Homestyle Hawaiian - San Diego, CA

So when I was down in San Diego shooting Panhead Mike Trussell's bike, we had a couple of hours to kill before he was available that day. I had made sure that I did not eat before my early morning trip down south because when you hang out with The Hater, you know you will end up eating well.

He gave me the scoops on what the deal was with local grindz in the Dago area. After a few calls to see who was open, we were certain that we had to check out Homestyle Hawaiian. Of course I check out yelp.com too; gotta make sure I'm not going to end up at some sort of 'California Teriyaki House' with the same bland sauce those type of places cover everything with. Fuck that.
Soon as I saw the menu, I could tell that this was absolutely NOT an L&L Hawaiian BBQ chain in disguise (which happens a lot in Hawaii and in CA). It's easy to tell though.
The place just opened so we were the first patrons of the day.
Big local guy was working the place all by himself.
So, braddah - wat's GOOD?
The steaks... we actually got some steaks today, we usually run out.
How you guys make the steaks? Seasoned or something?
Yeah, you gotta get try it... trust me, it's good.


So we ordered two steaks and a spam musubi for appetizer. Breakfast of Champions.
Hala! da steaks stey on fire!
Our steaks arrived and it looked fucking good.
To me, this is what a good steak can look like. I just know it's going to be good and it was. It definitely had a little seasoning on it, probably some chunky Hawaiian Salt on it too. Big scoop rice and a scoop of the Mac Daddy (AKA mac salad). I'm stoked I took his advice.
I have proof of how good it all was:
Homestyle Hawaiian
7524 Mesa College Drive
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 571-5828

Girls Bikes

...bringing'em back one guy at a time.



Check out Panhead Mike Trussell in The Horse #98.
I dig Mike, I think he's fucking cool!
Big mahaloz to The Hater for helping out that day.

FXRT

Eh? Why are you posting a bagger on COC? Well, this is not your ordinary bagged & faired bike. I've always had an interest in the FXRT (and of course the FXRP). It would be a very capable and fun bike to tour with, that's for sure. Panhead Mike Trussell down in San Diego found a killer deal on this gem. Here's his story:







It's a 1990 that was purchased new at Bob Dron and owned by the same middle-age guy until 2007. Then an Iraq Marine Corp vet from Ventura, CA bought it and was planning to keep it for a long time. He then got his high school sweetheart pregnent and had to sell it to raise cash for the upcoming wedding.


I've had it for about a year and a half and have only put the leg guards, tires and brakes on it. I also have the matching "pizza box" and front/rear running boards. It is in such well kept-original condition that I'm sure that I will keep it forever, unless I wad it up in a major crash or something.

It goes hard all day at 90-95 without much effort. The trans pully was changed for high speed. It was taken down and the frame was powdercoated as well as the wheels and handlebars, etc. As far a performance stuff, it has aThunderheader, Screamin' Eagle carb and cam and aftermarket ignition set up. That's about it.

The interesting thing about the FXRT is that very few people know what it is. Harley didn't sell many of them, as you may know, and gave up on the model.
Above is a shot of the rest of Mike's two-wheeled bonanza.

The Hater's Dyna

As a relative to H-D's former production motorcycle the FXR, I've always had an interest in the TwinCam powered Dyna Superglide. I enjoy the "sport touring" aspect of both models and absolutely not as a platform to have chopper-envy or "I wish this was a rigid" type of styling.




As you may have noticed, The Hater in San "Juan" Diego cruises up to hang out with his funny boyfriends in the Long Beach area quite often. He could do this in a number of vehicles but the one he is most commonly seen on is this '04 FXD Superglide. It has been made to ride swiftly through obstacles and split traffic like a big karate chop (or tae kwon do kick, if you want to be technical).

A number of things made this motorcycle the way it is. One being extensive engine work. Bored to 95" with Branch heads, Mackie gear drive cams, Mikuni HSR42. The crankpin/flywheel's been welded together too. It's been dyno'd at Bennett's Performance and captured 100hp/105 lb torque. But he's pretty cozy with all that under his ass, because he's sitting on a nice king&queen seat from Tramp Cycle in Japan.
Performance upgrades to this bike includes the suspension. 1.5" over tubes with Race Tech gold valves up front and 1" raised foot pegs gives even MORE ground clearance for cornering. The Progressive Shocks, CCE for brace and chassis stabilizer kit helps out a bunch too. If you're familiar with this bike, you probably noticed the Metmachex swingarm and chain final drive conversion here:
Storz Performance steering stabilizer and a dual disc conversion with stainless lines seen here. Going fast is great but you have to be able to stop well too.

I got more FXR/Dyna antics coming soon.

Bibimbap!

Submitted by The Hater:




What do you do with leftover Korean food? You eat it, fool!


Take your day old rice, straight from the pot:
Take some leftover meat, chop it up, and heat it up. In this case, a little kalbi and a little bulgogi. Good shit!:
Then, take some leftover vegetables. Actually, if your Korean, you should always have this in the fridge, or shame will fall upon you. In this case, some lobok (radish) kimchee, some nice pungent 3 week old kimchee, some sweet new kimchee, and some bean sprouts:
Now, you take some red pepper paste for a nice extra kick, and some sesame oil to lube everything up. And, mix:
Enjoy! The Chinese make fried rice with their leftovers. The Koreans make BIBIMBAP. Better have some breath mints if you're eating with your chick:
If you're hardcore, old world, hangook saram, throw in a raw egg too. Me, I grew up in America. Besides, the eggs here come from Mexico. Say what you want but I ain't eating no rusty foot cheese corn on the cob and I sure as hell ain't eating no salmonella fortified eggs from south of the border. It's bad enough that I'm friends with Hose-a.

Submitted by The Hater:

Submitted by The Hater (in response to my off topic post from earlier this morning):


Kalbi

Bulgogi

Lettuce wrap with miso paste

3 kinds of kimchee



and


Better rice than you.


That's how we DO!

Submitted by Nos:


Check out this Google Earth image of Coronado Naval Base in San Diego. Builders found it to be an "oversight" on their part. I say secret Acorn Nut stash house.