Knucklehead Garage - The Daily Grind

[Ponda]

Hey guys - been a lurker here for a while. I generally stay pretty quiet and keep to myself but figured I'd start up a picture thread for my shop.

It's more of a hobby/side business for me - but since we opened...we've managed to stay pretty swamped with odd jobs as well as full builds.

Here's the shop I decided to build last September. We started building around the end of October and Finished up in January. It's been great so far but if things keep progressing like they are - I'll be adding on or looking for a new location very soon.

We just finished up this bike for a customer...

Here are a few of our personal bikes...

All of the major stuff is complete on this xs. Just have to finish up the paint/powdercoat and put everything back together.

Thanks for looking guys! Be sure to go give us a like on Facebook (I'm going to try and make myself take more pictures through some of these builds). We're currently in the process of building a KZ440 monoshock bobber. I'll try and grab a few pics of that ASAP.

-Steve
Knucklehead Garage
www.knucklehead-garage.com

 

[itrguy]

Very cool, nice looking bikes!!

 

[Limpy]

I have often considered putting up pictures of my small workspace because I am forced to be so efficient. I recall pictures of Mule Motorcycles' shop, with the clothes washer and dryer on the side. This would be a cool string to continue. The recent pictures of Hugh's Handbuilt were troubling but I have to believe he will come back strong and great support from this site.

Also, I really like the tank color combination and great logo.

 

[Airwolfie]

Nice garage! I'm well jealous!

Love this bike!!

What tank is that off??

 

[warbird]

nice place you got, good looking bikes, gotta say im digging that Z car in the first few pictures. miss mine

 

[azman857]

Mmmmmm '77 KZ650. Niiiice.

 

[geof]

Nice paintjob,looking for something like that

 

[Kinsygrl]

Super inspired guy! Thanx for the pics. The 29 bike is sick! Just curios how you got started and at what point you decided to build the garage?

 

[1lowdiesel]

Nice. I'm digging that silvy that's laid out lol

 

[501Spanky]

Great looking shop, and nice bikes! I am incredibly jealous

 

[Ponda]

Love this bike!!

What tank is that off??

Not 100% sure on the tank. I believe a Sportster but I'll make sure.

Super inspired guy! Thanx for the pics. The 29 bike is sick! Just curios how you got started and at what point you decided to build the garage?

Thanks! My brother and I have been tinkering with cars on the side for quite a while. We started out in our parents basement working on our own stuff but always seemed to have somebody stopping by needing some work done. We always dreamed of having our own shop but with both of us working full time jobs - it seemed a little far fetched. We finally decided to get serious and started saving some money for a shop about 2 years ago. We broke ground on the shop Oct 2012 and were able to start working in it Jan of this year. As soon as I get a little more organized I plan on shooting a short film about how we got started and showing a few of our builds.

Nice. I'm digging that silvy that's laid out lol

Going to be a super fun car when complete. Here's a teaser of what's going in...

-Steven

 

[warbird]

oh hell yes, LS and a 6spd, that swhat i was gonna do to mine years ago, sadly that car is gone now and i never got aroudn to it.... ya that'll be a fun car.... and that is def a sportser tank.

 

[Ponda]

Just wrapped up shooting this awesome heritage.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO BELOW!
http://vimeo.com/68102678

 

[Shickey]

I've seen that 29n bike for sale on the local area Craigslist! Great build. If you guys still have it, I may have to see it in person next time I'm down that way. There is a big vintage bike show happening here in Louisville September. Kentucky Kickdown hosted by Louisville Vintage Motorworks. You should bing that thing up here for it or one Wednesday night bike night before then!

http://kentuckykickdown.com/

 

[jd750ace]

I'm not much on them overlong fishtails, but those fat spoke wheels are titties on that bike. I like the color combos on the sporty tank and the heritage as well. Love the Cumberland Gap area. Beautiful. Best of luck with your enterprise.

 

[Ponda]

I've seen that 29n bike for sale on the local area Craigslist! Great build. If you guys still have it, I may have to see it in person next time I'm down that way. There is a big vintage bike show happening here in Louisville September. Kentucky Kickdown hosted by Louisville Vintage Motorworks. You should bing that thing up here for it or one Wednesday night bike night before then!

http://kentuckykickdown.com/

Ah! Was hoping to be able to make it. We just sold the 29N bike last weekend - we're almost finished with a few other builds, though. Hopefully we can make it!

I'm not much on them overlong fishtails, but those fat spoke wheels are titties on that bike. I like the color combos on the sporty tank and the heritage as well. Love the Cumberland Gap area. Beautiful. Best of luck with your enterprise.

Thanks! Come see us next time you're in the area!

 

[Ponda]

Is anyone out there?

Haven't posted much lately but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy. We just haven't been busy with cool stuff to post about. Unless you all want to see progress pics on us changing fuel pumps and doing oil changes? Didn't think so...

We did find time to tear down our shop bike and lay a few coats of paint. Fairly happy with how it came out...new tires and a different electronics tank / battery box will be added soon.

We also started on our KZ440 build. Who freakin' knows how this will go...I let our lead fabricator have some freedom on this one. So far he has fab'd the shock mounts and stretched/reinforced the swingarm 8''. He'll be working on the seat mount and electronics this week.

Oh yea...I also found this nice little gem. I usually don't buy pre-modded things but couldn't pass this up. '75 Celica with a '96 tacoma engine and a small turbo. Still needs some work but most off it is complete. I've wanted one for a long time but you don't see them much on the east coast.

That's it for now. Be sure to give us a like on facebook if you like our builds! I've been trying to keep that updated more frequently.

www.facebook.com/kheadgarage

 

[dumpster84]

Dang man, so much cool stuff in here. Your shop looks great and looks like you guys stay really busy. That KZ is wild, can't wait to see how that turns out!

Nice find on that celica, you definitely don't come across those very often, especially in the condition that it appears to be in.

 

[Johnt3]

Some damn nice work Ponda. I saw on guys on Facebook earlier this year.
I'm sure liking that Celica,always thought those were good looking. I had a '78 Corolla sr5
back in the day.

 

[Ponda]

Wow...haven't updated the thread since July. Guess it's time for a quick update.

Unfortunately, I don't have much bike stuff to update you on just yet. I do have a few builds in progress - but I'll get you up to par on that in a week or two.

My brother's datsun is coming along great. If it's not running in a couple of weeks - somebody is slacking.

I haven't done much to the Celica just yet. Just trying to keep the dust knocked off.

Things are getting a little tight in the shop right now. I've been slaving over the white BMW for a month - I'll be selling that soon and starting back on building a few bikes.

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I finally added some beefy tires to my personal XS and installed one of our home made electrical tanks. I'll be fabbing up an exhaust if I ever get some spare time.

Thanks to all who purchased an electrical tank in 2013. We're working hard on a new tank for 2014 - which will be pre-fabbed with a fuse box and mounts for the stock reg/rec.

-Steven