Hells Bananas

Brat Style Seat

AdamKosecki — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:53:06 +0000

Bratty seat for my birthday from Uncle Sam. Ordered from Brat Style in Japan. Hired a translator off craigslist for $15 to call them and place the order. Quick shipping, good product. Looks phenomenal. Next up: building an electronics box. Also, I need to get rid of those Harley shocks, too, waaayyyy too stiff for my scrawny ass.

Red Devil Buses in Panama

ErikBerke — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:46:13 +0000

Riding public transportation in Panama.

Salty

AdamKosecki — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:13:16 +0000

Amazing experience to drive on the Bonneville Salt Flats yesterday, even if it was in my Cherokee, packed to the brim with Tracy’s gear. Next stop, San Francisco.

All I see are things to do…

AdamKosecki — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:12:14 +0000

Cut handlebars, order brake line, find new mirror, grips…

Shakedown Ride

AdamKosecki — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:12:34 +0000

Full success. Now to make a seat and build a battery box…

Fuses

AdamKosecki — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:21:13 +0000

OK Tracy, the label maker is finally paying off :)

The Bus – Documentary Teaser/Trailer

ErikBerke — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:10:01 +0000

The protests have long since ended, supplies arrived , I lived. It gave me a true sense of how foriegn I am down here and reliant on the locals. I also took this time to ponder two things: One, the Toyota Hilux is the best truck on the planet. Two, where’s all the diesel motorcycles? While I thought about that, the natives set up road blocks, one died, then they burned down a police station. Kinda awesome actually. O Yea and Noriega is back.

This doc looks like it will be awesome:

Ruh Roh

AdamKosecki — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:49 +0000

Email from Berke:

“Dude I am sorta stuck in Panama because the natives are protesting and blocking the road. They say our group of islands has a few days of diesal and electricity left. I guess we’ll see.”

Tank is done, for now

AdamKosecki — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:05:45 +0000

Handy Adam

AdamKosecki — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:03:23 +0000

Saw this at a swap meet over the weekend. I got the same one for my fourth birthday. I don’t think any other gift my parents ever got me ended up having a greater influence on me. On second thought, the influence was my parents, themselves, this just kept me from stealing their tools for a while. (Ironically, I think a couple of the screwdrivers from this kit now float around my parents’ house). I digress. I think it’s great that the packaging notes that it’s made in Poland. Today, it would surely be made in China, and all the marvelous wood handles and “chest” would be plastic.

It’s too bad most of the tools were missing, it would have been a great nostalgic purchase.