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Fabrication Portfolio I like to say that "A day without welding is like a day without controling bitchin' hot molten metal" but that could be a little over the top. Just to be clear: fabrication is a sideline for me, and if you need something small in a hurry, I can help. If it's a bigger project, it will probably take a while as my design/illustration business controls my schedule. I have positioned myself as a low-volume custom fabricator for the DC area racing & sportbike community, although I have done work on cruisers and even -- gasp -- cars. My defacto specialty is exhausts. Everyone likes interesting and unique exhausts, and racers often need repairs to expensive systems, so I get a lot of work doing that. As a bonus, I actually enjoy working in stainless steel, which is not something Ye Olde Neighborhoode Muffler Shop can normally handle. I also have light machining capability, i.e. cool bracketry, rearsets, steering damper mounts, adaptors, wheel spacers, etc., but not any engine work such as milling heads, cutting valves, or boring cylinders. I like doing chassis work as well, such as engine swaps, bracing steel frames, and racing subframes in either aluminum or steel. I am also building capability for metal shaping, which would mean one-off aluminum fairings & body panels, and if I'm feeling ambitious, gas tanks. And, if you ask nice, I'll help you race prep your bike: custom fairing brackets & fairing mounting, safety wiring, stripping street junk and the like. I raced for 6 years, and understand the technical requirements. Frankly, there are four reasons I do this: I love bikes, I'm good at it, I enjoy building cool stuff, and it subsidizes the tool purchases. :)