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August 11th 2010-Hello everybody. Wanted to let everyone know we are gearing up for our 5th annual charity poker run to be held September 12th. We are doing it in honor of William Bunn. All money raised will be donate to pediatric cancer research in his name. As always we will have bands, food, t-shirts, door prizes, 50/50. It is going to be a great time. We hope to see some of you there. As things come along I will be posting more info.
As for the shop, we have been busy keeping all of our new and loyal customers on the road. Barely making any time for projects. We do now have a new bike ready to put under the plasma cutting knife. It is a ‘83 Kawasaki GPZ 750. I got it as my donor bike for the biker build off for the Chase City bike rally in July of next year. As the job moves along, I will be posting a page of the build. I just recently sold Plan-B, so I have to build something even more wild to take its place. As for our other on going projects, they are moving along nicely. The Moto Guzzi is nearing completion and the trike is looking good. Roxanne our Germany bound bike is showing great potential. As always we are coming up with new products and designs. Have gotten our 2 into 1 V-Star exhaust about perfected.
That is all I have time for now. Keep the sticky side down and the as always, “Chop it ALL”. Thank you for reading and following our work.
Hank, Anne & Dawson
July 6th 2010- What a weekend. Supposed to be a celebration of freedom and a time of joy. But as you already know we had to lay a terrific man to rest. And I do mean man, at only 8 years old he had the wisdom, courage and zest for life that we all are still trying to find everyday. I speak of young William Bunn. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful service. A day filled with deep sorrow. As some of you know we have had rumors to do another poker run for William. Due to what has happened we are now looking to do one to raise money and make a donation to the family or cancer research in his name. I personally could not imagine such a tragic loss. As it all gets worked out we will post details.
Ok, now off to some fun stuff. I finally got the Nightrain DONE. And it is nothing short of amazing. Bernard Warren did an intense real flame paint job. Candy emerald green on gloss black. MANY layers of flames. He makes my work look GOOD. New Widowmaker apes, new Widowmaker 2 into 1 exhaust, that talks shit! And of course a jockey shift. The only thing that appears to be missing is my traditional bottle opener. I did not think of it until now. We WILL have to fix that. But in the mean time enjoy the pix. Also, the M109 face lift; more work on the Dirty Needle Intruder 1500. As well as, several other projects, to include the Suzuki trike, Moto Guzzi and Germany bound Widowmaker chopper.
Also, we just officially took our first Widowmaker exhaust order to go to Norway. Plus, I just checked the the web site stats and last month we had over 53,000 page views. I mean, HOLY SHIT! I feel the love. Thank you to all that come to see what we do and read my blabber. I truly love my job and look forward to doing it EVERYDAY! With that, as always keep the sticky side down, and by all means
“CHOP IT ALL”
Thank you for reading,
Hank, Anne & Dawson
July 1, 2010 - It is with great sorrow that I tell you William Bunn lost his battle with cancer this morning at 4:22 am. Many of you will remember William, we hosted a Poker Run for him two years ago. He was six at the time and had been diagnosed with Neuroblastoma Cancer. William has taught me a lot over the last few years. Things I will carry in my heart forever. Please keep William’s family in your thoughts as they prepare to deal with their loss. We will be closed on Saturday to celebrate William’s life and mourn our loss.
Anne, Hank & Dawson
May 17, 2010- I wanna start by saying wow. What a great rally. Hats off to Ron and Kathy for hosting great local event. I personally would like to say I had a great time. I hope to be able to do it again. I would like to say thank you to all of you that attended. Everything went off without a hitch. We will be adding pix of the event and also pix of the best of show trophy I made. Also I would like to say thank you to my buddies “Rebel Son” for putting on a killer show.
Anyhow down to business. Things are going great here. I am greatful to all of you for all your support and interest in what we do here. I am making some cool new stuff. And finally the new Widowmaker shirts are in. And they are for sale. Get yours while they last. And we officially have 4 new sets of handle bars for sale. I will be putting them on the merchandise page. I have made them all for all brands of bikes. Also I finally got my Night Train on the site. Check out the bars and exhaust. New pix coming. Also check out Roxanne. She will be deported to GERMANY when finished.
That’s all I have for now, or atleast all I have the time for. Keep posted I will be adding things as fast as I am shown how to do it. I am a gear head NOT a computer person. I thank you for your patience with my learning curve. As ALWAYS keep it shinny side up and sticky side down. “Chop it all!”
Thank you,
Hank, Anne,& Dawson May 3, 2010- Hello everyone. Thank you for following. I have finally added some new pix of the Moto Guzzi and the V-Star. More pix coming. Things have been VERY crazy. We are down to the count down to the Tobacco Ally Rally this weekend. I hope alot of you can make it. I am making a one off best of show trophy. We were there this weekend. It is gonna be GREAT. I do not have alot of time right now. But I have alot of new stuff to share with everyone. It will be coming soon, on the next up date. Pix of my Softtail, the new chopper, already named Roxanne and so really cool new stuff I have been making for the M109. Stay posted and I will bring it all to you very soon.
Thank you for reading and as always, sticky side down. Chop it all.
Thank you,
Hank, Anne & Dawson
April 12, 2010- As always, thank you for following us. We are extremely excited to announce that we are going global. I am in the process of building a new drop seat bike to be shipped to Germany. As for the other builds, coming along nicely. The Moto Guzzi is now back from paint and rolling. Looks incredible. The trike is blowing minds with the designs and getting down to some of the final fab work. And I am proud to say I am now working on my own ride. My Nighttrain, killer new ape hanger design, exhaust, paint, jockey shift and of course more black. I will be adding pix of all of these soon. Also some killer new products on our project Suzuki M109. I will be adding pix of all these great bikes soon.
Now to sad news. The Widowmaker family lost a great man last evening. My grandfather, 78 years of age passed last night after a long fight with cancer. He will be greatly missed. My thoughst and prayers go out to all of you that have ever had to fight this battle or that may be going through this horrrible thing now.
R.I.P Glenn Thibodeau, 1932-2010
To all of you have a blessed day and as always keep the shinny side up and the sticky side down. And chop it all.
Thank you for reading,
Hank, Anne & Dawson
March 10, 2010 - Hello everybody. I would like to start by saying thank you to all of you that keep coming back and referring new people. We have a lot of new things coming up. The Widowmaker Ape Hangers are a HIT! Get yours, they are coming with rave reviews. I just made a set for another Sporty and for a Nighttrain. They were both killer when I got done. One was done with all satin black powder coat on the bars, trees, lower legs and spoked wheels. The Train was done in gloss black on the bars and trees. The bars looked KILLER at a awesome 17”. I also have starting putting the newest Widowmaker bars on other bikes. They debuted on the Suzuki trike, I am calling them Widowmaker Kickbacks. Super killer look and super killer style. I am doing a Suzuki M109 with them now. Pix are coming soon, as always.
As far as the bikes go, the Moto Guzzi is off to paint and powder coat. The trike is making headway. And we have a new victim on the chopping block. A cute ‘94 883 Sporty, going into a drop seat, 4” under springer front end Pro street chopper frame with a 210 back tire. It will be sick. This bike is being built for one of our great fearless soldiers now stationed in Germany. So when I am done, Widowmaker will officially be international! Spreading the good word of Chop. That is all I have for now. ‘Til next time, keep the sticky side down and the shinny side up. And by all means, “Chop It All”.
Thank you,
Hank, Anne & Dawson
February 1, 2010 WOW! January has flown by. I am very excited to tell you all that the Moto Guzzi is on its way to being taken apart for paint. I will be starting that task soon. And the trike has seen MANY new additions; such as new bars, seat work, battery tray and other mods. I will be adding pix. I am doing more sets of our famed Widowmaker apes. They are being WELL received. Our custom bars are made in house and can be shipped to your door. If all goes well, there is another Widowmaker bike on the horizon. Hope everyone is staying warm in this cold January. As always you can contact me at 336-364-8535 or via e-mail @ nitetrain74@earthlink.net. Keep the shiny side up and the sticky side down. Thank you, Hank, Anne & Dawson January 4, 2010- Happy New Year. I hope that everyone had a great safe holiday season. Like always here, we are off to a great start to the new year. The V-Star bike is almost done. I just finished the pipes today. Killer new look. The Moto Guzzi is coming to the end of the fab stages. The trike is looking HOT. It was the center piece of our float in the Bahama Christmas Parade with Santa riding proudly. And yes there will be pix coming. Also, we will be bringing you a new build. A pro street Sporty, drop seat with a springer front end. Keep posted and watch all the bikes as they come together. Now for the big news, we are having a contest here at Widowmaker. We are always trying to come up with killer new shirt designs. We are looking to our talented clients to design the Spring 2010 shirts. Now is your chance to put your style on the face of a Widowmaker t-shirt. We want to know if you have what it takes to have your design on a Widowmaker t-shirt. We will select the best from all designs submitted. So send us your designs and hopefully your design will be the Widowmaker look for Spring 2010. You can email your designs to nitetrain74@earthlink.net, please put Shirt Design in the Subject; or mail them to Widowmaker CDR, 5582 Mt. Harmony Ch. Rd, Rougemont, NC 27572. I look forward to seeing some creativity and kick-ass designs. That is all the time I have for now. As always if you have any question, wants or needs for your bike from tires and service to making a statement with your ride, drop me a line or give me a call. Remember to chop it all, keep the shiny side up and the sticky side down. Thank you for reading. Thank you,
Hank, Anne & Dawson
November 24, 2009- Like always I would like to say thank you to everyone that has been following builds and ordering our new products. I do apologize for not getting the order page up like it should be. I am not a computer person. But it is coming. Like always email me or call with any questions.
Off to more exciting news, the Motto Guzzi and the trike are coming along very nicely. I have new pix of the Guzzi. So be sure to check it out. I will be adding more trike pix soon. Also we will be starting a new Sporty build. A pro street style with a built 1200 engine and a 200 tire with a springer front end. That is the plan at this time. It is hard to say exactly until the bike starts coming together. Either way it will be a killer ride. The V-Star custom will be coming together very soon. I just got everything back from powder coating. All I can say is “Dam”. Tom at Carolina Custom Powder Coating does amazing work. If you are in need, look him up. As for the next Widowmaker bike, it is waiting in the back ground. It will be coming soon.
That is all I have for now. As always thank you for reading and remeber keep it sticky side down, and ALWAYS chop it all.
Hank, Anne & Dawson
November 8th,2009- I would like to say congrats to Clint Carpenter. He recently purchased “Miss Conception”. I REALLY hated to see her go. That bike is truely one of my favorites. It was blast to ride, nothing but attitude. Above all it would flat ass fly. But anyhow, congrats Clint, I hope you enjoy the bike as much as I enjoyed building it. Now down to business, the Guzzi and the trike are coming along well. I have only had a little time to make small changes. The intake on the trike is completely done. And it totally rocks. I will be adding pix. And as for the Guzzi, I just fabbed up the battery tray and installed it and installed the headlight. More exciting stuff coming soon. The shop has been slammed with business. Everything from tires to motor jobs. I am fixin’ to start my 3rd engine job in 2 weeks. I do have a new bike that will be added the gallery, it is a ‘07 Yamaha V-Star 1100 Custom. It is getting a facelift. Some one off bars & exhaust (Widowmaker style). New paint, and powder coat and alot off attitude. Keeep on the look out for it. I will be adding pix as the work progresses.
I am starting to do a line of Widowmaker CDR handle bars. I have been selling them all over. The first 2 styles are featured on the Moto Guzzi and on the ‘07 Yamaha V-Star Custom. They are made of 1- 1/4” tubing with 1” slugs for controls. And feature no risers. Mount directly to the top triple tree. They are offered raw or powdercoated. A set of 16” bars in raw form will cost $216.00. Powdercoating is $80.00 for gloss black. Other colors and handle bars heights will increase or decrease price. All depending on cost of material used. I will be adding other bar styles. Any of the bars that are featured on the site made by me can also be duplicated. Feel free to contact me for more info. I may be reached at 336-364-8535 or nitetrain74@earthlink.net . I am also taking orders for hoodies and always we have Widowmaker T-shirts and hats available. I will be happy to take any email or phone orders. We except Visa and Mastercard.
Got side tracked, I will be posting new pix. Please check them out, please contact us with any questions or needs that we may help. Thank you for reading. As always keep it sticky side down and rember to alwasy “Chop it all!”
Thank you,
Hank, Anne & Dawson October 15, 2009- Things are moving along well in the shop. I have made some more progress on the trike and on the Moto Guzzi. New ram air intake on the trike and a new set of bars as well as lowering the front end 2” and relocating the battery on the Guzzi. Check out the pix. I believe you will enjoy them. I am very excited about both these builds. They both have stirred up alot of interest as customers come through the shop. Stay tuned as the builds come together. If all goes well we will be starting a new Widowmaker bike in the near future. If any of you have any ideas that you would like to see on the next bike, please e-mail them to me. I always like to hear what people are looking forward to seeing. On another note, I would like to apologize for not attending alot of the shows that alot of you normally see us at each year. We are still doing shows and ralleys, we have been trying to be wise as were and how we spend so that we may continue to stay strong and be here for years to come. You will be seeing more of as the months progress, we are focussing on local events and some state wide events for next season. As always we look forward to hearing from all of you. Keep the sticky side down and the shiny side up. As always “Chop It All!” Thank you, Hank, Anne & Dawson September 30, 2009 - I just wanted let everyone to know to look at the killer new intake that I just made for the Suzuki trike. Make sure you check it out. Also check out the new Full Throttle North Carolina issue, it has an article about the Springer Softtail Custom in it. Thanks for reading. Have more progress for you all soon. Hank Anne & Dawson September 27,2009- Man what a great weekend. The newest build “Miss Conception” is done and took a first place yesterday at the Ray Price Rally in Raleigh. I worked on the bike all the way up until time to leave. Test rode it 2 miles, came back and rode it 45 miles to the show. Hung out with all the great people their, to include my beautiful wife Anne and my son Dawson. It drizzled rain off and on all day and of course after the awards it began to rain, ALOT. As you know I don’t do fenders or seats. “Miss Conception” brought me home in the pouring rain in style. The bike received rave reviews. Everyone loved the ratrod look and style and the attitude of the overall bike. The next two bikes to be getting ALOT more of my attention are the Moto Guzzi and the Suzuki Trike. Keep a follow on them. Keep posted for new pix and progress reports. As for “Miss Conception”, she could be yours. I built this bike to be a rider friendly bike, anyone can ride it. And it is no slouch. It sounds bad and has the power to back it up. If you are interested please give me a call or drop me a line. Don’t forget to check out the new pix of her and of the Softtail Custom Springer.
As always I appreciate all of our followers and new comers. You can still purchase Widowmaker shirts and hats, we will be taking orders for work shirts and sweatshirts. Let me know and I will hook you up. And of course keep the sticky side down and chop it all!
Thank You,
Hank, Anne & Dawson September 10, 2009 -As always thank you for following our work here. I have some new pix coming of the newest build “Miss Conception”. She is pure evil. I have been busy with normal work as well as taking time to create new stuff for your bikes. I have some cool new exhausts, handle bars and tank designs. I am getting back on the trike and the Moto Guzzi chop. As always as the work comes out so will the pix. Down to business, we are hosting a great poker run this weekend for Ruthie Vikken. She is suffering from breast cancer, and has no health insurance. As you all know I like help whenever I can. Between myself and several others from Full Throttle Magazine and the local CBA we are doing two rides and a party to help Ruthie. We have entertainment, mini bike races, raffles, door pizes, 50/50, beer chugging contest, and of course food and great people. Click on the link to the left and take a look at the flier, come join us. I look forward to seeing all of you that can make it. As for now I will be back SOON with new pix. It is time to burn some steel. As always, keep it sticky side down and shinny side up. Thank you reading. Hank, Anne & Dawson A
ugust 13,2009- I want to start by saying thank you to everyone for keeping up with what we are doing in the shop. It has been a CRAZY summer, so the builds have been slow. The new shop bike is coming along great. Hoping to have it on the road soon. I will be posting the pics. The bike will be call “Miss Conception”. I believe you all will enjoy it. 1200 Sporty engine, one off tank and bars and some crazy frame work, and no paint, just a rusty raw rat bike. For you ape hanger lovers, I have been doing my own run of one off apes. Sizes have been ranging from 11” to 24.5”. They are made of 1.25” o.d. tubing and and they are true Widowmaker style. I will post some pix soon. And pricing and fitment for your bikes.
Now down to business, we are doing another charity poker run on September 13th to benefit Ruthie Dabbs. She is suffering from cancer and as you all know I like to help those in need. So please stay posted to the site as info will be coming soon about the ride. So stay posted. I will also be posting more info of upcoming events that we will be attending. And as always we have your fix for Widowmaker shirts, hats and one off parts. Give me a call and I will hook you up.
Talk to you again soon.
Thank you for reading and all your support.
Hank, Anne & Dawson July 24, 2009- Long time no info. Things in the shop are going great, new builds on the way. Just completed the custom springer softtail. All I can say is AMAZING! You can view it on the galleries page. The Moto Guzzi is moving on nicely and the new Widowmaker shop bike is coming close to completion! Long, low, lean and rusty raw. Pix are on the way. We are still trying to hammer out all of the kinks in the web site. So please be patient, I bend steel for a living.
This weekend the we will be in Zebulon NC at the Scootworks bike fest. We would like to see all you there. We will have our shirts, hats, thongs for sale and bikes to show.
Also check out the upcoming poker runs we sponsoring for some great causes. If you need any info about upcoming events, feel free to contact me at the shop. As always shirts and stuff are available for purchase over the phone.
Thank you for reading,
Hank, Anne & Dawson June 30,2009- I would lke to start by saying thank you to everyone that came out and saw us at Locked and Loaded over the last two weekends. It was great to meet some new people and see some old. We were able to bring out the newest builds. A freshly finished custom springer softtail, rave reviews. The Ventto 250 chop, the new Widowmaker shop bike, as well some old favorites like Plan-B, Goldschool, and EmVee. They are always favorites of all who take them in. I have a bunch of exciting new event and bike build pixs on the way. Things have been busy so time has been limitted. Stay posted to the site for the pix and for up coming events. Thank you for reading and enjoy the updates. As always we are a equal opportunity shop. We work on all makes and models of bikes. We welcome all. Also our new shirt designs are for sale. At this time we are taking credit card orders over the phone or by email. I look forward to hearing from you all.
Thank you,
Hank, Anne & Dawson June 7, 2009 - What a great turn out at the 2009 Butner Chicken Pickin’! The weather was great, no where near as hot as last year with some intermittent clouds. We carried four bikes this year. The usuals, Gold School and Plan B. Also, we carried the Vento project and the new Widowmaker chopper, which Hank is back working on now that he has both arms back to normal (whatever normal is??) It was great seeing everyone that stopped by the booth. Be sure to check out the pics on the Event Pics page for the Bike Show Winner and Ladies Choice. As always, there was tons to do and eat. If you’ve never been - mark it on your calendar for next year!! I can not wait for some more of those Ribbon Fries. (Thanks Jerry!!) Also, although the Granville County CBA did not win, they sold all of their plates. There are some great chefs over there - we have been there for many feasts and always left stuffed!
Come see us at Lock N Loaded two weekends in June. Jason is putting on two shows back to back - the 20th and the 27th. That is always a great time. We hope to see you there!! Ride Safe!
Hank & Anne Thibodeau
May 20, 2009- First off, thank you to Triangle Cycles for hosting a great event. The weather was great and the people at Triangle cycles were extremely helpful. We carried the Vento 250 that I am chopping for them. They were blown away by the foot clutch with the jockey shift, forward controls and 17” custom made apes. We also carried the newly revamped Dirty Needle Suzuki, I just got done doing another seat, tank and exhaust. All can be seen on the galleries page. We also took the crowd favorite “Plan B”. They had live music, dyno shoot out, and free food. If you missed out plan to make it to there fall event.
We are steady rolling in the shop with new stuff coming in all the time. Now that my arm is steady healing, I am back to fabing and burning steel. We will keep you posted as to were we will be next. Hopefully we’ll see you there.
Thank You
Hank & Anne Thibodeau
May 3, 2009 - First and foremost - thank you to everyone for all your phone calls, food and overall concern for Hank after the accident. We are most appreciative. It shows what great friends we have. Thanks to Patrick for helping out in Jacksonville and Brad for helping out in Butner. And most of all to Jimmy Glenn for helping out in the shop and being Hank’s left arm for the past two weeks.
Now that the gooey sentimental stuff is done with...
What a great time we had yesterday at the Butner Car & Bike Show. The weather held out and what a turn out! It was amazing to see so many great cars and trucks in the show. Next year, our challenge is to get as many entries in the Bike Show as they are in the Car Show. There were lots of vendors and give aways. The crew from Twisted Sixs was giving away t-shirts. There was a karate demonstration that kept Dawson enthralled for thirty minutes. Champs Tire in Creedmoor did an awesome job with the show and we were excited to be a part of the show. Next Saturday, we will be at Triangle Cycles Open House in Durham. See link to flyer on the events page. We are not sure about our attendance at the Smoke Out yet. The jury is still out based on Hank’s arm. Even still, you should go and check it out. It is usually a great show. And it will be in Rockingham this year! See events page for link to web site. We are working on getting the merchandise on the web site. We have some awesome new shirt designs. Check it out. Soon we will be accepting Paypal and shipping shirts ordered online.
Keep the shiny side up!!
Anne & Hank Thibodeau
April 21st 2009. I would like to say thank to everyone that attended the poker run. It was a great success. We raised nearly $1100.00 for the Shriners Children hospital. We gave away 50 gift bags from MIMS distributing and Long Beverage, 2 VIP passes to down live from Deep South entertainment,2 Samual Adams Jackets From MIMS. 2 coolers from Long Beverage, 3 different grilles from the Shriners lodge. T-shirts donated by Firehead Sports, as well as engraved Widowmaker beer mugs, and that is only half. Thank you to Tiny at Crazyshots, Texas Roadhouse, Randy’s bar & grille, Munching Marvins, and the good people of the Shriners lodge, AMRAN bike club and the Masons for all of their hard work.
Now for next weekend at the Carolina Bike Rally. We will be there showing bikes, looking forward to meeting new people and selling our new shirt designs. We’re here whenever you need us to take care of all your bike needs. Thank for reading, and as I promised I will keep bringing the bikes coming to the site. So keep checking back with us.
Thank you, Hank & Anne Thibodeau
April 18, 2009. Spring has sprung and boy do I have the fever to ride. Come join us Sunday, April 19th, as Widowmaker begins the season with a Poker Run to raise money for the Shriner’s Hospital for Children Registration begins at 12:00 at Crazy Shots in Hillsborough. Ride leaves at 1:00 headed to Texas Roadhouse in Durham, then on to Randy’s in Butner, Munchy Marvin’s in Berea with the final stop at the Shriners lodge in Oxford. White Knuckle Trucker will provide the music and the Shriners will provide the dinner. As before, there will be a gracious number of door prizes, silent auction items and; of course, the traditional beer chugging contest. Best Hand pays, Worst Hand gets reimbursed their entry fee. Firehead Sports has once again donated ride t-shirts. Big thank you to Matt for working on Saturday to get those done in your busy season!! Hope to see everyone there. Let’s Ride!!!!
Hank & Anne Thibodeau
March 7, 2009. Well everybody I have been talking about it and we finally got the new site up and running. It has been a long time coming but I feel it is worth the wait. We will be adding new photo galleries soon! I have a pile of new stuff to put on here. And as you can see we will be selling our shirts, hats and custom parts on the merchandise page. So keep checking back as the updates will be coming more frequently now. Please feel free to e-mail us any feedback on the new site. Thank you for reading and look forward to meeting some of you at our up coming events.
Hank Thibodeau
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