Perewitz

Perewitz Calendar

Tim — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:08:28 -0700

The 2009 version of the Perewitz calendar is finally in stock (see the Calendar Page), complete with great photos from Dino Petrocelli of nine great Perewitz rides, including one side-hack, one Shovel and one Panhead. Calendars can be purchased from our web site, Kryponite Locks, numerous PPG paint dealers, Boston Harley-Davidson, and B&B Racing.

Dave Perewitz Tells All

Tim — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:00:10 -0700

Actually, we've convinced Dave to tell us everything about Custom Motorcycle Painting. With help from Paul Stoll, a trainer for PPG, Dave explains the best way to use the new products and pigments from PPG, how to set up a shop, and how to adjust that new HVLP spray gun.

Dave Perewitz Tells All

Jacki — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:23:44 -0700

Dave Perewitz Tells All

Jacki — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:13:58 -0700

FEBRUARY UPDATE

Tim — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:51:05 -0700

The last Blog talked at length about the time I spent with Dave Perewitz while he painted a Bagger and I collected material for a new Advanced Custom Motorcycle Painting book. Which provides a nice segue into some other characters who own a shop close to the Dave Perewitz facility in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. But first, a word from our sponsor: A New Tattoo Book A New Tattoo Book Our first Tattoo book, Advanced Tattoo Art, continues to sell well, which gave me the courage to publish one more. Tattoo From Idea to Ink is written by Joy Surles, the woman who edits Skin Art and a group of affiliated magazines. Joy’s book covers the various tattoo styles, how to find a good artist, and how to turn a photo into a usable outline that can be used as the basis for your next tattoo. The book is filled with some amazing photos of even more amazing art. The artists represented in the book are some of the best in the business. Joy’s take on tattoos and tattoo artists is on it’s way to the printer now which means we should have some advance copies in the office by the middle of March.

Working with Dave Perewitz

Tim — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:29:17 -0700

MC Painting This week finds me in beautiful downtown Bridgewater, Massachusetts, home to Dave Perewtiz and his merry band of talented misfits. The project is paint, more specifically custom paint, applied for the camera and soon to be part of the custom painting book pictured nearby. The main focus of Dave’s attention this week is a brand new ‘08 Bagger from Boston Harley-Davidson, and as David explains, “we thought we’d just buy a complete tank and fenders from Russ Wernimont, paint the new sheet metal, clean the bike up a little and be done. But then we discovered that the ‘08s are all different. The tank has a whole new shape, and they changed the frame so much that there’s no way to use an earlier tank. The mounts are different, the dash is different, they changed everything.”

NEW PRODUCTS

Tim — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:38:28 -0700

New Book Our ambitious schedule for this fall includes another Triumph book. This one, Triumph Restoration, focuses on the restoration of the 650cc unit twins produced between 1963 and 1970. The book grew out of conversations with Bobby Sullivan, long-time friend and collector or many, many very nicely restored Triumph Twins. Most of Bobby's bikes are repaired and restored by a certain Mr. Gary Chitwood, and it's Mr. Chitwood who I managed to talk into co-authoring this book. While some restoration manuals resemble black and white text books, with detailed text descriptions of the changes that occurred year by year, I've taken a different approach with this new book. In place of simple line drawings, we've chosen to give the reader detailed photos of two complete bike assemblies (a 1963 and a 1969) and one complete engine assembly (the 1963), using a wealth of color photographs. The photographs were taken during an earlier road trip, when Gary, Ryan Bisset and Bobby put together the two bikes and one engine. Though I'm responsible for the photos, the copy and captions are written by the guys who did the actual assemblies. To cover the differences between the various years, we've decided to provide the reader with left and right side views of all the significant 650cc models from 1959 to 1970. Look for Triumph Restoration sometime this fall.