CB550 Custom Build by S&G builder Brady Young May 15 2017, 42 Comments

May 2013
Custom build by Seaweed and Gravel in southern california built by Brady Young (previously of UGLY Motorbikes.) The inspiration for this build was spawned from a previous personal bike of Brady's, made from spare parts and a few weekends. The bike was rough, full of character, and frequently saw the dirt. Nonetheless, it caught the eye of the client that commissioned this build, but with new shoes and a classy attire. 

Our goal for this build was to create a simple, clean, minimalistic bike with an aggressive, low stance; pulling elements from both the cafe racer and brat style palettes, whilst preserving the classic lines that were buried in stock form. Once the form and stance of the bike was set, we moved forward with making it function.

The top end was rebuilt with new internals and tuned by a retired racer and mechanic of the time, making it a true one kick cold started. The client wanted a kick and electric start, so we called upon the guys at Antigravity Batteries. Their compact, powerful battery powers the new from scratch harness with an updated rec/reg combo. With this setup we were able to retain our goal of a clean and minimal design.

Our theory on the finish of our bikes is overall modesty with bold features.  With an all black bike we incorporated matte, satin, and gloss finishes to add some contrast. We here at Seaweed And Gravel feel we've produced a bike that we can be proud of, and have welcomed a new member into our family of weirdos. --Brady

CB550 Seaweed Build by Jarred DeArmes bound for Colorado February 14 2014, 5 Comments

Crawford Denim Photos by Big Bear Photo Co. February 04 2014, 0 Comments

Crawford Denim Brand Photos by Renata Stone Big Bear Photo Co. Styled by Rachel Lunghi in Campo, Ca. at the Crawford Ranch.

Hooligan Hoedown Editorial January 15 2014, 1 Comment

MOTORRAD January 15 2014, 0 Comments

Laurel Sorenson Album Release Party December 17 2013, 0 Comments

Friday, December 20th Laurel Sorenson will be playing a free show for her debut album release here at Seaweed & Gravel. Come out and see this amazing sound and enjoy a nice beverage. Wear a bad sweater if you so prefer as it is the season to be jolly.

You can bring a donation for the Community Resource Center.. an unwrapped toy, or blanket or gently used jacket to help out!

XS750 Sound & Vision December 17 2013, 0 Comments

XS750 built by Brady Young test run through Leucadia from Seaweed & Gravel on Vimeo.

The White Flag October 01 2013, 0 Comments

The White Flag SD Event turned out to be the best event we have had to date at Seaweed & Gravel. Thank you to all the organizers and all the good people who came out for the fun!

Photos courtesy of Evan Yamada

#seaweedandgravel September 18 2013, 0 Comments



Babe Blue '73 CB750 Build September 03 2013, 6 Comments

The CB750 Build from Brady Young and Seaweed & Gravel is finally done! It has been a year in the making. I met Brady a little over a year ago and I had a beater cb750 in the back of my truck at the time. I told him this would be my babe. He kinda smiled while we made plans for other builds that were much more in the forefront. This build got pushed back by each client that came along. I didn't really mind because I knew she was going to be amazing. As it happens, some of the other builds were the testing grounds to work out the mistakes so this bike would be right the first time around. Well I am happy to say Brady nailed it on the head. The build takes me back to my childhood, no doubt. Growing up my dad had a '70 El Camino the same color and I drove a '70 Nova the same color. The number was my number growing up and it has significance in my adult life as well.  This bike will be for sale but we have not come up with a cost yet. I hope I can ride her for a little while at least. 

Brady will follow up with more information about the build so you may want to wait on the questions for his write up.

Seaweed & Gravel

Bike Release Party and Run What Ya Brung after Party August 30 2013, 0 Comments

Brady Young does it again with this amazing CB750 BIKE RELEASE! This bike will blow your pants off! Saturday, August 31st 6-10 with a performance from THE WILD REEDS and also RUN WHAT YA BRUNG after party! This will be the one to close down summer with. 

Details >> Run What Ya Brung Event The West Coast installment of the first annual #runwhatyabrung surf contest hosted by Rhythm USA & Seaweed & Gravel. 

Come join us on the last day of August, 2013 for a day of surfing (anything but your thruster), tunes, art, drinks, and the release of a new bike build.
For details (prior to the more morning of) email info@rhythmlivinusa.com.

CAFE RACER ITALIA August 30 2013, 0 Comments

So proud to have our very own, Brady Young's 'Little Bastard', featured on the cover!

http://www.playlifestylemedia.it/edicola/edicola-01.asp?id=3438

California Highways Road Trip August 26 2013, 0 Comments

staring at the sun August 19 2013, 0 Comments

Machina De Amor RIDE out to The Griffin August 12 2013, 0 Comments

RIDE with us or with us your own group to this amazing show this Friday August 16th!
Spindrift, Kut U Up, Golden Beaches, Amerikan Bear!
We will meet at Seaweed & Gravel at 5:00pm and take all back roads to The Griffin.

Seaweed & Gravel Location 
1144 N. Highway 101
Encinitas, Ca. 92024

Movie Premiere At Seaweed & Gravel August 12 2013, 0 Comments

Tuesday, August 13th, 7:30pm

Both Films are by Daniel Gonzalez in Zip Cinema, a new format for a 30 minute feature film.

Art Show with Chatlet live performance July 26 2013, 0 Comments

Thank you everyone for coming out. It was a great event.

And we could be heroes.. July 22 2013, 0 Comments

Art Show Opening Event July 22 2013, 0 Comments

Weekend Replay July 01 2013, 0 Comments

Great turn out at our First Year Anniversary shindig! Love our friends and family here at S&G!! {and thanks to Sarah and Drew Newman for lending a few nice images to this blog post!} Thank you as well to Ladies Love Outlaws, Ink Slingers, Allophone, and Amerikan Bear! All the bands were amazing and inspirational.

~Stay tuned for many more happenings, and memories to be made, over at the shop this summer~

YEAR ONE! June 26 2013, 0 Comments

One Year Anniversary Party!!!

Hard to believe how quickly this past year has gone.. It really is something special. Thank you for the constant support and the humbling praise. We really love what we do and what we are about and it can only get more exciting from here!

Come out and celebrate with us with four live bands, free bbq and brews on SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH

NOON TO 10PM!

Line Up:

2:30 Ladies Love Outlaws
4:00 Ink Slingers
6:00 Allophone
8:00 Amerikan Bear

In conjunction with Fun in the Sun on the 101 festival!

Because everybody could use a little.. June 20 2013, 0 Comments

On cruise control with Gary.

May the wind redirect our sails this summer and bring us wherever they may....even if that means bringing you face to face with Mr Clark himself {Thanks to Melissa Dilger over on the east coast for candidly finding herself in this #flashbackfriday moment}

Park & Play June 20 2013, 0 Comments

Photo Feature | Brad Swonetz May 30 2013, 0 Comments

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