Friday, June 22, 2012

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Toolin' around


One-off leather patches for or buddy Asa's vest.

Under Pressure!


That's right-  STILL working on rebuilding the 9" in the Econoline van.  Going to tackle the rebuild on the rear, got all the bearings pressed off and on, just waiting on a couple tools.   Got lots of distractions, but it should be back on the road soon......



Got one wheel back from blasting  (we like to say that cause it sounds more professional, even though we just got it back from the driveway where the blast cabinet was set up).

Sunday, June 17, 2012


Practiced tooling a Trout on a scrap piece, gearing up for a fly case we'll be making-  not bad for a first attempt at wildlife if i say so myself!

Saturday, June 16, 2012

EASY THERE COOL BREEZE........


Decided to class the shop up a bit with a ceiling fan!

Friday, June 15, 2012


Finished up a leather wallet for a good friend's dad-  nice 70's MX vibe!
 What do you do for a gas cap when you scratch build a tank?  Well, you scratch build the cap of course!  This is actually about the third incarnation of a cap.  It took a while to R&D previous versions, figure out what looked best, what worked, etc.

 It's Al-You-Min-EE-um, , Danny machined a nice groove for the o-ring (after the previous version flew out of his lathe, we started with a flat piece and machined the groove first), and we hand filed, sanded, and grooved the rest of it.  Then, we made a mounting tab, drilled it for a rollpin, drilled the tab, contoured it, made sure the o-ring woul seat to the flat steel on the tank, welded it all up, clearanced it, etc.!!!  A LOT of work for a piece that most people won't notice, but it is one of a kind for SURE!

The view from above.  wow, this is really insane, never seen a cap like this, hope people will appreciate it--  Still need to drill the vent holes and holesaw out the opening in the tank.  And, HOPE a gas nozzle fits inside since we were limited on space!

That's right-  Dart Tournament SMACKDOWN!  B&B gets it DONE.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Shot some pics of the Conquistador 250 for a Spanish magazine today,
then fired it up and made a lot of noise!





Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Busch and Busch won't judge-  when it comes to art projects, like this wallet in progress, we will help you realize your vision- whatever that may be :-)

Tuesday, June 12, 2012


Just finished tooling this wallet outer shell for a friend's dad- I love the 70's vibe it's got!

That's right, we do rearend rebuilds as well!

Monday, June 11, 2012


The man has IMPECCABLE taste-  both in motorcycle styling AND fashion apparently  :-)

Windchime-  made from all the left over bearing races from our 9" rebuild.  Waste not want not!