jumbosandbox

2012-01-15T00:52:00.000-08:00

Blogblog

2012-01-13T00:01:00.000-08:00

There's progress in my life, progress on the bike, and mental progress on the rest of the projects. But the pivotal issue here is that this blog needs a fresh look (and regular updates). So, some scheming is in order.

Yeah, I get it, guys.

And happy new year or whatever.

Kick Start

2011-12-28T14:39:00.000-08:00

2011-12-14T20:55:00.000-08:00

2011-12-09T21:41:00.000-08:00

2011-12-03T00:40:00.000-08:00

2011-11-14T22:51:00.000-08:00

LUCKY STRIKE

2011-11-12T03:00:00.000-08:00

I'm trying to quit. Well, maybe after these. This is the second carton from Japan and it's my absolute favorite cancer-inducer.

Yes, this is a total filler post.

The S12 update

2011-11-06T16:41:00.000-08:00

Let's face it, I'm old now. I think I'll be writing a lot more in this blog than I have been in the past few years of its existence. For starters, I've been getting a lot of questions and comments about the elusive S12 that I kept stored away in a garage somewhere. And frankly, it's gone! Forever, ever, ever. I sold the shell to a close friend of mine by the name of Hung and he's thrown in a CA18DET from his old black car and et cetera, how it's going to turn out, who knows? That's the fun part.

Recently, I was asked for a couple photos of its glory days for the S12Silvia calendar thing and while browsing through the sloppy, unorganized mess I call my archives, I reminisced a little bit about that old thing. I really liked how it looked, what a shame though that I hated that car so much. Hah. Any who, those two photos above are the ones I picked.

I'm sure you're all well aware that I now have three projects to attend to (those of which I haven't touched in probably a millenia) that consists of the cb750, 240z and that headache of an ae86 shell. Priority numero uno is pretty much the motorcycle since I'm in need of a daily here in San Francisco and then the s13 stuff I have left over will be thrown into the ae86; Ka24, front suspension, you name it.

There's also a ton of stuff I haven't posted here over the course of my absence, they should be popping up here and there as I find them in my daily travels. Enough talking though, here's the S12 junk; archives of its peak and ending with the lackluster photos of its demise.

MotorMavens Feature

SuperStreet Feature

SpeedHunters Feature

And that's that.

POST POST

2011-11-03T22:43:00.001-07:00

Times have been so good to me as of late, so much have changed in the past seven or so months that it's really a bit overwhelming looking back. So I'll keep it short for now, but perhaps I should spend some of those moments recording here again. Going through the archives of this blog, I don't think I've made a genuine post since probably around 2010 and it's pretty sucky since I've actually managed to garner a small readership over the years.

And speaking of that, I read a comment a little while ago that really, probably made me blush a little. I certainly thought that it was one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me at the time and it really picked me up. Thanks anonymous.

Anonymous said...
hey henry. you have great taste in music. you have excellent taste in cars. and maybe you think everyone's forgotten about you, that no one cares about the s12, or the s30, but I remember dammit. i remember that you were in super street, that you take great pictures, and that you like random, beautiful things. I remember that you are awesome, godammit, so blog like you are, and don't you forget that!

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 10:57 PM

Any who, that's enough feelings. Here's to us, and maybe a little more consistency with blogging. Perhaps the blog needs a fresh updating too.

2011-09-15T01:31:00.000-07:00

wait until 3:26

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2011-07-22T08:34:00.000-07:00

2011-07-17T03:45:00.001-07:00

FOURTH OF JULY

2011-07-04T08:18:00.000-07:00

WE'RE OUT FOR BLOOD.

2011-06-29T15:59:00.001-07:00

I.D.W.P from Edwin Europe on Vimeo.

2011-06-28T04:03:00.001-07:00

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2011-06-26T02:10:00.001-07:00

Beginners

2011-06-19T03:57:00.001-07:00

So good.

2011-05-26T02:22:00.000-07:00

2011-05-25T05:06:00.000-07:00

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2011-05-22T17:40:00.001-07:00

MUSIC VIDEO RIDING SEPTEMBER from Hush on Vimeo.

2011-05-22T01:51:00.000-07:00

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San Francisco

2011-05-20T01:24:00.000-07:00

You know, I've been in this city for over four years. And over the course of my time here, I've been taking this city for granted more and more. I haven't taken too many photos of this place and I figure it's about time. I've a couple of photo projects lined up for this summer and knowing me, I hope I actually do them. Hah. But on the side I think this would be a fun way to record my daily travels throughout San Francisco. So I'll be taking at least one photo of the city during my days here.

I'm almost done with this school semester so I won't be in the city every day. I'll be at the parent's pretending to work on my bike, of course, but this should be the start of it for as long as I'm in SF. I don't carry my slr everywhere I go, so I'll be taking the large majority of these on my droid's toy cam.

Here goes

another day

2011-05-18T03:42:00.000-07:00

2011-05-18T02:19:00.001-07:00

Blue Valentine

2011-05-13T14:44:00.000-07:00

Watch this movie or whatever, I really want that leather jacket Ryan Gosling has. I also realy like how they did the trailer. Total guy movie I swear.

These road maps never work

2011-05-12T03:12:00.000-07:00

Take Away Show #10 _ GRIZZLY BEAR (part 1) from Vincent Moon / Petites Planètes on Vimeo.

300th post!

2011-05-11T01:17:00.000-07:00

Horray. Here's a photo from a recent thing I did, I like how it turned out or whatever

2011-05-08T22:40:00.000-07:00

“Emma isn’t a person,” Vernon told the audience. “Emma is a place that you get stuck in. Emma’s a pain that you can’t erase.”

2011-05-07T03:58:00.000-07:00

Anna Ternheim

2011-05-05T20:14:00.001-07:00

These swedish singers are really jammin my jams. I'll post cool stuff soon! I totally promise, I've gotta "buckle down" and get the last couple of super busy weeks of school done.

2011-04-25T05:27:00.000-07:00

Man, it's about time!

2011-04-25T02:35:00.000-07:00

Remember when The Office used to be awesome?

The Naked and Famous

2011-04-24T22:23:00.000-07:00

Saw them do their free live105 show in San Jose last week, super rad! I tried to get tickets to their show at The Great American Music Hall but it was sold out like 3 weeks before the show, so lucky for me I heard about their free show. Though their set only consisted of 3-4 songs, totally worth it. Really cool seeing them in person especially since they're from New Zealand.

Here's the crap I got with my phone.

Rambutan

2011-04-23T18:40:00.000-07:00

This is obviously a very important blog update. I just tried a Vietnamese fruit that I've never tried before and it's pretty amazing. It's like, a giant grape with a big seed inside and it's a cousin of the lychee or something. Look at it, I mean just look at it. It's as big as a kiwi and you have to cut around it to open it up.

Photobucket Pro

2011-04-21T20:44:00.000-07:00

My photobucket pro account recently expired and instead of paying the lousy 25 dollars it cost for the account, I renewed it by buying this 8 dollar mug with my cat on it. He's graduating.

Academy of Sciences!

2011-04-18T00:14:00.000-07:00

Went there for my friend Cuong's birthday for its nightlife event and it turned out to be a rad place to get some drinks and enjoy a night. Check out these majestic creatures

penisaurus

the jams

2011-04-12T01:21:00.000-07:00

2011-04-11T01:58:00.000-07:00

Remember this guy? Sup

2011-04-08T16:38:00.001-07:00

Cafe cowboy from benedict campbell on Vimeo.

2011-04-07T21:57:00.000-07:00

2011-04-06T00:26:00.001-07:00

Z things

2011-03-31T05:07:00.001-07:00

what a pain in the dick

2011-03-29T01:02:00.001-07:00

Dogboarding from DANIELS on Vimeo.

2011-03-24T15:55:00.000-07:00

Handmade Portraits: Liberty Vintage Motorcycles from Etsy on Vimeo.

Heartbreaker for Japan, relief project

2011-03-16T15:45:00.000-07:00

As some of you may know, I’m part of a car club by the name of Heartbreaker. One of our members Yuta, has taken the initiative to start this up with the help of our good friend Grayson to help with the relief project in Japan. If you can’t scrounge up $5, please pass the word on for us.

My name is Yuta Akaishi and i am part of a car club by the name of Heartbreaker, If you are reading my blog i assume you have a decent idea of what kind of cars we build and drive. We have huge respect for Japan and many of our friends and family call Japan their home. Personally for me, my whole family lives in Japan and have been affected my the earthquakes, the tsunami and now the complications with the nuclear power plants.

We have never sold any stickers with any variation of our logo to the public, however i would like to do so at this time and offer these vinyl stickers which i will be personally making for sale at five dollars each, The same person who designed our Heartbreaker logo, a good friend of ours - Grayson was kind enough to design this logo for us as he is also Japanese American with family in Japan, We are all striving to do our own little part in helping those in need and urge you to do the same.

Every penny that i can raise through the sale of these stickers will be donated to aid the recovery of Japan, meaning when you donate $5.00, i will forward that money right to Japan. The sticker is just a gift that i would like to send to you. The postage and cost of materials will be paid for by myself as my contribution to aiding Japan. I would very much appreciate it if you could post this info up on any forums, blogs, facebook pages that you frequent.

You can order by sending $5 to hbforjapan@gmail.com through paypal (just click the donate button at the bottom right of my blog!), please be sure to include your desired color and your mailing address, and also please send an email including the paypal email address that you used, mailing address and desired color to hbforjapan@gmail.com so i can verify your order and stay in contact with you. Thank you very much, and below is the exact design that you will be receiving: available in white, black, silver or chrome, 8" in length.

HARD TAIL

2011-03-05T22:19:00.000-08:00

The money from selling the ruck is disappearing a lot faster than I expected. And it isn't entirely on cool bike parts either, super bummers.

A few cool things came in though, and the first of it is this rad mooneyes tail light. Franky, I bought it because it's a cartooney skull that reminds me of the skulls in Zelda. And it's pretty cool that it isn't the average tough-guy skull, haha. Fucking loser, I know.

ie

And the hardtail also came in. Fully committed now, so the cars are just gonna rust and wait.

check out that sweet beer koozie

It's gone!

2011-02-23T21:33:00.000-08:00

Ruck is out! Initiating buy-cool-things and horde-bike-parts sequence.

Finally!

2011-02-22T01:11:00.000-08:00

A few people are gonna be checking out the ruck this week! Time to get it out, move on, buy a bunch of bike parts and take the plunge into the cb750 hard tail build. (and ride the bus for awhile haha)

That 2011 update

2011-02-19T19:12:00.000-08:00

I haven't really been updating lately, I suppose I've been both busy and lazy. The projects themselves have gone absolutely nowhere but a lot of other things have been falling into place. My girlfriend moved in with me last month and this particular semester of school has been pretty busy. The latter of which has made me realize that I really need to focus on school work, I've been shirking those responsibilities for quite some time now. I've just been completely lazy and irresponsible, really, and I could hardly call the past few semesters an effort. And with her moving in, we've spent our collective money on other things the place needed like a couch, misc furniture and a really nice TV. It's shaping up to be a really cool pad.

The motorcycle, as of recent, has become one of my main focuses. And I'm definitely pushing aside all the other projects in order to get it going. Though, I shouldn't forget that one of my new years resolutions was to get them all at least running by the end of the year. The cb750 build in question has also taken another route, I've gone from wanting to build a vintage racer/cafe to the decision of building a hard tail/bobber and to fund that, I currently have the ruckus up for sale. So here's hoping.

I suppose I'll be updating more from now on, this blog was after all, a resolution/diary that I began in 2009 so I'll try not to disappoint myself this year. And as a strange by-product of that, I suppose that I won't be disappointing whoever reads this blog either. High fives all around.

As for the recent pictures of the girl, that ISN'T my girlfriend as someone has asked in the previous post.

This thing below is my girlfriend.

VALENTINE

2011-02-14T00:01:00.000-08:00

Go on, go love your woman.

I guess I should probably update more too.

2011-01-21T03:26:00.000-08:00

WORDS from Everynone on Vimeo.

KEEP IT POSI

2011-01-11T03:44:00.000-08:00

5. be more productive

6. stand/sit up straight

2011 will rule

Oh, the taste of uncertainty.

2011-01-04T15:06:00.000-08:00

I bought the god damned thing like almost 2 weeks ago but the reality of it didn't hit me until I put it in my drive way. There's so much work to be done to this thing, especially the way I want it, that it's a bit overwhelming. I'm not the kid I used to be when I spent an entire summer rummaging through the s12 and getting shit done.

So the other day, Yuta and I borrowed my uncle's truck, rented a uhaul trailer and spent forever driving up there and back to get the shell. Driving a gigantic truck with a trailer is a little scary man, but we managed.

As far as the shell goes, I may have jumped the gun on this one. I was really stoked on how clean the shell was but man, after taking a closer look (I should have probably done this earlier, hahaha) it's gonna be so much work. I don't think the previous owner really knew what he was doing, quite at all, and his taste in color didn't exactly ring any bells either.

He seems to have lost a ton of shit, or so he claims, interior is all gone, didn't even know where the bag of bolts were to give me, failed to include info on the fucked up driver side fender until I got there, painted the engine bay shrek green (didn't mask anything off) AND spray painted the panda scheme on a perfectly OEM white chassis without masking carefully to boot. He didn't even finish the god damn job.

And what the hell was my excuse for buying all this bull shit? That it's a "clean chassis." Jesus man, what was I thinking?

Yuta: initial midnight

I want to build a more street friendly car so that's going to include full interior and new carpet. Hopefully I can get the heater and some tunes working too. I plan on swapping over the s13 suspension and KA and whatever bits I can, HOWEVER, instead of taking the bits I want from the s12 and swapping over, Yuta thinks it might be a better idea to try to sell the s12 as a full car without the wheels since it runs. If I can get 5-6k for the car then I'd sell, but if around 3k then I'd just take what I need and part out as planned. Thoughts? Advice?

!!!!!Also, please hit me up if you have or know anyone with corolla parts such as interior and yada yada yada!!!!!

LUCKYYYYYYYYY

2011-01-03T23:17:00.000-08:00

hung out in stockton last week, it was cold.

HAPPY NEW YEARS! 2011

2010-12-31T20:04:00.001-08:00

Well, it's that time again. This year passed really quick, seems like it was just the other day that I was stoked on this new decade.

Lets see, new years resolutions, I suppose the obvious includes

1. get all three projects up and running (everyone please hold me to this haha)

2. wake up everyday at least around noon (be normal)

3. focus on school and photography (super slacking on both)

4. quit smoking, cold turkey at the stroke of midnight

I'll probably add more as the night continues, let's see how long I last haha

and the necessary cheesy stock photo from google images

be safe guys!

UP!

2010-12-28T17:22:00.000-08:00

and running.

leaking stuff

2010-12-28T02:34:00.000-08:00

So my KA leaked and lost oil pressure on the way home from buttonwillow last month and I believe I found the culprit. The fucking OEM oil filter seal is warped. I most certainly lubed it and tightened it by hand, luckily the leak didn't occur til I was almost home on the trip back. coooool

Thanks Lance! I'll be sure to get them to everybody

winter break start

2010-12-23T01:06:00.000-08:00

Procrastination

2010-12-20T10:16:00.001-08:00

sometimes it leads you to pretty cool things, I saw this guy against my window while smoking. To shed light on the extent of my procrastination, I had months to do this research paper that's due today (at midnight) and I started last night at 11pm. It's 10:17am now, I haven't slept yet. And really, I haven't even begun the paper. I wrote my name on the top right corner though.

It's my last assignment until my winter break really begins, and then maybe, probably, some really cool things might happen.

Maybe.

BUBBLES!

2010-12-13T04:40:00.001-08:00

One more week of school!

2010-12-12T17:55:00.001-08:00

Time to cram and get some projects rolling during break

more CR style

BABY STICKS

2010-12-08T01:53:00.000-08:00

I just got this cool arcade stick keychain that holds an allen wrench inside to open up the panel on a TE stick to mod/fix the buttons.

examples

and I came across this car on google maps street view while I was browsing for some details for an essay, check that out! hahah

stuff

2010-12-07T05:03:00.000-08:00

God, I am just so lazy to blog.

dennys before buttonwillow

electronic ignition for the cb750

macaroni and cheese and tuna and battles

SG

2010-12-03T19:54:00.000-08:00

via LANCE BABY PANTS

SuicideGirl Belle and Sebastian Music Video - NSFW from SuicideGirls on Vimeo.

Oh, an eventful track day.

2010-12-01T19:32:00.001-08:00

A huge learning experience for me, well, because everything just went wrong that day. This was the strictest event I've ever seen, though given the circumstances of the groups I suppose it's somewhat reasonable.

The event was mixed motorsports, grip and drift however the groups were set up like garbage. There were two grip groups, intermediate and advanced, and the last group was both beginner grip and ALL drifters. So there wasn't a dedicated drift group and this caused a lot of annoyance on track. There were evo's and corvettes on the asses of all the low power guys and passing by was only allowed on straights. Seemed like a lot of guys including myself were giving up corners to let them pass by and get off our bumpers.

Another rule that limited our group was that if you spin out, meaning all 4 tires on dirt, then you get black flagged. I mean, honestly, practically everyone spun out in the first half of the day. It was 50 degrees out, and it was full track so there were a lot of 3rd gear turns. Our group accommodated all the drifters, beginner, intermediates and the advance guys AND threw in those beginner grip drivers to boot.

I was black flagged during the second run, and due to a mistake I made after getting flagged (entering the pits through a way I shouldn't have, my fault but it seemed reasonable to me at the time since it was where I was told to go the previous session) I wasn't allowed to hit the track for the rest of the day.

I managed to get into the last run of the day and during one of the uphill blind turns, I managed to spin out and hit a burm and it's lip pretty hard and bent one of the long champs. It seems fixable but man I was pretty bummin.

And to kick off the "everything happens in 3's" superstition, about 10 miles away from home I noticed my oil pressure gauge read zero. I pulled over, popped the hood and it sounded okay, but within the next few seconds I heard a tapping so I turned it off immediately.

I was so aggravated man! Poured in 3 quarts of oil, turned it back on and it sounded all normal after a couple seconds and the leak was a small steady stream coming from the oil filter area. Probably from the sandwich plate, who knows. I'll have to see later.

Forced to miss a bunch of sessions, bent a wheel, lost oil pressure, geez man! Just about everyone I've met who goes to the track has been faced with a ton of problems like these and I guess it's just my turn.

Anyway, good learning experience. Gotta check the motor, fix the wheel, and get it out to the next event.

snuggie!

we had to put numbers on our cars for the photographers

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

2010-11-25T17:49:00.000-08:00

So stoked, I tinkered all morning and I think it's set. Time to have a feast and rest for the coming day.

I gasped when I saw this, how scary!

reloaded

2010-11-22T19:13:00.000-08:00

I will miss you, original formula spetsnaz flavor.

Tires good to go! the 205/50 falken ziex 512's on the xr4's and 195/50 kumho ecsta asts on the mk3's

It's time again

2010-11-22T03:22:00.000-08:00

So stoked for friday, gotta get it all cute and ready. Maybe even work on the bike, too. droidx pics, this thing has pretty horrible performance in low light(expected) but looks pretty nice otherwise

yutas thing at fatlace's word up event, it was really chill. surprisingly chill for a skid event in the bay area

matts thing

NCR

2010-11-21T10:07:00.000-08:00

Yeah. So there.

OH ITS ON

2010-11-20T02:06:00.000-08:00

Got a spot in bobs donuts!

BOBS DONUTS REGISTRATION IS...

2010-11-18T19:44:00.000-08:00

I just looked up registration to pay for the event and unfortunately

Man, I really should have registered sooner. I've been itching to go back to buttonwillow since june's event, here's hoping someone drops out or I get in there some how.

pretend

2010-11-14T16:00:00.000-08:00

I went to a stars show at the rio the other night and then i took some mediocre photos in order to create this pretend blog update.

yesss

2010-11-12T20:21:00.001-08:00

tires came in for bobs donuts! this is also my first post from my droidx, i just found a really neat app for blogging so maybe I'll post more often with lame photos from the phone like so. hah

and a decent one

GEOGRAPHER

2010-11-10T16:14:00.000-08:00

These guys opened for Stars last night at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, we came a bit late and only caught this song before their set ended but it was amazing live.

WILDE

2010-11-07T19:44:00.000-08:00

Totally random, but I just watched the pilot and it's one of the funniest shows I've seen this year. All 5 episodes are on hulu right now but hurry, since I think the first episode will be taken off when the new one comes out.

HNNNGGG

2010-11-05T05:32:00.000-07:00

Woahhhhh hoooooooo

2010-11-04T02:30:00.000-07:00

Kenny just got this issue of Kousoko-Yuen from Japan and Justin's 610 is on the cover! No one even knew! Cool guy Justin and Rich!

Justin's 610 wagon next to Rich's 610 coupe at this years JCCS

Money Pits

2010-11-02T18:49:00.000-07:00

I'm broke like every god damn day because of them. I hope I can scrunge up enough money to drift at bobs donuts this month.

As for the bike, I've been slowly breaking it down. My goal is to get it where I want it and daily it by the new year.

tank off

covers coming off

misc stuff coming off, check out that bolt for the foot rests! I thought it was gonna be rusted tight like 240z spindle pins.

and the "simplified" wiring harness the previous owner made that drains the battery

triple tree!

fork springs

head light ears, fork seals, new cables and clip ons

(:

2010-11-01T15:13:00.001-07:00

Henry thinks his girlfriend is supa coo.

DEAR PHILLIPS HEAD BOLTS

2010-11-01T03:01:00.000-07:00

Please stop existing, you suck. Stick to wood or something, go away.

Some of you guys came out okay from the engine/trans case with my best phillips head, a lot didn't though. I had to dremel and bring in the counter part of your main and fierce competitor, flat head.

This asshole kept stripping and I had to dremel it twice. You can see some of the cutting in the case itself because you suck so hard. I will be replacing you with allen head bolts.

Sincerely,
Hank

happy halloween!

2010-10-30T18:50:00.000-07:00

go get plastered

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooldddddd

cycle x gasket set, 11" shocks!

OIL

2010-10-30T07:08:00.000-07:00

it's everywhere!

US KIDS

2010-10-27T00:43:00.000-07:00

RD skull, jealousy initiation sequence commencing

stuff jacked from josh

and that josh car

and trinh cutting vinyls for those risky kids (i seriously hate that font yuta)

and street fighter with matt9000

MOTORCYCLE

2010-10-25T04:18:00.000-07:00

MORE INSPIRATION

2010-10-20T16:43:00.001-07:00

Another rad CR replica.

also, I just spent some money on bike parts.

PARTY

ITS ABOUT TIME

2010-10-18T00:32:00.000-07:00

that I get started on this

POWDERED DONUTS MAKE ME GO NUTS

2010-10-16T03:25:00.000-07:00

MARS ATTACKS!

2010-10-12T19:32:00.001-07:00

I just bought this unopened, still wrapped, target-sold, MARS ATTACKS! VHS for 99 cents at goodwill. I remember watching this movie at the theaters back in 1996! I was friggin 8 years old.

This school semester has also been really slow, I should really pick things up and get the excitement rolling. I mean, I live in San Francisco after all. Jesus.

DROID

2010-10-11T03:27:00.000-07:00

This is my FIRST smart phone and it's blowing my mind. How did I ever go all these years without this convenience?

car car

2010-10-10T04:58:00.000-07:00

Gotta get working on that motorcycle

ALLAN!

SF BAY BRIDGE

2010-10-05T23:19:00.000-07:00

and cool 750's

super rad hard tail

SUPER STREET FIGHTER 4

2010-10-04T02:23:00.000-07:00

Ah geez, I fell for it. There will be more car/bike related stuff soon, I swear.