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BOB-O FINK

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About Me

Pleased to meet you! I am Bob-o. I love to draw, build, and create. I love cars, motorcycles, wagons, wheels, tools, art, drawings, paintings, airbrushing, tattoos, guns, music, and what not. I also love anything that burns or catches fire. -See video above- If you are into anything I have mentioned in this little paragraph then by golly we have something in common! If you like choppers, hot rods, the smell of gas, or any classic cars and motorcycles, you are automatically in my cool book.

My Interests

RECENTLY FINISHED:I have a lot of interest that span the insides of my normal cognitive brain. I mostly tend to focus my abilities on a third dimensional canvas of metal. However, from time to time I have been known to pick up a pencil and sketch an array of different subjects, mostly wildlife. Therefor my interest are tools, paper, and pencils. Somewhere between my delirious antics I throw in friends and family.

I'd like to meet:

California, Bonneville, New Mexican mountains, Colorado mountains, a sandy beach with a good ocean view. An adventurous mountain full of wildlife. I would also love to meet.... My Uncle Joe, Ed Roth, Indian Larry, Preston Tucker, Howard Hughes, Lor, Alanna, and MANY more!!!!

Music:

Rush and The Who. There are many other bands I listen to like Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Tom Petty, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc. Just Rush and The Who are tied for all time awesome.

Movies:

American Graffiti, Cinderella man, Bullitt with Steve McQueen, Saving Private Ryan, One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest, The Green Mile, movies with lots of meaning and a good lesson. The Dirty Harry box set is the best thing in the world. The man with no name series kicks @$$ too. If you mess with Clint Eastwood, you leave with a lead ball in your back.

Television:

Mythbusters, Great Biker Buildoff, Deadliest Catch, Mike Rowe freaking rocks......

Books:

Anything mechanical, electrical, motorcycicalical, or auto oriented. If I have my nose burried in a book, it usually is a how to thing. I love how to's. I try to get as much information on building one thing so that when it comes time, I can pick and choose my style. Neil Peart's book Ghost Rider is one of my all time favorite books.

Heroes:

Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Indian Larry

My Blog

Bonneville: The foundation....

  Many of you already know, Pratt and I have prepared to build our creation, the 1959 powered Triumph Bonneville streamliner. We have set our demands, and finished our measurements. Before Thanks...
Posted by BOB-O FINK on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:59:00 PST

Bob-o vs. the world&..

 Chicago was one enlightening journey. For those of you who are wondering, or know by now, I have a new girlfriend, Lauren Ranney. She is both wonderful and beautiful. A firecracker of a girl. We...
Posted by BOB-O FINK on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:35:00 PST

My Bonneville journal.

October 27, 2007 I could hear loose gravel slap against the plastic fender skirts of my Mazda as I slowly pulled in front of Pete's shop. I thought to myself, "In that building lays the lady we will ...
Posted by BOB-O FINK on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:02:00 PST

Headway

I started drafting the base of the Bonneville frame this morning. No dimensions for rake, steering axis inclination, stretch, or anything for that matter are locked in. I know key dimensions however. ...
Posted by BOB-O FINK on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:57:00 PST

The Weird Ways of Life

       Today I fully started construction on my newest project, the Bonneville Land Speed bike. I am still in the developmental stages, however, I am making head way. I have a...
Posted by BOB-O FINK on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:22:00 PST

The Best Kind of Therapy

    It was a cool, calm Saturday morning as the sun beamed its rays upon the buildings of Down town Ft. Worth. You could see them just on the horizon as Jerry and I tuned our oil and ga...
Posted by BOB-O FINK on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:05:00 PST

Thunder between your legs

 As I peered out over the hills to the sun on the horizon I felt a sudden thrill of excitement. Problems started to ensue before I could put this energy to the ground as the engine of my Harley s...
Posted by BOB-O FINK on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:50:00 PST

Completion

"The little dissatisfaction that every artist feels at the completion of work forms the germ of a new work"~ Berthold Auerbach I have said it before and I will say it again. Motorcycles and Automobile...
Posted by BOB-O FINK on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:03:00 PST

Numbers?

I'll admit, I was one of those in math class. Staring at the chalk board, dreaming about girls, hot rods, and monsters. I didn't care about the numbers written up on the wall. They didn't mean anythin...
Posted by BOB-O FINK on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:42:00 PST

2007 a brief look at the projects.....

It seems as the year 2007 has been the year of motorcycles for Bob-o!!!! Please check out my builds..... The latest one is REALLY exciting!!!!!God Speed~Bob-oLittle Misfit build~7 months build time Pa...
Posted by BOB-O FINK on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:11:00 PST