#Bob Ranew

[herochan]

Superheroes Past Their Prime

Series by Bob Ranew

#Bob Ranew #comics #catwoman #batman #superman #wonder woman #captain america #black panther #t'challa

[dorianroark]

Aging DC characters by Bob Ranew | Behance.

Time comes for us all, and our beloved DC super heroes are no exception. Whereas I feel the non humans should have aged more gracefully than their mortal counterparts (I'm looking at you granny Wonder Woman), I can't help but be amused by this artist's age take on our heroes.

#batman #superman #batgirl #dc comics #joker #wonder woman

[realtime1960s]

May 2, 1962 - Bob Gibson continued his mastery over the Houston Colts today by pitching the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-hit, 4-1 victory and retiring 9 batters via strikeout. In his previous effort against the Colts, the hard-throwing right-hander fashioned a two-hit victory. Today, after Houston’s Jim Pendleton hit a solo home run in the second inning, Gibson retired ten batters in a row before allowing Merritt Ranew to reach base on a bloop single.

#MLB #baseball #OTD #cardinals #st. louis cardinals

[rankxerox]

saint_motors🏍💨 Bob Ranew's Honda 1974 CB750/ Redeemed Cycles @branew

#honda cb750 cb custom bike caferacer bratstyle scrambler instamotobuiltnotbought stocksucks kustom kulture saintmotors saint_motorsin_motors

[redwolf]

When Bob Ranew of Garner, NC — founder of Redeemed Cycles -- first bought a beat-up $300 Honda CB650 from a friend, he wasn’t at all sure what he wanted to do with it.

-- via Bikebound

#redeemed cycles #motorcycles #honda

[olivereliott]

Custom Bikes Of The Week: 19 May, 2019

A Vincent Black Shadow built from scratch, a CB650 built for just $1,250, a shed-built Moto Guzzi Le Mans, and an amazing timelapse video of a sandcast CB750 build.

The $1,250 Honda CB650 Bob Ranew of Redeemed Cycles decided to see if he could build a killer custom for next to no money. “I’m amazed at the money some people invest in custom bikes,” he says. “It’s all good, but there’s also a world where you can create something cool on a limited budget.”

Bob picked up a beat-up CB650 for $300 and started by grafting on a couple of critical CB750 bits. He replaced the tank with an $80 eBAY find, and the forks came from Craigslist for the princely sum of $10. After taking the tank back to raw metal and rebuilding the forks, Bob installed a taller pair of rear shocks that were kicking around his shop.

The wheels are sandblasted originals, Scotch-Brited for a brushed effect, and Bob scoured the chromework to get a matching finish. He built the seat unit himself, using an $18 scrap of leather, and then spent a little more cash on new Shinko 705 tires, a set of Renthal bars, and some budget mini gauges and grips.

Of course, few of us have Bob’s workshop skills—but it’s still a mighty impressive achievement. [More]

A ‘new’ Vincent Black Shadow It’s hard to believe that Vincent was only in operation for 27 years. The English company had a remarkable impact on the motorcycling world, and six decades after the Hertfordshire factory closed, its reputation is still intact.

The Black Shadow is at the heart of that reputation, which was embellished by its starring role in Hunter S. Thompson’s book Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. That reputation (and scarcity) means that prices are out of the reach of regular buyers, but that didn’t stop Australian Simon Leake from building a ‘new’ one.

Simon was entranced by the Vincents in a neighbor’s shed when he was a young lad, and his passion for the brand stayed with him into adulthood. After a brief dalliance with a Black Shadow that proved to have starting issues, he decided to build his own.

With the help of local Vincent guru Terry Prince and then John Mossey Classics in the UK, Simon has achieved his dream. The engine is a modernized version of the iconic V-twin, bumped up to 1,200cc, and cradled in a billet alloy oil-in-frame chassis. MotorRetro in Sydney handled the bodywork and the black and silver paint scheme is by Dutchy’s Motorcycle Paintwork. Return Of The Café Racers has the story.

Moto Guzzi Le Mans by Paul Buxton The annual Bike Shed show kicks off this coming weekend in London, and shed builder Paul Buxton will be there for the third year running. Paul runs an estate agency in Poole, but he spends his down time restoring and customizing his favorite motorcycle: the Moto Guzzi Le Mans.

This is his third Le Mans custom, and it’s based on 1976-model donor. It’s also clean enough to eat off. There’s not a fastener, gasket or seal that hasn’t been replaced, and the motor itself looks factory fresh.

There are hints of the original Le Mans in the new aluminum fairing and tail, but overall this Guzzi cuts a much cleaner line. And since Paul’s wife, Debbie, has started tagging along on his rides, the leather seat’s been extended onto the tail hump.

Under the hood is a new wiring loom running off a Motogadget M-unit, and Paul’s upgraded the suspension with YSS shocks. Everything—from the mustard paint job to the classic reverse cone silencers—has been executed with supreme taste and restraint. [More]

Super Soco Ducati Corse electric scooter One of the strangest rumors to emerge over the past few weeks concerned a three-way between Ducati and an Aussie and a Chinese company. Now it turns out that Ducati has signed a two-year licensing deal with the Australian scooter brand Vmoto, which sells Chinese-made Super Soco electric scooters.

They’re premium two-wheelers that are fairly well known in Asia but unheard of outside—until now, of course.

It means we’re soon going to be seeing a Ducati Corse-branded electric scooter, not only whizzing down the MotoGP pitlanes, but also in showrooms. There’s no word on which countries are getting the ‘Super Soco CUx Ducati Corse’, but pricing has been set high at 2,990 euros—about US$3,340.

The Super Soco sports a recently developed Bosch motor and a range of 150 km (90 miles). It charges overnight via a plug-in socket, and has a trick LED headlight that gives 75 m (240 feet) of illumination. One for the hardcore urban Ducatista … maybe. [Via]

1969 Honda CB750 Sandcast Restoration Timelapse The iconic CB750 needs no introduction here. And neither does The Quail Motorcycle Gathering, the swanky Concours d’Elegance held in California every year.

The 2019 event was held a few weeks ago, and the ‘Best In Show’ winner was this amazing sandcast CB750 built by Sam Roberts of Ujeni Motors.

Sam bought his 1969 CB750 from the original owner, who parked it in his barn in 1990. “Amazingly, he had not swapped any parts on the entire bike; every ultra-rare part from the round oil filter cover to the “28” carb caps were still on the bike,” Sam says.

Unfortunately corrosion had taken hold, so it was time for a full restoration. And luckily for us, Sam decided to film it. Fast forward to 1:07 for the good stuff. [Via]

[steadyfilm]

Congregation 2018, in Charlotte, NC. Great road trip with Bob Ranew.

#congregationbikeshow2018

[fredensharon]

Burt's Bee Brand History Video from Jimmie Blount on Vimeo.

Burt's Bees asked us to create a video that could tell the brand's unlikely success story. 28 years in 80 seconds.

CDs: David Baldwin, Bob Ranew CW: Lisa Shimotakahara Production Company: Psyop Director: Georgia Tribuiani

[princestreetco]

This Chocolate Factory Just Celebrated 5 Years in Business With Delicious Edible Posters

If the medium is the message, then Videri Chocolate Factory's latest advertising has a very palatable message indeed.

The Raleigh, N.C., chocolate maker worked with ad agency Baldwin& to create special posters, completely made of chocolate, celebrating its 5th anniversary. The posters weigh two pounds each, use 70 percent dark craft chocolate and were handcrafted by Videri co-CEO and chocolate maker Sam Ratto. 

There are three different headlines on the posters:

"If only we could say 'Thank you' in chocolate. Wait. We can." "In celebration of our 5th anniversary, enjoy this tasteful poster." "Dear Raleigh, thanks for 5 amazing years. Now eat this thing before it melts."

The posters went up at Videri, local restaurants, stores, breweries, art galleries and other places that get foot traffic. Hopefully they are still up, and haven't been stolen by sweet tooths in the community.

"Videri Chocolate Factory has been making and selling some of the finest chocolate in the country from right here in Raleigh for five years now," says David Baldwin, founder and chief creative officer of Baldwin&. "It has quickly become a beloved institution and brings a level of craft, quality, and community that comes directly from passion about the final product, which is now available in poster version."

"We wanted to create excitement around our anniversary," says Starr Sink Ratto, Videri co-CEO. "Loyal customers are already familiar with our bean-to-bar chocolate so they'll have no hesitation enjoying the chocolate posters. We are hoping to reach new customers, too, that may have not yet met our awesome gang, toured the factory or gotten free samples. Poster-sized samples."

CREDITS Client – Videri Starr Sink Ratto – Co-CEO, Chocolate Maker Sam Ratto – Co-CEO, Chocolate Maker Chris Heavener – Co-founder, General Manager Agency – Baldwin& Jen Matthews – Creative Director Christopher Stollmeyer – Art Director Britton Upchurch - Copywriter Chad Temples – Creative Director, Copywriter David Baldwin – Chief Creative Officer Bob Ranew – Chief Creative Officer Jerry Bodrie – Director Account Management Lindsay Barnes – Senior Project Manager

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#PrinceStreet #ABN #Spot #Commercial #Ad #Advertising #Marketing #Video #Youtube #Media #This Chocola

[olivereliott]

A sharp new suit for the Triumph Street Triple

The Street Triple 675 is a damn good bike. Over the years, we’ve yet to meet an owner who doesn’t rave about their ride, and road tests are universally appreciative.

But like virtually all factory bikes of a sporting bent, the Street Triple has decidedly ‘contemporary’ styling. And there are folks who think it deserves more of a classic vibe.

One of those folks is American Bob Ranew. He runs Redeemed Cycles as a sideline, based in his home workshop in the small town of Garner—an old stop on the North Carolina Railroad.

“I’m just a guy with a shed on the side of his house who builds at night and on weekends,” he says with a note of self-deprecation.

Bob works as a creative director by day, but his primary passion has always been bikes. He’s also got a good eye for a trend, because he was the first paying custom of John Ryland at Classified Moto.

“Working through the bike-building process with John was so much fun,” Bob recalls. “I made multiple three-hour trips up to his shop in Richmond, VA to see progress.”

Each time, Bob fell more in love with the thought of custom building. Soon after John finished his XV920, a friend of Bob’s passed away and left him a 1979 Kawasaki KZ650.

“So I thought, let me see what I can do with this,” says Bob. “I love the hands-on aspect, versus what I typically create on a computer screen. I had to build another bike. And another, and another.”

This 2008-spec Street Triple is different to the usual commissions, though, and shows what can be done with more imagination than cash.

“I built it for my son-in-law,” Bob reveals. “We built a 1979 CB750 together when he was still dating my daughter, but he’s always been more of a sportbike, wheelie-popping rider.”

“So when I found the Triumph, I bought it with him in mind. Now he just needs to sell his CB750, and I’ll hand over the keys!”

This bike is one of the very earliest Street Triples, and Bob has wisely left its core alone. With 106 hp on tap, well-sorted Kayaba suspension and a weight of just 182 kg (401 lb), the Hinckley engineers got this one just right.

“The first thing I did was remove all the plastic bits,” says Bob. “The tail section was my main focus: underneath the plastic was a sleek triangular frame, which I felt needed to be shown off.”

After a thorough de-tabbing, Bob created a new seat pan and custom tail section. But he’s kept the original seat release mechanism, for easy functionality.

The seat was covered by a friend, with white stitching to help carry the lines of the tail section onto the seat and down to the tank. Bob added a compact taillight originally earmarked for another build, and fabbed up a tidy turn signal cluster.

The radiator reservoir had to be ditched from under the seat, so Bob located a universal-fit reservoir and mounted it down by the left side of the 675cc motor. (“Not a lot of places to put that thing!”)

Bob’s not a fan of the iconic double lamps on the Triple. “The praying mantis-style headlights had to go!” So he did a conversion using the Motodemic single headlight kit, which includes a relocation bracket for the instrument.

He’s also relocated the mini front turn signals to the headlight ears, and got rid of all the chrome using Scotch-Brite to give it a ‘brushed’ look.

With the plastic belly pan gone, the exhaust headers are now in full view—and all the better for it. They connect to a GP-style Competition Werkes shorty exhaust, which is much smaller (and sits lower) than the stock exhaust. According to Bob, it sounds “wicked cool.”

If there’s proof that Bob has a keen eye for aesthetics, it’s the paint on the tank. “I went with a two-tone design for a sleeker look,” he says. “By using silver on the top and black on the bottom, it helped hide the size of the tank.”

It’s a stunning new look that brings the first-gen Street Triple bang up to date, with a stealthy custom vibe added into the mix. And it’s the kind of conversion that won’t break the bank either.

Of course, having an ‘eye’ as good as Bob’s is another matter entirely.

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