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Michael Barragan

@evil_spirit_engineering

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Custom motorcycles, hot rods & vintage parts for sale.
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Limited edition book out July 2026! #mooneyes #fyp #hotrod #kustomkulture #photobook by @evil_spirit_engineering

Back in the saddle w my main side by @evil_spirit_engineering

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Our Chopper invitee list. All killer no filler, some are Show and some are GO. Come check them out MARCH 23rd. Ticket link in Bio #hellraiser2 #hellraiserinvitational #fiveball #ftw by @evil_spirit_engineering

I’M NOT YOUR POET. Took a much needed ride up the hill in my back yard. It’s amazing how something so simple can make you feel so connected and alive. My Horse passed some time ago and I hadn’t ridden since.

# The real Iron Horse by @evil_spirit_engineering

Takin my boots to the boot doctor @hollywoodriffraff by @evil_spirit_engineering

K Town music night by @evil_spirit_engineering

💔 RIP Holley 750🪦💔
We interrupt our normal programming to bring you some important news . About a few days maybe a week into my journey across the country I was paused.
It all started when we got lost . 100miles off course and Cassandra and I slept behind a gas station somewhere in New Mexico almost in Texas. That morning as we left and passed the cemetery Cassandra wanted to sleep at, I looked and thought what a beautiful cemetery. Maybe we should have slept here. Cassandra was maybe 100 yards ahead of me. Out of no where a dog ran in-front of my bike. I almost hit the little fucker . Like scared the shit outta me. I looked back and that dog was in the middle of the street chasing me Barking at me my body wanted to stop and pet the little guy but as I kept moving She disappeared into a bush back towards the cemetery.
Hrs later in our journey into Texas Cassandra’s motorcycle made a horrible sound and just stopped while I was riding it. I was like ugh ohh that’s sounded bad. As we started assessing the situation, Cassandra’s phone rang. We received the news at that moment that our dog Holley had passed away.

I tell this story because of what it suggests to me. Holley’s spirit ran in-front of me in the am when she passed. My bike broke when she was found.

My son Chase at 18 years old dealt with taking Holley to be cremated. A young man becoming a man bearing his childhood man’s best friend.

The entire ride for me was a distraction yet Holley was always there in my helmet between gas stops as I cried because I was not home . Because I didn’t give her a bath before I split.

Returning home to an empty house was by far the most difficult thing I’ve done in awhile.

Rip 🪦 Holley 750. Love you miss you and thanks for keeping my son company when he was afraid of the dark. And thanks for keeping me company when I was alone . Always there for me. Even helping raise the kids. The chickens the bunnies and all the horse walks we took. All the choppers we built and race cars we test drove.
Love you ❤️❤️ by @evil_spirit_engineering

Kentucky to Indiana to Ohio to Pennsylvania #runtothe1 it’s probably going to take us years to process and tell all the stories from this wild ride. It was like ten adventures in one. So many amazing roads and creative fixes and cool camping spots or little houses we stayed in. Thought we were gonna stop for all the “Welcome to “ state signs but we ended up crossing so many it didn’t make sense. Glad we brought our rain suits as we ended up getting soaked for the last few days of the ride East. by @evil_spirit_engineering

Louisville Kentucky #runtothe1 out front of @snodgrass_vintage_parts my new favorite friend by @evil_spirit_engineering

Austin -> Shreveport Louisiana -> Hot Springs Arkansas

Had some beautiful riding through this stretch, couple bikes with intake leaks, detoured to fix bikes at @dcchoppers who was kind enough to open his shop on a Sunday for us AND let us camp out in his beautiful yard, Cass finagled some beer from the back of a truck as we were in a dry county on a Sunday, and now we’re on our way to Missouri. #runtothe1 by @evil_spirit_engineering