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Caribbean Custom Cycles

The Complexity of Simplicity...........Bikes with Soul

About Me

Some know me as "El Chopperfreak"...I build simple ,functional, inexpensive bikes with lots of soul for "everyday" people....Been on a few magazines around the World... Old School Rules at our shop...Currently hiding away in Paradise, building bikes one by one and surfing my ass off...ridin' the dirt, hanging out, traveling....having fun.. What else do someone needs?Keep an eye on 2008 , even more bikes, January book release, I will be riding or surfing in a spot around you. New shirts coming up.... Hawaii, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Haiti, Colombia, Venezuela, are already on schedule..Simple, just enjoy the whole fuckin' thingCheck ChopperFreak website. for lots more.................For Parts, shirts and cool shit Ebay store. ..................................Profile Edited by MPS MySpace Editor 2.0Hasta La Victoria Siempre !!!

My Interests

Silence, Peace, Truth, Big Waves, Bikes, Traveling the world

I'd like to meet:

Talented people/Life is Style

Music:

Whatever in the mood for, from Punk to Reggae, Sex Pistols to Jack Johnson.... Loud Fucked up Music If I feel like it!!!! Sade like mellow if i feel it too. IPod is loaded (Reggaeton SUCKS !)

Movies:

Old Black and White stuff, like Casablanca, Surf Movies, Choppertown,Dogtown and Z boys, Motorcycle Diaries (not because it says motorcycle)Meteoro by Diego de la Texera

Television:

Not much..

Books:

Gabriel Garcia Marquez,Isabel Allende,Che Guevara, Neruda, Kerouac, Buddha,Hemingway

Heroes:

Honest, Respectful, Creative, people, who are not afraid to speak the truth, even if it kills them. Truth is Permanent. Those who smile while the heart weeps........Mis viejos, que se sufren mis derrotas, se gozan mis victorias y siempre me respaldan las locuras Mi abuelo, Turin Barnes...

My Blog

Me on TV ??? Well...

Ok, this is the deal... Soon we will be filming a Pilot for an idea that’s been rolling on my brain for quite some time, I have talked about it to some people to no avail, while others have list...
Posted by Caribbean Custom Cycles on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:19:00 PST

News March 2008 on....

Well, here we go again, just an update of what has been going on... Well, fuck, not much (for normalcy) The books are in stock at the shop, so anyone that might wish to get one, humbly scribbled by me...
Posted by Caribbean Custom Cycles on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:12:00 PST

Looking forward to 08..

Theres no sugar coating, 2007 has been one of the shittiest years ever!!! and I am really glad to see it go.... But to be fair and being a mirror image of life (well, year after year is life..so duh) ...
Posted by Caribbean Custom Cycles on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:45:00 PST

Haiti tales two

I have been very fortunate to be able to ride a motorcycles in many places around the world, no matter how many times I've been to a place, once you are there, and see it atop a bike is a totally diff...
Posted by Caribbean Custom Cycles on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:59:00 PST

Haiti and other demons

Well, we are finally back from our trip into the depths of Haiti, and what a trip it was.....!!!!! I never had a single doubt, or felt any danger looming when I was first invited to ride into Haiti, u...
Posted by Caribbean Custom Cycles on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:22:00 PST

Panamericana Especial...

Well, either insanity has finally set, or simply is time to do interesting things. I've had this idea, to cross South America, from North to South for some time, been planning some things, but mostly,...
Posted by Caribbean Custom Cycles on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:51:00 PST

The Book....

..> How To Build a Bobber on a Budget       Author: Jose de Miguel In the old days all a person needed to build a killer custom motorcycle was a bike, a set of tools, a ...
Posted by Caribbean Custom Cycles on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:46:00 PST

Words by Michael Lichter

3 years ago I built a bike for the "Bobs back" exhibition at the Journey Museum in Rapid City South Dakota. This took place way before the old school simple bikes became the "fad" that it is today. Th...
Posted by Caribbean Custom Cycles on Fri, 11 May 2007 01:11:00 PST

What up !!!!!????

Well.... Let's see... Ah.. The book should be out by Feb 2008, most of the material should be complete by the end of May, the Editors say it is a solid book.. So I guess that is good..??? There's a fe...
Posted by Caribbean Custom Cycles on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:23:00 PST

Worldwide Bikes..

One of the few things I've found out during all these years building bikes is that the whole World has bikes. Sure, I dont want to sound like an ingrate, but I am sick of US bike shows, it's always th...
Posted by Caribbean Custom Cycles on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:47:00 PST