Hoosier Daddy Choppers wins Ultimate Builder in Cleveland

01/02/2012 by info.

John Shipley of Hoosier Daddy Choppers left the Ultimate Builder show in Cleveland, OH, with $3000, a class winner’s trophy and a guaranteed World Championship spot after taking first place in the Freestyle class with ‘Whiskey Bent’, a heavily customized 1977 Ironhead featuring a bar stool seat and 102 year-old brass headlight. Last year’s winner Jesse Bassett of The Gasbox was runner up with a 1949 Panhead, and Misfit Custom Cycles was third.

The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Gilliland Customs’ 2011 World Championship 7th place entry ‘Sudden Impact’, with H-D BikeTown second and Russell Batchelor in third place.

In Performance Custom, the win was taken by Ed Vanaman and Stan Liepert with a 1964 Triton (Norton Atlas with 650cc Triumph engine) and Giovanni of Blacksmith Motoring Co added another trophy to his cabinet by winning the Retro Mod class with ‘El Vaquero’.

The Ultimate Builder series now moves to Minneapolis, MN, on February 3-5, and continues in Chicago, IL, on February 10-12. The final ‘regional’ show takes place in Charlotte, NC, on February 24-26 before the United States Championship at Daytona on March 14-17. Entries are welcomed at ultimatebuilderbikeshow.com or call Biker Pros on 919-886-5075 for details. Cash prizes are awarded to class winners who also receive a free entry and automatic place at the 9th annual AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building in Sturgis, August 5-8.

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Gravesend Cycles wins Ultimate Builder in New York

24/01/2012 by info.

Copper Mike Cole of Gravesend Cycles booked his place at the 2012 AMD World Championship and took home a $3000 cash prize by winning the Freestyle class at the Ultimate Builder show in New York. Mike’s bike “Steampunk”, based on a 1973 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead, features a rebuilt engine with engraved heads and 10:1 compression and numerous re-purposed antique gauges and parts rebuilt into functional pieces. He built a hand clutch with an old Harley mouse trap. The bike is fabricated from equal parts copper and brass. Runner-up was Stu Spiegel of Stu’s Auto and Cycle Service, with George Stinsman of Chaos Cycle third with “Model 33″.

The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Steve Iacona of Iacona Custom Cycles with “Challenger”, his 2011 Modified Harley World Championship runner-up. Roman Levin of FOH Cycle Fab won Performance Custom for the second year running, this year with “FOH Cafe”, a 2002 Suzuki, and the Retro Mod class was won by Fred Montalto with “Spitshine”, a 1960 Harley-Davidson Panhead.

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Blacksmith Motoring Co is Washington DC’s Ultimate Builder

18/01/2012 by info.

Blacksmith Motoring Co is scheduled to return to Sturgis in 2012 after winning the Ultimate Builder Freestyle and Retro Mod classes in Washington DC. Giovanni’s bike “El Patron” which competed in the Performance Custom Class at last year’s World Championship, is based on a 2003 Suzuki Volusia and features Nitrous induction, Stroker kit, Big Bore pistons, custom cams, 4 degree rake, remote Air Ride and Performance Suspension shocks. Second place was taken by Eye Candy Designs’ 2009 GSXR 750 Michael Jackson tribute with Bruce Banks 2010 Harley FLTRX third.

The Modified Harley class was won by C&C Cycle with “Black Shadow”, a 2002 FLHTCUI. Meticulous Concepts Sportbike Customizing won the Performance Custom class with “Reaper”, a 2003 Kawasaki ZX9R, and Blacksmith Motoring Co became the first 2011/12 double class winner by also taking the Retro Mod class with “El Vaquero”.
The Ultimate Builder series continues over the weekend of January 20-22 in New York, and then moves to Cleveland, OH, on January 27-29.

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Stevenson’s Cycle wins Ultimate Builder in Novi, MI

11/01/2012 by info.

Steve Broyles of Stevenson’s Cycle booked his place at the 2012 AMD World Championship and took home a $3000 cash prize by winning the Freestyle class at the Ultimate Builder show in Novi, MI. Steve’s 2008 World Championship 9th-placed bike “GL Special” features an S&S 93ci engine with fully polished split rocker boxes and cooling fins. The fins required 3 months of work to complete. Broyles used his signature glass side oil tank that is built like a wedge, brass foot and hand controls. The frame is a custom fabricated rigid bobber unit.

The GL Special also sports an Evil Engineering LSD belt drive. Runner-up was Eric Gorges of Voodoo Choppers with “De Lux”, and Rob Gallo of Detroit Choppers was third with “Detroit Black Out”, a 2011 Road Glide.

The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Chop Doc’s Choppers with “Shoobdville”, a 1997 Fat Boy Bagger. Jack McCoy of M43 Powersports won Performance Custom with “Inferno”, a 2008 Suzuki B-King, and the Retro Mod class was won by Steve Hollon of Golgotha Performance Cycles with “General Grunge”, a 1987 Sportster.

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LA Speed Shop wins Ultimate Builder in Long Beach

15/12/2011 by info.

For the second year running, Chris Richardson of LA Speed Shop left the Ultimate Builder show in Long Beach, CA, with a class winner’s trophy after taking first place in the Freestyle class. Paul Cavallo of Spitfire Motorcycles was runner up, and Ultimate Builder San Mateo winner Dalton Walker of Split Image Kustoms was third.

The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Todd Silicato of Todd’s Cycle, with Rusty Coones of Illusion Cycles taking both second and third place.

In Performance Custom, the win was taken by Tony Sesto of Sesto Custom Cycles and the Retro Mod class was won by Stephan Lacy.

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Moore Customs wins at Ultimate Builder Dallas

07/12/2011 by info.

Larry Moore of Moore Customs booked his place at the 2012 AMD World Championship and took home a $3000 cash prize by winning the Freestyle class at the Ultimate Builder show in Dallas, TX. Larry’s bike “Bad Influence” features an 80ci Harley-Davidson engine, custom frame, dual gas tanks, dual calipers and hand fabricated sheet metal. Runner-up was Production Manufacturer World Champion Dar Holdsworth of Darwin Motorcycles with “Filigree”, a 2012 ‘69 Brass Balls Chopper, and Joe Martin of Martin Bros Bikes was third with a 2011 Road Glide.

The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Three Two Choppers with their World Championship fourth-placed bike AMFU. Arynn Aikins won Performance Custom with “Midnight”, a 2009 Hayabusa, and the Retro Mod class was won by Pat Kahanek and Primer Inc Customs with “Number 79″, a 1979 Ironhead Sportster.

The Ultimate Builder series now moves to Long Beach, California, on December 9-11, followed by Seattle, WA, on December 16-18. Entries are welcomed at ultimatebuilderbikeshow.com or call Biker Pros on 919-886-5075 for details. Cash prizes are awarded to class winners who also receive a free entry and automatic place at the 9th annual AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building in Sturgis, August 5-8 2012.

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Split Image Kustoms wins at Ultimate Builder San Mateo

23/11/2011 by info.

The 2011/12 series of Ultimate Builder custom shows hosted at the Progressive International Motorcycle Shows began at the weekend in San Mateo, California.

As last year, classes were offered for Freestyle, Modified Harley-Davison (stock engine and frame retaining original geometry) and Performance Custom, and introduced a new class, ‘Retro Mod’, for builds based on bikes over 25 years old.

This year’s Freestyle class winner was Dalton Walker of Split Image Kustoms. His hand-built custom bike took 9 months’ work and features a 1946 Shovel/Knuckle, Burkhardt Magneto, one-off frame, custom forks, wheels, sheet metal, seat, exhaust, sissy bar, cloth wiring, internal throttle and aluminum oil tank. Runner-up was current AMD Performance Custom World Champion AFT Customs with ‘Sentoh’, and third place was taken by Rick Bedford of BAM-Ink with ‘The Interchangeable’.

The Modified Harley class was won by Roger Vaughn with ‘King of Kings’. AFT Customs picked up a second trophy as ‘Asumati’ won the Performance Custom class, and Kirk Taylor of Custom Design Studios became the very first winner of the Retro Mod class with ‘Sacred’.

The Ultimate Builder series continues over the weekend of December 2-4 in Dallas, Texas, and then moves to Long Beach, California, on December 9-11.

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New venue for UK affiliate show

26/10/2011 by info.

OCEAN EVENTS, the organizers of 2011’s Custom Motorcycle Show (known as California Dreamin’), which was held in Bournemouth and was one of two UK shows affiliated to the World Championship of Custom Bike Building program, have announced a new location for the 2012 show. The event will now take place at Beaulieu over the weekend of 16/17 June 2012.

Beaulieu, in the UK’s New Forest, which houses the National Motor Museum, will host the Custom Motorcycle Show alongside its already established annual ‘Hot Rod and Custom Car Festival’.

Lorne Cheetham, Director of Ocean Events, said: “Beaulieu is a perfect venue for our event. With all the custom bikes, café racers and streetfighters sharing the magnificent showgrounds with hot rods and custom cars, the whole weekend is going to be one fantastic festival of motoring modification and customization.

“We are delighted to be working with Beaulieu on this show and hope to make the whole event the biggest of its kind in the UK.”

Competition classes in the motorcycle show will be Freestyle, Modified Harley, Period Chopper, Daily Rider and Streetfighter/Performance Custom, with the overall Best in Show winner receiving a paid trip, complete with bike, to Sturgis, South Dakota, USA, for the World Championship of Custom Bike Building. In addition to the exhibiting custom bike dealers, retailers of custom accessories and hard parts, and the ‘Vendors and Merchandise Village’, there will also be a Ride-In on both days, with all riders of custom motorcycles invited into the event to show off their bikes.

OCEAN EVENTS

Ringwood, Hampshire, UK

www.thecustomshow.com

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25th Sept - Action Now! EU Hands Off Biking!

01/09/2011 by info.

A raft of issues emanating from Europe will have a profound effect on riders and the motorcycle industry generally. We must stand up and be heard. Some of these are driven by the EU Commission, like the new Type Approval and Market Surveillance Regulation that will see the introduction of compulsory ABS, the sealing of powertrains from the airbox, through the engine to the final drive (including the diameter and aspect ratio of the rear tyre), restrictions on the aftermarket industry, possible roadside checks by police or other government agencies to inspect emissions, detect owner ‘tuning’ and more.

There’s EU-funded development of electronics to control and govern speeds through warning systems or, ultimately, actual throttle control.

Ireland plans compulsory, full sleeve day-glo jackets for riders and pillions, France is debating compulsory reflective/day-glo clothing. Will UK insurance companies start saying that because we weren’t dressed in day-glo it’s our own fault that an inattentive driver drove into us? MAG says the onus should not be on the victim.

France also wants to ban bikes over 7 years old from urban areas for environmental reasons! Their congestion is already terrible and putting more riders into cars that pollute terribly when they are stationary, is bonkers.

Bikes are part of the urban transport solution, not problem.

Enough! There will be a vote by the MEP committee discussing the above Regulation in the autumn. We need them to listen. They’re meant to represent us. MAG and many others in the motorcycle community are negotiating hard with our own Government and our European representatives, but in the meantime;

Join us to keep EU Hands Off Biking, it’s time for Action now!.

On the 25th September you can make your voice heard. Starting from service areas across the country, we all ride at 1pm, 45mph, using the inside lanes and disperse 20 minutes later. Negotiations are ongoing and as citizens we must be considered. This is the first time. Let’s show what we could be capable of.

The list of start points is changing all the time, but as of today we can confirm the following,

M1 England

Northampton Services north and southbound

Leicester Forrest East Services southbound

Donington Park Services

Trowell Services northbound

Tibshelf Services northbound

Woodall Services northbound

Woolley Edge Services southbound

M1 Northern Ireland

J7 Sprucefield Park and Ride, Lisburn

M2

Medway services

M3

Fleet Services southbound

Fleet Services northbound

M4

Reading services eastbound

Leigh Delamere services westbound

j32 ASDA carpark

j33 Cardiff Services

Pont Abram Services eastbound

M5

Gordano Services

Exeter Services

Taunton Deane Services Southbound and Northbound

M6

Corley Services eastbound

Sandbach Services southbound

Charnock Richard services southbound

J34 Holiday Inn, Lancaster

M8

Harthill Services eastbound

M74

Hamilton Services

M9

Stirling services

M90

Kinross Services southbound

M11

Birchanger Green Services

M20

Hythe Services J11

M23

Pease Pottage Services

M25

South Mimms services

Clacket Lane Services clockwise

M27

Rownham Services eastbound

M40

Oxford Services

Warwick Services northbound

M42

Hopwood Services

M55

B&Q, J4 motorway end

M56

Chester services

M58

J3 Little Chef Rainford bypass A507

M61

Bolton West Services, Northbound

M62

FerryBridge Services

Hartshead Moor Services

Birch Services westbound

A1

Washington Services northbound

Scotch Corner

Newark ‘Friendly Farmer’ services A1/A46/A17 junction

A1 Truck Stop, Colsterworth NG33 5JN

Brampton Hut A1/A14

A11

A11/A1065 Barton Mills, Mildenhall

A12

8 Ball diner, Rivenhall,  A12 northbound

BP, Boreham Interchange A12 northbound

Tesco,  Copdock, A12 southbound

A127

Porky’s Diner eastbound

A14

Thrapston Services

Brampton Hut A1/A14

A24

Sandhill Lane, Washington, W. Sussex opp Destination Triumph RH20 4AJ

A264

eastbound layby at Copthorne, East Sussex, before A220/A264 roundabout

A27

eastbound layby before Lancing A2025 roundabout

A30

Chiverton Cross Services nr Redruth

A303

Countess Services eastbound, Amesbury SP4 7AS

Podimore Services, nr Yeovil BA22 8JG

A31

Rufus Stone Services westbound, SO43 7GN

A34

Milton Heights Services, Didcot, OX14 4TX

A38

Lee Mill Services, Ivybridge, Plymouth

A40

A40 /A477 Little Chef, Saint Clears roundabout

A46

Friendly Farmer services, Newark A1/A46/A17 junction

A48

Halford’s roundabout, Carmarthen

A55

Abergele services, westbound, between j25 and 24a

A61/A616

Tankersley Services near j36 M1. This is a learner friendly start point.

A63

Ferriby services westbound HU14 3LN

A64

The Highwayman Cafe, York YO32 9TL

A90

Strathcartho services, between Perth and Aberdeen

Ellon park and ride, north of Aberdeen

Others

SK1 4LG Harley Centre, Stockport

Closer to the date, MAG will be have a final, complete list of all the actual start points.

It will be here, on the www.ridersarevoters.org website and many other places. As you can see MAG have already got venues from Plymouth to Aberdeen on most M-ways and major trunk routes, but if you or your bike club would like to be a ’starter’, contact MAG for co-ordinated action.

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AMD World Championship Results

11/08/2011 by info.

Here’s the results of some of the winners at the AMD World Championship:

World Championship Freestyle Class Results   Business Name Bike Name City Country Builder Name 1st Tavax Engineering Tavax 2011V Yao City, Osaka Japan Ken Tabata 2nd Lamb Engineering Son of a Gun Salisbury, Wiltshire United Kingdom Larry Houghton 3rd Kraus Motor Co Bolide Cazadero, CA USA Satya Kraus 4th V-Twin Mechanic SpaceSter La Fontaine, Pavie France Bernard “Buck” Massart 5th RK Concepts RK S Round Rock, TX USA Rafik Kaissi 6th Garage65 Stargate Viareggio Italy Marco Cinquini 7th SE Service Slugger Skogas Sweden Stellan Egeland 8th Fitil Metal Works / Moscow H-D Skywalker’s Caddy Moscow Russian Federation Alexander Fetisov 9th John Reed Gold Yamaha Morgan Hill, CA USA John Reed 10th Roquechop Design Minautore Brownsburg-Chatham, Quebec Canada Philip Roquebrune Modified Harley-Davidson Championship  sponsored by Harley-Davidson - Results   Business Name Bike Name City Country Builder Name 1 AbnormalCycles Union Bernareggio Italy Samuele Reali 2 Iacona Custom Cycles Challenger Brooklyn, NY USA Steven Iacona 3 Shaw Harley-Davidson Nascafe Racer Holmes Hill nr Lewes, East Sussex United Kingdom Shaw Speed & Custom Production Manufacturer Championship Results   Business Name Bike Name City Country Builder Name 1 Darwin Motorcycles RLX Oklahoma City, OK USA Dar, Tim, Bryan, Justin 2 Kiwi Indian Motorcycle Co Kiwi Chieftain 1950’s Riverside, CA USA Mike Kiwi Tomas 3 Zero Engineering Type 6 Las Vegas, NV USA Zero Engineering Performance Custom Championship Results   Business Name Bike Name City Country Builder Name 1 AFT Customs Sentoh Jackson, CA USA Jim Giuffra / AFT Customs Girls 2 Fuller Hot Rods Rodan Atlanta, GA USA Bryan Fuller and crew 3 RK Concepts RK Spring Frame Round Rock, TX USA Rafik Kaissi

 

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