fantastic release, the whole album is entirely produced by Luis Davis, yes of course I´m talking about the Mad Bros label manager that we´ve featured here at 24:hours before. We are very excited to bring you this mix containing the songs from the album which Luis has been working on for three years. The result is really great and I do know this release will get all the great attention it deserves.

Redbull Music Academy : http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/daily-news/post/All/0/972

Class of ’07 Luis Davis has wrapped up his debut album, a project that he had been working on for the past three years. The Brain Fluid LP is dedicated to his younger brother Roberto Najar, who tragically died at the age of 19, after 100 days of coma due to a traffic accident in New York City in 2006.

Last but not least you can also catch us on youtube and myspace :  myspace.com/luisdavis and myspace.com/madbros