Cycle Source is a BaddAss magazine run by people like you and me, people that ride,and enjoy thier little bit of time in this sweet country.The Editor Chris sweats it out every month to put out one of the greatest mags offered to the American public,everyone from the photographers to the writers are top notch people.The tech features are super cool and the articles are well written! They support American business from the little guys to the big hitters in our industry! This month they did shop tour of my hole in the wall,Thanks to Lisa Ballard for the great pics!,thanks to Mike D. for the write up,and last but not least a big Thank you to Chris Callen the editor for featuring my hard work, and running one of the BEST mags available to us! If you dont currently read Cycle Source, you should check it out, you wont find yourself on the shitter without it! slim

This is some shots of fab work i have done for De Palma clothing Co. giveaway bike, The motor mount I fabbed received new locking hardware,The pipes started life as a biltwell kit,and the tank was a narrowed mustang,everything is pretty much leaving for chrome and paint on wednsday of this week and i will be painting the frame and final assembly upon return of parts! If you havent register to win this bike on De Palma Clothing blog! ITS FUCKING FREE just go enter! You can see my live shop tour on their blog too! SLIM

Thes are some shots of Kabblahs XS650 Ive been cuttin on! got the springer almost wrapped up, its really narrow,the pipes are visiting the nickel plater,and the front legs are bent but not installed! Big K I hope you like it! It will be a hell of a bike soon enuff! Slim

Jake and Eli Wolf came out to visit and drop off this 68 sporty for a looptail hardtail,it came out sweet these cats are from the San Diego area, and Eli has his sporty in this months bad ass edition of Cycle Source magazine,along with my shop visit photographed by Lisa Ballard, and written by the late great Mike D himself! Thanx to all, I love you fuckers! SLIM

Well the shitbox runs and drives! It has been a long road! now it is small block mopar powered,It needed less wheelstanding ballast out back for driveability so the boat anchor big block was ditched! Now sporting lots of gear, converter, and R.P.M. potential,via high reving small block!I forked over a big chunk of hard earned greenbacks for a fresh 10 degree casale V-drive fully polished to handle the daily driven beatings I give this bitch! The new unit as a whole(the complete drivetrain)is really sweet and will be flogged like a fuckin stepchild! You have my guaratee! keep an eye on the blog for an upcoming video! Red,White,and Blue all day long!SLIM

This is the De Palma giveaway bike, I built and installed the new hardtail ,seat is mounted via Biltwell seat mount,bars are built by me and the risers are Biltwell,and I spent some time ornamenting the tank to give the paint man some fun patterns to fuck with, Kris and I have spent some time wrenching on this rig to make it right for the winner! GOOD LUCK!! I would love to own this bike! By the way we just received a Biltwell pipe kit that will be a clean addition to this cool ass bike ,enjoy the photos!!! SLIM

This is Seans whizzer tank and a few of his sweet kz chops the one thats tank numbered might look familliar from "The Bash", his other bike is a kz chop that received the schwinn whizzer tank that i re furbished for him and installed a new tunnel, it was squashed and over tunnelled with way too thin sheet metal, the black one thats numbered gets ridden every day in Irvine! Thats what the fuck Im talkin about! commuter chops rule! SLIM

This is the de palma bike and oil bag, Kris is the man in charge of this sporty giveaway bike,a cool ass dude himself! I have been going through this bike straightening all the fucked up shit, and installing handmade quality parts by me, other sweet parts were also donated to the build from the industries coolest M/F s, Biltwell guys! Thank you for your nice parts and speedy service, as usual!! Check out the De Palma site while your browsing! SLIM

Good day to everyone! These are some pics of Kabblahs xs 650 frame< I spent countless hours hand stripping, de tabbing and just removing all th ugly shit!! the springer is done and the tanks too< finish assembly is under way now, and it is fuckin badd ass! I like spending the time to hand strip and hand file off the excess weld from tabs by hand to keep the tubing at spec thickness and to keep the tubing clean!!! Keeping quality high and pricing fair is what made America successfull back in the day and it is what will bring our country back to its feet over time! Thanks for your time< SLIM

This is a pic of Clarkes 2003 883r sporty, it is fuckin fast,reliable,and sweet lookin! This is what sportys are for "RIDING ALL THE TIME"! This is a rare shot!! its parked! Clarke and his wife Rondi are responsible for just about everything except major fab,Rondi does the paint and design work, while Clarke does all the plumbing adjusting and fine tuning, we have weekend gang ups on the fab work!