Whether you are preparing for your first tattoo or your twenty-seventh, you need artwork and designs that are just right. Tattoo Bible, authored by Superior Tattoo, provides well over 500 pieces of unique flash art - flash never before compiled into one single book.
While most tattoo books available today concentrate on one specific genre or style, Tattoo Bible covers twelve different categories, and the ideas are endless. This is not just a book to add to your collection. This is your collection. You can combine different pieces of art from within the book, or just take them as is. This book is for you and your imagination to do with as you wish.
Published by ArtKulture, an imprint of Wolfgang Publications, the flash art shown here is both striking and very useful to both the tattoo shop, and the tattoo aficionado. Scan, enlarge, reduce or modify the art. The 500 color images found here equals at least 5000 good ideas for new or traditional ink. 144 pages, and over 500 color images.
Harley-Davidson EVO Hop-Up & Rebuild Manual, is a must-have for anyone who wants to put wrench to an EVO V-Twin. Each section covers a specific subassembly of an EVO motor. The reader can pick and choose which chapters they need at the time, be it installing a new camshaft, or a top-end kit.
For anyone planning to build an Evo that combines power with durability, this book provides detailed photo sequences that show every part of the building or rebuilding process. The crew at R&R Cycles shows how to assemble: The Bottom End, Gearcase, Cylinders & Pistons and Cylinder heads.
Written by Chris Maida, the man who put in nearly 20 years as editor for American Iron Magazine, with help from the crew at R&R Cycles, this book shows the reader not what to build, but how to build a rockin' Evo-style engine.
If you're a rider or shop owner looking to do more work on EVO V-Twins, this is the book you need. From a simple rebuild to a complete assembly from scratch, the how-to information and photo sequences you need are contained here.
Tattoo Bible Book Two, covers different tattoo styles and an endless supply of ideas. Make your own design by combining different pieces of art from within the book, or use one of the images as a stand-alone tattoo. Everything is here, from Skulls to Tribal, Americana to avant-garde. Let this book be a supplement to your imagination.
The images are represented in a range of physical sizes, some are printed two or four per page, the more intricate designs are reproduced one per page. The categories include Hearts, Dragons, Roses, Skulls, Butterflies, Girls, Crosses, Celestial, Tribal, Back Pieces, and Nautical.
Published by ArtKulture, an imprint of Wolfgang Publications, Tattoo Bible - Book Two, includes over 500 pieces of flash art. Colorful Tattoo images that are useful to both the tattoo shop, and the tattoo aficionado.
The CT-70 was Honda's third-best selling motorcycle. Add in the CL, SL, and XL 70s, and you have a big chunk of Honda's production between 1969 and 1994. All four of these 72cc motorcycles are featured in this book - Honda 70 Enthusiast's Guide covers all these 72cc model motorcycles. Well-known Honda author Jeremy Polson begins the book with a brief introduction to the models that led up to the first CL-70, and then jumps into a thorough analysis of each and every 70 model offered through the years. The information offered here is amazing. If you want to know what year Honda gave up the folding handlebars, just take a look inside. It's all here along with a thousand other equally important details.
Despite the popularity of these bikes, Jeremy's book is the only book (or website) that covers each model and the evolution of the bikes as a group. For Honda 72cc collectors and enthusiasts, this book presents facts and figures found nowhere else.
In addition to the facts and specifications regarding each model of each year, this book is filled with many photos of rare bikes that help to track the evolution of Honda's 72cc motorcycles. Honda 70 - Enthusiast's Guide brings you 28 chapters and over 300 photos of hard information on each and every Honda 70.
The one job that even the most knowledgeable DIY guys farm out is the wiring. No more. Today you can pick the best components, the appropriate harness kit, and install everything yourself - with help from this book from Wolfgang Publications. Whether yours is an old skool '32 Ford with a flathead for power, or a modern kustom with fuel injected V-8 and a set of airbags, the information you need to wire that hot rod can be found in Hot Rod Wiringfrom Wolfgang Publications.
Like everything automotive, the electrical components used on modern hot rods have changed over the years. The stereo systems draw more power, and the number of accessories goes up and up. Alternator output is easily three times what it was just a few years ago. Hot Rod Wiring reflects these changes, and helps the reader determine how to pick the best components and design the best electrical system.
Dennis Overholser has designed hot rod wiring harnesses and components for Painless Wiring for over 20 years. After putting in eight hours a day designing components, Dennis often goes home and helps friends install the wiring in their hot rods. On weekends, Dennis becomes the point man for Painless Wiring at various NSRA and competition events.
Covering 144 pages, this book includes a theory chapter on direct current electricity, another on choosing the best components, a discussion of the various harness kits, three start-to-finish installations, and a troubleshooting chapter. In addition, the book provides a number of schematics that show typical starting, lighting, and charging circuits; and the complete schematic you need to wire a basic hot rod.
Book Three, the newest installment in the popular Tattoo Bible series, continues the tradition of offering a vast collection of only the best tattoo artwork available.
Unlike the earlier Bibles, Tattoo Bible Book Three is a collection of designs from opposite ends of the spectrum. This book contains images from both the old school and the new. Among this expanse of flash are colorful images of sacred hearts, flowers and erotic shapes; as well as Celtic knots, skulls and alphabets done in shades of grey.
With over 350 images, this new book is the perfect companion for any tattooist, from the aspiring novice to the seasoned vet. Also a useful resource for tattoo aficionados looking for the art they need to create the next design in ink. Book Three showcases artwork from some of the most recognizable names in the tattoo world, as well as the coolest, trendiest designs from some of the newest, up-and-coming talent in the industry.
Whether you're a tattoo artist or a tattoo enthusiast, this book will become an essential tool for years to come!
While most books on composites approach the subject from a very technical standpoint, Beginning Composites presents practical, hands-on information about these versatile materials. From explanations of what a composite is, to demonstrations on how to actually utilize them in various projects, this book provides a simple, concise perspective on molding and finishing techniques to empower even the most apprehensive beginner.
Topics include: What is a composite, why use composites, general composite types and where composites are typically used. Composite Materials Fabrication Handbook includes shop set up, design and a number of hands-on start-to-finish projects documented with abundant photographs.
Surface sanding and finishing makes up an entire chapter, ensuring that the parts you manufacture are not only light and extremely strong, but also good looking as well.
This book from Wolfgang Publications covers all the Honda Z50 bikes produced between 1967 and 1999. Author Jeremy Polson starts with a brief introduction of the models that led up to the Mini Trail, and then jumps into a thorough analysis of the bikes themselves. The best-selling Honda - ever - the long running Honda Mini Trail came in a wide range of models; each of which warrants a chapter.
In addition to the hard facts regarding each model for each year, the Mini Trial book is filled with over 400 rare photos that track the evolution of the Mini Trail - and help to unravel the many Mini Trail mysteries.
A collector with over 25 years of experience collecting, restoring and selling over 200 Mini Trails, Jeremy Polson is the ideal author for this new must-have look at Honda's most popular motorcycle.
What could be called The Bible of Mini Trails, the information contained in Jeremy's book simply can't be found intact in any other book or web site. For Z50 collectors around the world, this new book presents 146 pages of facts and figures backed up by serial numbers, found nowhere else.
This book from Wolfgang Publications shows the how and why of performance engine building with over 500 color photos. Not a what-to-buy-book - it's a how-to-build book. Each chapter covers a specific subassembly of the Twin-Cam motor. The reader can pick and choose what chapters they need at the time, be it porting a set of heads, installing cams, or assembling a flywheel assembly.
For anyone planning to build or rebuild a Twin Cam that combines power with durability, this book walks the reader through two complete assemblies. The crew at R&R Cycles shows how they do a big-bore top-end job in the chassis; as well as build a complete bad ass 124 engine assembled on the bench.
Take advantage of the skill and knowledge shared by the crew at R&R Cycles - builders of everything from hot street engines, to full competition motors that set records at Bonneville and the strip. If you're a rider who takes pride in doing most your own work, this is a book you need. From a simple rebuild to a complete motor built from scratch, the how-to information and photo sequences you need are right here. Harley-Davidson Twin Cam Hop-Up & Rebuild Manual, 144 pages, 500+ photos.
Though the Harley-Davidson FXR is missing from the dealerships for over twenty years, that doesn't mean there isn't a lively interest in the bike many think is the best machine Harley ever made. If the number of clubs and Facebook sites dedicated to the FXR is any indicated, the old bike is definitely alive and well.
Casual riders and hard-core FXR enthusiasts will find the book both entertaining and informative. The front section includes a series of short chapters: History, Year-by-Year changes, The FXR Frame, Electrical Issues, Drivetrain Options (i.e. Twin Cam), and Planning a Complete Build.
The heart of the book is a series of detailed features on a wide variety of mostly modified FXRs. Starting with the Shovelheads, everything is here from Café models to Twin-Cam-powered FXRs to over-restored FXRTs. And yes, there are a few Dynas here as well.
Written by well-known author Timothy Remus with help from famous bike builders, the Harley-Davidson FXR Bible is 144 pages and over 350 photos of well-illustrated information without fluff. If you ride one or plan to, this is the book you need.
Written for those who want to enhance the quality of their composite projects, Composites Fabrication Handbook #2 focuses on what it takes to truly optimize a composite lamination for high-performance use. Basic mold-making is covered in this book to help fabricators produce effective mold systems from a variety of molding materials. Several advanced molding techniques are demonstrated in-depth so the reader will be able to create their own parts using compression molding, vacuum-bagging, trapped-rubber insert molding, inflatable bladder molding, or resin transfer molding techniques. 144 pages, 400 photos, 100% color.
Airbrush Bible offers something for anyone interested in the art of airbrushing. Whether your goal is reality flames on a motorcycle tank, or a three-dimensional eagle in mid-pounce, this book from Wolfgang Publications offers how-to sequences done with some of the best names in airbrushing.
To teach skulls, there's Vince Goodeve. For Pin-ups, Tom Nguyen walks the reader through a 20 page start-to-finish sequence. For reality flames with extra punch, Steve Wizard takes the stage, explaining both the colors and the sequencing.
Airbrush Bible also offers help spraying on various substrate with different media. T-Shirt artists will find advice on the best paint to use and how to give the image longevity. Anyone working with hot rods and motorcycles needs to know how much to over-reduce urethane-based paints. Hobby painters need to understand acrylic paints, as well as the new water-borne colors.
Each chapter is a one-on-one seminar that takes the reader from the first sketch to the finished product. Leah Gall explains all the basic strokes needed to create nearly any image, and Susan Heidi demonstrates how multiple, thin layers of transparent paint create believable skin tones and a life-like effect.
In total, Airbrush Bible provides the reader with fourteen chapters, each one offering a complete painting sequence and an interview with the artist. Learn firsthand why one artist uses watercolors while another prefers acrylic paints. Or why some artists never use the color black, and instead prefer a dark purple or violet. This book is a compendium of subjects, paints and techniques; Airbrush Bible is the one how-to book any airbrush artist needs on his or her shelf.
Enthusiasts Guide - Honda Motorcycles 1959 to 1985, is designed to aid the non-professional motorcycle collector in sorting through the pros and cons of buying and restoring a particular Honda motorcycle.
For each of these models author Doug Mitchel provides four to six paragraphs describing the bike in general terms including any yearly changes that Honda made to the bike during the time the model was in production. This year-by-year information includes both major mechanical changes to the engine or fork, as well as the simple changes that were often made to the paint color or graphics.
Bullet points for each model include: The relative cost to acquire this particular model and the value when finished. The cost and availability
of parts (some are easy to find, others are impossible). The complexity of the machine, and the relative difficulty in doing a complete restoration.
A more general section at the back of the book includes an interview with Roger Smith, an experienced and well-known restoration expert. The Q&A includes his guidance on things like picking a bike to restore, finding the best parts, how long a typical restoration takes, and which part of the restoration might best be farmed out to third-party experts with special skills.
Enthusiasts Guide - Honda Motorcycles 1959 to 1985 uses 144 pages, over 350 color photos to bring you over 25 years worth of details on a wide range of Honda motorcycles.
Remember those old dirt bikes, the simple little Bultacos, Hondas, Yamahas, Maicos, Pentons and Triumphs? The bikes young men rode on the dirt and into the ground. Well, if you're looking to relive those years - without the embarrassing falls - you need a bike. And before you go scrounging the web sites and swap meets, you need this book.
The question: What to bring home? Among the thousands and thousands of dirt bikes, scramblers, trials bikes, play bikes and early motocross bikes; which is the best bike to make your own?
Vintage Dirt Bikes will help you make that decision by providing information on all the most popular makes. For each bike, this new book provides four to six paragraphs describing the bike in general terms. In addition, author Doug Mitchel provides the highlights for each bike, and a rating system for: Available Examples, Parts Availability, Ease of Restoration, and Final Value.
Vintage Dirt Bikes is 144 pages of information, including over 250 color photos, on the best of the best - information that can't be found in any other single source.
This book from Wolfgang Publications covers all aspects of English wheeling. Author William Longyard covers everything from making your own complete English wheel to learning the basics and beyond. From fabricating high-crown panels to reverse flares. Over 400 photos used through the book serve to illustrate both what makes up a good English wheel, and how - exactly - to use an English wheel. Those 400 photos illustrate a series of hands-on projects done for both hot rods as well as classic and vintage automobiles. Side bars and interviews with famous wheelers and fabricators from around the world help by giving personal insights. The craftsmen share tips that these masters have learned - during their decades of polishing the art of creating elaborate shapes from flat sheets of aluminum and steel.
Long-time
student of the English wheel, published author and retired shop teacher,
William Longyard is ideally suited to provide the best information and most
productive tips about using the English wheel.
Composite Materials Fabrication Handbook #3 continues Wolfgang Publications' practical, hands-on series on composites with helpful how-to projects that cover a variety of topics geared toward helping home-builders in completing their composite projects. Handbook #3 expands further on mold-making techniques seen in Book #1 and #2, showing some special methods for creating molds and composite copies of existing parts, fabricating molds from clay models, and making advanced mold systems using computer modeling software and CNC equipment. Several alternative methods of fabricating one-off parts are presented in this book, including molding over frameworks and human forms, as well as using stock composites to build simple structures. Composite repairs are also covered in this book, along with a primer on computer-aided analysis of composites structures and how professional fabricators build composites.144 pages, Over 300 color images.
Wolfgang Publications offers complete start-to-finish assembly and restoration sequences on two Triumph Twins, a 1963 Bonneville and a 1969 Bonneville. Also included is the start-to-finish assembly of the 1969 engine and transmission. Rather than try to describe the miniscule differences that often separated one year from another, this book offers a color gallery with left and right side views of all significant models from 1959 to 1970. With over 450 color photos, Triumph Restoration offers 144 pages of hard-core how-to help for anyone who wants to repair or restore their own Triumph twin.