!!! Metallica !!!
At the
Antwerp concert on Dec 17th 2003, I had won a
Meet & Greet with the Boys.
Finally I had the chance to let James sign my arm and again
Skin & Bones (since june 2003 specialist in Metallica Tattoos)
immortalized James' signature. Kirk again refused to sign (it's
against his religion). I'm hoping to change his view on the
subject and make him understand that he is part of my
Metallica religion. Yes, my body is a temple, dedicated to my
Gods "METALLICA", that's the only reason I'd like him to sign
my arm. So people can tell that I'm a true believer of
METALLICA, a dedicated "Deciple" as he has stated in the past.
During the Meet & Greet I brought 'offers' for my 'Gods'.
James got a wooden scale model of a Harley Shovelhead engine,
Lars a box of chocolates saying he's # 1 in Dutch on it, Kirk
got a Horse's head statue, which took him by surprise as he
claimed it looked just like his own horse.
And Robert got a 'Funny' looking hat in the Belgian Colors.
I stated that the hat is from the Belgian National Soccer team
and that he should wear it on stage. The resulting reaction of the
audience would last forever in his memory I assured him.
He answered: " We'll see !! "
And yezzz, after Fade to Black, James introduced the band
members, Robert emerged from the backstage with my hat
on. The feelings it gave me were undescribeable !!
The whole 'Sportpaleis' exploded with energy and emotion.
The audience chanted the Belgian Soccer 'Warhymne'.
He played 'Bells' with the hat on, but near the end of the song
it fell off, then Lars was so courteous as to pick it up and slip
it on Kirk's head while he was playing his solo.
The best day in my life after the birth of my daughter and my
marriage.
I hope they kept the hat as a souvenir of this magnificent Concert.
!!! METALLICA FOREVER !!!
(Belgian Devildancers)
www.metontour.com
(register, it's for free !!!)
www.metallica.com
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Movieclip
of my Meet&Greet
Click here !!!
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Right before the Metallica Concert in Amsterdam (21/06/2004)
I was allowed Backstage with my Met-Ster,
All 4 bandmembers inspected the bike and signed it as finishing touch.
DREAMS CAN COME TRUE !!!
Metallica Fan 4 Life.
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Bloody PAUL
Mayer from South-Africa !!
My brother in arms at the Harley School
in Florida.
He had his Harley Shop in Pretoria South-Africa.
Then he helped with this promo-clip I think he might be
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ENGINE
MANIACS !!
Belgian Metal up your ass !!!
Inspired by roaring engines these maniacs play out loud !!
www.enginemaniacs.com
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CHICARA from
Japan.
A Japanese Custom builder with a style I
had never seen before.
We met at BleuBeach 2005 and then rode up to Belgium together.
He also entered the BikeShow in Leopoldsburg.
We showed them some European Cultural heritage.
www.chicara.com
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VICENTE.
Famous for his old school artwork.
Rock & Roll Baby !!!
www.vicente-graphitec.com
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Robbie Knievel.
Son of the Great Evel Knievel
We stayed in the same hotel as Robbie Knievel in Daytona 2005.
So as he rode his snakebike in the parkinglot,
we jumped on him to snatch a quick pic.
Cool Guy, thanks for the pic Robbie !!
www.robbieknievel.com
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John from
JOHN'S Rock 'N' RIDE.
The most famous shop on Mainstreet Daytona, John has been
there for 25 years, selling biker T-Shirts & collecteables.
He is mostly known for being a dedicated Grateful Dead fan.
He has lots of cool stuff. Visit him every time you go to Daytona,
it's definately worth your time.
He now lives in Thailand, so if you're going, let us know.
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Alain, the
Bobber King, from SANTIAGO CHOPPER.
We met the first time in Florida
in 1998.
He has grown to be a top Bike Builder in the world.
Lots of Respect for this French Origin guy, if you go to Florida,
don't forget to visit his shop. Very impressive !!!
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Mike Lensing from
Road Rage cycles.
Originally from Germany, known from ML Tuning,
now also in Daytona.
Cool guy, real biker. Go Mike !!
www.roadrage-cycles.com |
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Russ Austin
from Precious Metal Customs.
Great American Metalcraft !!
Russ' shop is in Atlanta Georgia.
I can't wait to built my first PMC chopper !!
Choppers you can really ride.
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Willy G Davidson.
He handed me my trophee;
'Best of Show Radical Custom Sportster' at Daytona 2005.
www.harley-davidson.com |
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Russell
Mitchell from Exile Cycles.
Cool guy !
We met at Dirty Harry's in Daytona 2005.
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Mike Philips from
Grandeur Cycles
& Donnie Smith.
Daytona BikeWeek 2005, I met these 2 rolemodels at
the Grandeur booth.
2 builders I greatly respect.
www.grandeurcycle.com
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Marcus Walz
from Hardcore Cycles. Marcus
was also present in Daytona for BikeWeek 2005.
I hope that one day I will also be able to have a booth
or business in the good old US of A.
Hard work and good
marketing is what I need, right Marcus ?
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Real Fight Club
guys !!
Ernesto Hoost, multiple K1 KickBox world Champion.
Natascha loves K1.
Click here hor a Great video clip of Ernesto !
Olaf
Beckers is a European Champ.
Olaf is from Belgium, Ernesto from Holland.
As you can tell, Olaf shares the same appreciation for Metallica.
We met at Siam-Ni, Olaf's
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Motorsale
2004 !!
Showtime & time to
meet some famous colegues.
Foto 1:
Marcus Walz &
fred Krugger
Foto 2:
Mark
Van Der Kwaak, Krugger, onze
M@kke, Bartallica en Harry.
Foto 3: Onze Makke,
Danny VD Painting,
Brian Porsborg.
Brian from Denmark built the Radical Buell who won and really deserved 1st
Place at the Bike Show.
I already told him in Faakersee that his bike deserves only
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Alan Lee & Gianni Gallo with the
LakeSter,
Brad Pitt's new Bike,
Built by Alan (Gangsta
Choppers) &
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Dicko
HAMC Ashfield !!
In the Pits at the
Dragrace during Bulldog Bash 2004.
Top Methanol Dragster.
www.bulldog-bash.co.uk
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Rosti & Boxer !!
Members of
Knight Riders MC Germany,
part of the organisation of the:
www.bike-and-music-weekend.de
Rosti is sitting on
the Met-Ster, he is also the man
behind
R&R customizing.
Knight Riders MC
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Horst Rösler !!
Thé German
Bike-Photographer !!
He made a shoot of the Met-Ster during:
www.bike-and-music-weekend.de
Horst's Website:
HR-F
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Crazy White Sean, Lucky Diamond
Rich
and Wolfman !!Pics
taken at Antwerp tattoo convention 2004.
Special thanks to Wolfman.
Crazy White, follow the link to his site.
Lucky Diamond Rich is the most tattoed man in the world.. Wolfman and me
are rather normal people.
Do I belong in the Picture or am I not crazy enough yet ??
Website
Crazy White Sean.
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Marc Gaerminck (Le Facteur) !!
Dit is Marc, mijn allereerste
klant, zelfs van
voor HBS bestond. Hij heeft een 1200 Sportster die ik al
van in 1994 onderhoud/verbouw. Hij rijdt er elk jaar mee naar
Frankrijk.
Overal maakt hij reclame voor ons, wij zijn ons er zéér goed
van bewust dat mond aan mond reclame het effectiefst is.
Tijdens de Opendeur 2004 deed hij me de eer aan om
als eerste de official HBS tattoo te laten zetten.
Betaald door HBS, en ze geeft recht op een levenslange korting van -10 % :-)
!! RESPECT !!
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We were there at the first live performance of
ARACHNICA.
Through the Belgian Devil Dancers (official Metclub chapter for Belgium)
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Boss Hoss !!
Zijn er niet veel in België !
Toch komen er bij ons 2.
Carlos and Krista, our models and good
friends.
The isn't even running yet and,
Krista is already getting nuts by the V8 power.
It barely fits on our workbench,
we installed a modified Avon 230-15 tyre
now it handles much better.
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Our youngest fan !!
Deze jonge Biker was enorm onder
de indruk
van onze Projekt Sportster tijdens IndianDay 2004.
Hij mocht hem eens starten en aan het gashendel draaien.
Jong geleerd is oud gedaan.
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SERGIO !!
The Belgian National Party Animal !!
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Pat Savage !!
Selected to put a song on the HD
100th tribute
CD.
A true Blues Musician and biker who has also played with
some of the worlds greatest.
Website
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A Dream come true:
Meeting Metallica at Werchter 2003, that what I did when
Harley celebrated their 100th anniversary.
Lars and Roberto signed my arm.
The signatures are forever now thanks to Skin&Bones Tattoo.
METALLICA Rules !!!!!
Support Metallica, Buy St.Anger, don't
download !!
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BOBJE.
The mascot of HBS.
In this picture he's showing of doggy-style.
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Big Mike Griffin.
Truely a Big Man, we met him in Daytona 2001, on our honeymoon, he was
playing at the Full Moon Saloon.
We love his Biker music.
More at: http://www.bigmikegriffin.com
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The Easyriders Streamliner.
Powered by 2 Shovel engines, this is the fastest bike in the world,
clocked at 322 Mph (515 Km/h).
Keith Ruxton from Chrome Specialties participated in this project.
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ROOSTER
He also went to
MMI and graduated the same year (1994)
After i went back the first time in 1997, we always met up again.
Originally from New York, he is one of the coolest guys
I've met in the
US.
This pic was taken at his work at Palm Springs Harley-Davidson in Florida.
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Hey Dundee, get your hands of my gator now.
Can't you see I'm trying to show off to my wife.
Lucky me, there's 2 more cowboys just out
of the picture.
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Orlando's New Hard Rock Cafe is the biggest
one for now.
The old one was nicer though, shaped like a guitar.
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Cyrill Huze. A frenchman who made it
in the
Harley Customworld of America.
He works out of Florida, something Jimmy
dreams about.
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Jimmy on the Ness Patrol and Airbrush Willy,
who's trying to beat him of the bike with a big board.
Belgian Bike Week-end 2001
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Some famous Belgian actors at the
Indian rally 2000.
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In 2001 we went on our
honeymoon to
Florida.
Bike week Daytona, a Shuttle launch
the Keys, Disney World,
Swamps, ...
You never get bored in Florida.
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Arlen Ness &
his showtruck at
Daytona Bike Week 1999.
His smile sticks
well on his face,
unlike the chrome on his parts.
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Branscombe Richmond
He looks cool on
the TV show
"Renegade" - Looking cool is all he
knows, not much
about the bikes, but a
famous face helps very well to sell a
concept
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West Coast
Choppers and Jesse James
fenders are very big in the US - As you
can see
he's a Biker himself
A true H.D.
fanatic - No bull, no
yuppie shit - He knows what a custom
Harley looks
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Rick Doss, if you
think about the real
American Biker of the old days, he's
definately one
of them - Also a true
Harley man - Designs a lot of parts for
Custom
Chrome - Keep up the good
old style
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Your's truly
burnin' some rubber
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Louis Horne from
South Africa -
Worked at HD of Pretoria.
Now he has his own shop, The Wrech, in
Pretoria. We
paid him a visit in march 2003.
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Paul Mayer is also from
South-Africa.
Also has a shop in Pretoria:
Paul's American Twins.
Jimmy, Paul and Louis all
3 went to the
Motorcycle Mechanics Institute in Florida.
We also paid him a visit
in march 2003.
It's amazing how big and well-equipped his shop is.
Even a Belgian DeMoor lathe.
Off course we went for a great ride on the bikes.
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Arlen Ness and
Ricki Battistinis
trying to get a picture of me
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Luc Alloo finally
showing some class...
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Racing with Eric
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