Archive for 2010

Well folks there has been a shitload of work up to our crowning moment of the year! Fighter Fest ’10 is here and we’re packing up and heading out! I’ll try to keep you guys posted along the way and will have a write up after our return and I sort through all the photos. It certainly promises to be a good year.

If you’re coming. . . you shouldn’t have any problem finding us this year. Look for the 12 foot wide skully on a trailer and/or the tent full of insane customs built by FOH Cycle Fab and Trucker Booth.

See you there fighters!

This Blog update is coming to you from the Island of Indonesia (that’s between China and Australia for you geographically uninformed fighters). There is a surging streetfighter scene there that is very creative and different! Theo Burggraaff has started his own blog to keep tabs on whats going on in the land of MF, so we’ll let him explain their story…

The most common way of transportation here in Indonesia is the scooter. It is simple, effective and gas is quite cheap. Indonesia is one of the biggest consumers for these little scooters in the world. Nearly everyone owns a Honda, Yamaha or Suzuki scooter. With the given fact that there are 260 million people living in Indonesia, that is a LOT of scooters.

The culmination of the 2010 Gumball 3000 Rally was at Times Square in New York City. Droves of people gathered around a barricaded area awaiting the arrival of the most exclusive cars in the world. Driven by excitement to finish and probably excessive amounts of caffeine, the cars were piloted in one by one. Exhaust notes bouncing down the city streets off buildings, turning wild eyes to Times Square. The excitement spread quickly, and crowds gathered to see what all the fuss was about. The bright lights and city surroundings paired with the exotic cars and high-profile drivers turned into quite the spectacle.

The Gumball 3000 is touted as the most exclusive car rally in the world. In its 12th year, this year’s rally crossed two continents. Launching over 10 million dollars worth of exotic and unique machinery from London, heading to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, then across the pond to land in Boston Massachusetts and on to 3 more North American destinations!

Many “trials and tribulations”  occurred on the European leg left the Gumballers feeling drained. The group was not allowed to rally through Denmark.  “The Man” told them if they tried to pass through, they would be ticketed, arrested and have their cars impounded. This resulted in transporting the vehicles on trucks and sending the group for a 9 hour trip by bus-twice what it would have taken with them at the wheel.  After making it through that ordeal, vehicle mishaps occurred resulting in a hacksaw to a GT2 and duct tape body work on that and a Lambo! Traveling through Sweden, twenty-seven plus cars were all pulled over and given hefty tickets. Upon reaching their final European destination, they gave the driving a rest and took the party to a plane completely filled with Gumballers and headed for the USA.