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Feeling Exhausted this month at Carpys Garage

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
20 Feb

I seem to always be burning that proverbial candle at both ends as of late, but, I do see some light at the end of the tunnel and have a few pokers in many fires right now, interesting times for sure, I am also working on a new website to make it less complicated and with so many hackers out there, I need to change things around a bit and its good to start a few new things from time to time.  I mean, 25 years is a long time doing anything, but I love what i do and continue to push the Motorcycle build and parts envelope when ever I can.

Once I have organized the Barn here at the Ranch, I shall be introducing some video’s of things that people have asked for and let you know what I have been up to with regular Vlogs etc, its a good platform to have these days and with all the Ai stuff flooding the market, its good to be updated with the latest software to help things along with E Commerce etc.

Just wanted to say hello and I shall be doing a few things to show what’s going on here in Southern California, new bikes to build for customers and my self and of course some New parts that I am working on for Motorcycles, Hot Rods and Vintage truck parts like my 1970 F250 Ranger that was featured in a Movie.

25 Years in Business- Time sure does fly by.

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
17 Feb

Where has the time gone? I mean, it seemed like only a couple of years that I took the big Silver bird across the Ocean to land in Southern California, but- There it is, a Milestone for me of course and a quarter of a Century has simply blown by, although I have accomplished many tasks over the year and now, I have my own Barn/workshop with no worries of Landlords breathing down your neck and building parts at my pace rather than other companies.

I love what I do and working at Home is something I have always enjoyed, I have plenty of projects to get on with, bikes to build and of course make parts and offer to you all around the globe, I am drawing up a few ideas’ as I celebrate Presidents day and am enjoying the sunny day here at the Barn in Southern California.

I will be designing some New exhaust systems, my old tube bender has retired but located a closer company that will help me with the mandrel bending to create more unique exhausts for many different models, its an exciting time here at the shop.

It certainly has been a tough year with the fires getting so close, the air had so much ash in it but now all seems to have settled down and I can spend more time in the Barn, as I need to concentrate on a few projects I need to finish and after all that can begin some new products that I have been quite excited about over the last 12 months.

So feel free to keep checking back or drop me a line at carpy@carpyscaferacers.com as I always reply and if you are in need of a quicker response, fee free to text me on 714-598-8392 and I will help you out.

Have a great presidents day and hope you have fun with your machine as much as I do?

Thanks and again and here is to another 25 years.

 

New beginnings for 2022, Looking forward to it.

Posted on by Steve Carpenter
10 Jan

The New Year is here, still a crazy world out there and I am not taking any risks to get ill again, I got all my shots, I then caught Covid and then at Christmas got a cold almost as bad as the New Omicron, what a shit start to the year for sure, but- I have got the cold just about beat, still coughing like a badly tuned motor, but I am on the road once more.

For over 20 years I have rented a building for what I do, we all throw away good money on rent and the Landlord is the only person that makes anything out of that, but- this year is all different, about 7 months ago we put in plans for a barn to be built on the 1 acre we have here in La Habra heights. We had to jump through the many hoops and have many inspections, but at last we are now making some great progress.

Once the Concrete slab was laid and left to cure for a whole month, we started to get the Barn ready to go together on Wednesday, the sun was out and the rain storm we had for a week before had gone, this is a really excited time for Carpys Garage and wanted to share some of the build with you.

A great Company that makes steel Barns for many years was the choice that we went for, robust and affordable, a steel skeleton is constructed and bolted with high grade bolts to the Concrete floor, this is a sturdy set up and am glad that we went this route.

I have no idea how I am going to decorate as yet, that all takes time and of course money, but the main thing is to get the workshop put together and then see what I can do to make it my own and have fun creating what I do from the comfort of home. And not a drive to work either.

 

This will indeed be the perfect place for inspiration and dont have to worry about parking, or the street sweeper etc or the Land lord coming by to increase their rent, this is a bitchin set up and super stoked to be doing this.

It is the perfect size for me and although will take a little time to dial in, it will be such a relief to jump out of bed and stroll up the yard to the Barn and begin to make parts or create builds to offer the Customers all over the globe.

I wanted a Red Old style Color Barn as the area we are in has many Ranches etc. And we thought this color will fit right in, hope to find an old Cart Wheel later to add to the side and of course old industrial Lights to mount outside, along with a Cow or Bull skull with Horns.

Lots t do but making great headway and will be a fun project as we go along, some might not understand the importance of your own workshop, but those who do, will really get how stoked I am to be in this situation.

 

Eventually I shall decide on a cool Barn door, as I don’t want just a regular roll up, they are noisy too, so I am looking into a few styles with Jennifer to see what would look good on the front.

It is also a nice wide opening, so I can get my bikes and Hot Rod in there with no issues, the run off is super good if we do get any more of the wet stuff.

Just wanted to share the news with all you lot, I know that a lot of you will be stoked for me and I look forward to making brand new parts here from the countryside of ideas.

Its Bulldog approved now and she will enjoy hanging out again in the garage as she was in many of my shops and loved hanging around in the workshop all day.

So, thanks for reading my little Blog and I will show more of when I have got other stuff finished in the Barn, but good things are happening and many thanks for sticking by me.

 

Thought I would show the New Little CB350RS HONDA that’s out and about, very Nostalgic looking, what do you think?