Tarmac Warrior

Posted on 17 February, 2011 by Justin Fox


Logo design I’ve been working on for a new modified car sales web site – coming soon!

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Return to Yuli’s

Posted on 17 February, 2011 by Justin Fox


Best sangria I’ve ever tasted, frozen grapes in place of ice cubes made for a very nice touch.


Astro turf!


Suga and I.


The naughtiest vegetarian food around.


OMG the eggplant dish.


Polenta was great.

We did have plans to check out the Malaysian street fair for dinner, or the INfront sponsored event at Taylor Square but after a few beers in Surry we just ended up levitating to Yuli’s for round 2 of that insane eggplant dish (it’s too good).

PS: All photos taken by Jessica Lock on her (white) GF1!

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Valentines Day

Posted on 14 February, 2011 by Justin Fox


Pre-dinner drinks at the Argyle.


Tuna tasting plate.


Prawn Shumai.


Trilogy of chocolate mousse.

I took Christina out to Shaun Presland’s Saké restaurant last night for Valentines Day. We’ve been wanting to visit ever since seeing him on Master Chef, and being sushi lovers it was only a matter of time! Atmosphere was nice and the food was great, fusion, but in a good way. It’s definitely up there with the best Japanese I’ve had in Sydney.

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Strip it

Posted on 14 February, 2011 by Justin Fox


Bars and controls removed.


Battery box removed to get painted!


Ugly tall bars will be replaced with much lower bars, not sure what just yet. Maybe some downhill mountain bike bars, or maybe some drag style cafe racer motorbike bars.

Working on the Zoomer is a lot like working on a bicycle, except the parts on it are way worse. Where every single part on a quality mountain bike is held on by allen key screws the Zoomer uses a lot of Phillips Head style screws with loctite to boot. The brakes were held onto the bars by 4 Philips Head screws and I’ve read lots of cases where people have stripped the heads when trying to remove them so I was extra careful in getting them off. I took one side off no worries but the other side I started stripping the heads. I kept at it though, with much patience and heaps of sweating and swearing I finally got it all off (phew!).

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LeSarab

Posted on 14 February, 2011 by Justin Fox


Mezze plate. The fried bread was a very nice touch.


Rice.


It’s all about the sauce!

Had a great catchup with newly weds Di and Felix the other night. We hadn’t seen them since their wedding so we had heaps to talk about. They’ve both just moved into their new place (very nice) and Christina and I had a lovely little housewarming gift for them, it’s a shame we’d forgotten to bring it along though! Got to hate that huh?!

We had dinner at LeSarab in Concord. I’ve been craving garlic sauce ever since El Jannah’s and whilst it wasn’t as good it was still great (and of-course presentation was way above).

After dinner we went back to Feix and Di’s place for a cup of tea. They’ve got a new LED TV which totally spun me out. We were watching Bond (Quantum of Solace) and the picture was so damn bright and sharp it felt like watching a completely different movie. Almost like watching a movie that hadn’t been graded, like a directors cut, or something…no point talking about it, has to be seen to be believed!

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Happy First Birthday VWGolf.net.au!

Posted on 13 February, 2011 by Justin Fox


Our little baby (hehe) has turned 1. Check the celebrations here

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Standard Functions

Posted on 11 February, 2011 by Justin Fox


Who doesn’t love the freebies huh?! This screw top cup is made of sturdy and thick plastic. Very cool!


Complete Ruckus/Zoomer beauty bolt kit to replace all the ugly bolts.


I got an ATR lower seat frame which pushes the seat back a little more, it’s a little lower than the lowered frame I already had on the Zoomer but the main difference is the shortened rear “handle” which makes for a much cleaner look.


ATR low stance coilover – adjustable in height and rebound too.


Installed but the bottom stock bolt is a little short. I’ll be sure to source a longer one ASAP just to be safe.


ATR lowered seat frame installed + some beauty bolts to hold it down.

Some goodies came through today from the dudes over at Standard Functions in South El Monte, California. I almost didn’t get the stuff as the post guy wrote the wrong street number down and the delivery slip went next door! Luckily I get along nice with my neighbors!

I came across Standard Functions when I was searching for Ruckus culture over in the US. It seems like these well respected guys rep the Ruckus hard at all the big meets out there. They run a cool blog too in which they come across as good guys with big hearts that do good things outside of modifying and selling Ruckus goods.

Visit: http://www.standardfunctions.com
Blog: http://www.standardfunctions.com/blog

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Zoomer goodies

Posted on 10 February, 2011 by Justin Fox


Yoshimura TRC exhaust designed and made for the US Ruckus market.


Sticker designed to save their asses.


Yoshimura forward control kit (frame brace and pegs).


Foot pegs.


Installed.


Riding position is now awesome, just need lower bars.


So many nice details like this logo on the exhaust spring.


And the red anodized spacer and logo etched into the exhaust hanger.


All installed.

It feels like it’s been a long wait but some Zoomer goodies finally came in the mail this morning :) More to come soon!

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Turpan Restaurant Kensington

Posted on 10 February, 2011 by Justin Fox


Turpan Restaurant Kensington. Rugs on walls, the smell of armpits… gotta love it!

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Groomzilla

Posted on 8 February, 2011 by Justin Fox

I’ve been caught up in the whirlwind of wedding planning, and it’s been getting the better of me. I figure I might as well fight for what I want now, whilst it’s still early, but I’ve been coming up against brick walls. I’ve never been a conformist. I’ve always liked doing things my way and I’ve always tried hard to be a little different from everyone else (despite understanding that in doing so I’m just like everybody else who’s trying hard to be different!).

As the Groom I get to choose my suit, cars and music. Excitement comes before reality. I’m me right? I couldn’t help but be inspired by Kanye West’s red suit with matching red leather sneakers for my wedding. IE: The idea of wearing a black suit, white shirt and black tie NEVER crossed my mind. And as for the cars, despite Christina dropping hints that she’d love an old vintage car in white I refused to go there. What do cars of the 40’s and 50’s have to do with my upbringing? With my life? Nothing. I’m a car guy and choosing the cars was my part of the job and I intended to have fun with it. Maybe some pimp black current model S Class mercs, or better yet current model Bentley Continentals, or what about a Porsche Panamera or a couple of white R35 GTR’s? And the music? My day, my music. Suggestions of a live band were quickly binned. Wedding singer at my wedding? Unless it’s Jeff Buckley himself, no thanks. Jazz band? Again, what has Jazz got to do with me?! What about music which I love? Gunners, Nirvana, Faith No More…

So I’m feeling pretty defeated. Every single suggestion I’ve made has been met with blank faces which add to my frustrations. Where’s the trust huh?! It’s killing the motivation and excitement before I’ve even had a chance to get obsessive compulsive about the wedding. Those who know me well know that the best of me comes out when I get obsessive compulsive about something, where I can give something my all.

Holy shit I’ve even been contemplating that my whole life has been about rebelling against something, or someone that doesn’t even exist? Who am I trying to impress?!

Breathe.

OK so I’ve got to adapt, and I fuuuucking hate to say this word, but I have to compromise. I’ve got to let go, think about Christina and everybody else (and not just myself) and most of all I have to believe that everything will be beautiful and wonderful on the day.

/vent.

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