We all seem to have seen a bike here or there that really REALLY blew us away.
I have a few, the FLAT CAT from Iron Horse eighteen or so years ago. Jeff Wright's Hammer of God Shovel. Gordons evo long bike from 1999ish. Droopys Knucklehead. The GORR MC flathead long bike.
THats the bike on my mind right now, the GORR MC flathead
Corner sent me pix of a super simple black btsv with a 20" or so over stock springer, with "Texas" bars and some red trim. it fucking BLEW me away! The other night I decided that I needed to find the pix of it and I spent 3 hours digging through every hard drive I have that is full of pictures. NO LUCK!
FUCK
So I emailed Corner and i heard back from him this morning, with all the pix of it! BUT my god damned mail server is undergoing maintenance and I can't download it until tomorrow morning!!! HOLD TIGHT.
What bike in your past blew your mind?
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I'm guessing around 6 or more years ago maybe,I came across COC,before I knew what the hell a blog was.Jeff had built the shovel that Brad Pitt owned,my buddy was wanting to buy it.The HoG is my all time favorite,it has tainted me from the whole chopper thing.I will go as far is to say that everything he touches is gold,his own style,built tough,with the coolness of preformance.
ReplyDeleteIt was that crazy flat-green FXR with the carb sticking out of the top of the gas tank that was in the old Iron Horse from around 1996. Lots of people are into that bike.
ReplyDeleteThe S&S bike that Jeff Wright built. So much cool shit. I can stare at it for hours.
ReplyDeletesuperfreak!
ReplyDeleteDon't know Droopy or anything, but after reading Irish Richs post on him blowing his bike up and coming home to a leveled house, that makes me a believer in him and his knuckle.. So I will say that one blew my mind
ReplyDeletethe second version of Armon's bike with the shovel topend.
ReplyDelete"Kill City Choppers" evo motor, "Chop Suey" Street Chopper...Still blew me away!
ReplyDeleteMy three favorites:
ReplyDelete-the Martz/ Auger Vincent Lightning.
-Sid Biberman's Vincent drag bike "The Rattler"
-Decker's Vincent being built.
by the way- you mentioned an r1 street tracker in an interview. are there any pictures of this floating around?
Scott Craigs original gold Triumph in the sporster frame- the one that got smashed, not the one in Dice. Cool post
ReplyDeletewhen my old man owned his shop, these guys Tate (RIP)and Dano built a couple of killer stroked panheads in about '87 that I could never shake the sound, smell or looks of:
ReplyDeleteHere's one
And here's the other one
Then there was the Shortster...the Righteous Ruler pan..Meathead's pan..
We can only pick ONE?!
Jose's bike with the blue vinyl showed me it was ok to do anything.
ReplyDeleteSome of Roland Sands stuff.
All racebikes.
Bratsyle.
Japan.
Sweden.
and Chopper Dave!
THE (((NOISE))) SHOVEL IS AN ALL TIME FAVORITE!
ReplyDeleteCOC 23/A-Gas shovel...I got to see it in person at Fu years ago before it was sold...THAT has been the closest thing to the perfect "bike" I've ever seen based strictly on style and stance...The best...
ReplyDeletedustins triumph (brass butt trumpet) tom fosters black fxr (crazy fast crackers rocket)
ReplyDeleteDick Hirschberg's orange Pan with the axed Harley tank from '59.
ReplyDeleteYour panhead...all versions
ReplyDeletesecret weapon
jeffs white bike
deckers crocker
jeffs s&S bike
dustins triump
indian larrys grease monkey
haters long bike all versions
indian larrys indian from early ih
and
TOM FUGLES maroon bike
Joe Hurst's White Bear shovelhead, full of Dick Allen goodness. saw it at the LA sports arena in '71 or'72? Roths' Oink. and Sonny Bargers yellow panhead circa '60 are the first ones to come to mind.
ReplyDeleteChica's "Von Dutch" from a few years back. I know it's a high dollar bike, but it's artful and mechanical at the same time. Also anything my Grandpa built - MIG welder and square stock in rural South Dakota, but he still got it done.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Harris Magnum 1 framed GSXR 1100 in an early issue of Streetfighters Magazine... must have been around late 1994 when i saw it.
ReplyDeleteBlew. My. Mind.
Half the bikes in that mag did. simple, stripped down, all business hooligan machines.
around 1994 i saw an issue of Streetfighters Magazine. There was a Harris Magnum 1 framed GSXR 1100.
ReplyDeleteBlew. My. Mind. half the bikes in that mag did. Stripped down, all business hooligan machines. Shaped what I thought a bike should be.
Jason Jesse's 48 Pan in Iron Horse back in'96 and Cole Foster's blue pre-unit Triumph from around the same time.
ReplyDeleteEnglish Don's Babylon Taxi and Larry's original Voodoo Chile.
ReplyDeleteEnglish Don's Babylon Taxi and Larry's original Voodoo Chile.
ReplyDeleteIH #113, 1993. Steg's shovel in Axe Man's Chop article changed the way that I look at motorcycles. Hard tail, high pipes, good brakes, wide glide, friscoed tank and drag bars. Visually tight and built to go. It looks fast standing still. That bike will stand the test of time.
ReplyDeleteDave-I got a sweet spot for the Lovely Loser. Its perty...JD's Crocker is up there too, those to bikes get my creative juices flowing. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteJ-
Oh shit man this is hard.. but stuck in my mind is Dr.Benways 'Motion Lotion' from outta Gardeners in Omoha back in late '81.. a real cool ironhead Digger, appeared in Feb '82 Street Chopper mag
ReplyDeleteits an equal first place tie with Deckers Crocker
Id say Josh Kurpius' ironhead, The Locust, dug it since first seeing pics of it, when I think chopper I think of this bike...
ReplyDeleteId have to say Josh Kurpius' Ironhead, "The Locust", kills it on all levels, When I think chopper that bike instantly pops into mind....
ReplyDeleteCurrent: The Super Freak has prompted me to get going for Dave's MotorShop frames, and Irish Rich's "White Heat" is a modern classic. Past: Rooster's Shovel, Armond's Knuck-Shovel w/Speed-E-Shift
ReplyDeleteMy friend Ronnie's
ReplyDeleteHonda Z50, the first motorcycle I ever rode. Ronnie's dad was in a club. His house didn't have a front door, it had a shower curtain, but no one ever came in uninvited.
First time I went over to Ronnie's after school, we were about 8. There was a note tacked on his bedroom door, "Ronnie, I smoked the last of your stuff, pay you back later, Love Pop."
That and anything touched by Vince.
Since I always like clean and well finished, I would have to say Cole Fosters blue bike. I saw it roll off the Custom Chrome truck while we were unloading the PM truck at the Indy dealer show back in 2002, I think. I don't even know how many times went back to look at that thing over that weekend. Nothing about it said, hey-look-at-me, but once you saw it, you were there for a while looking at it. The devil was in the detail, so-to-speak. It's still one of the very few custom bikes I would pay for and keep.
ReplyDeletelate 80's early 90's swedish long bikes,car tire and all.early 90's nyc bikes,stegs,roger merits,indian larry. fritz purple flamed pan,same era. and alot of the bikes in awol and back street heros,same era. super freak is one of the first "finished" bikes i really liked. and dave polgreens "KING DIAMOND" i see it all the time and it always rules.
ReplyDelete1. Satans Slave Lewie's Yellow Knuck
ReplyDelete2. Jeff McCanns Hellbound
3. the Grey Pan that Kutty did recently
Joesmithearlyford beat me to it! Steg's Shovel in IH was an epiphany for me, a true piece of art in form and function. Steg has resurrected Psycho Cycles in Seattle, check it at http://www.psychocyclesinc.org/
ReplyDeleteMike
folkdevilsmc.blogspot.org
Benny Hardy's Captain America.
ReplyDeleteTranscendent. Timeless. To use an overworked term - a masterpiece.
How, at that time, a relatively unknown black American man was able to encompass all that was America and all that was un-American into a single motorcycle - which was essentially a movie prop - is beyond my understanding.
Jeff's S&S bike, and I dont even like bikes.
ReplyDelete..there are so many...Chopperdaves Pan the version with the red flack tank and/or orange tank....Jason Jessee Black tibetan...Indian Larry Greasy Monkey...
ReplyDeleteThese are in no particular order. 1."The Electric Chair" Indian 4
ReplyDelete2. Beautiful Buzzards bike to jail.
3. Sugar Bears "Gorjus"
4. Josh Kurpius "Locust"
6. Jason Phares "Pan-Z"
Billy bike from easyrider chopper daves panhead with gold and white tank cole fosters bikes jeff deckers crocker jeff cochrans solo shovelhead kuttys sinner prayer scott craigs bikes fab kevins stay gold tribute to johnny chop and of course johnnys bikes and recently in the horse mag erics shovel and panhead mikes 66 sportster all of these and many more have influenced me peace
ReplyDeleteIndian Larry's chopped 1950 Indian Chief. Do any of you have a picture of his bike?
ReplyDeleteHe was a hero.
my all time fave would be Johnny Chop's red Shovelhead, the FULH..
ReplyDeletemax schaaf's blue slabside shovel.
ReplyDeletethe superfreak.
kutty's sinner' prayer.
jeff decker's crocker.
Mike Vils Triumph pre-unit with the stretched girder molded tank, and dual sided high pipes circa 1967.
ReplyDeletethat and the bike from Ed Roths Tiajuana Reject sticker.
WCC Black Flag Flathead
ReplyDeleteMr. Barger's "Sweet Cocaine"
lewie's knuckle yellow version
ReplyDeleteanonymous genny shovel
all the above 1970's easyriders features
eberts 750-4 choppers mag
roosters runner dittto
blue pan shovel in runaways feature in choppers magazine
gypsy queen pre unit early 70's uk custom car mag
+ shitloads more that I cant recall
longk
Bill mize- purple knuckle & green pan
ReplyDeletemax schaaf -blue gen shovel
Scott Craig- mooncricket
Jasin phares- black pan
The Black Tibetan.
ReplyDeleteRoosters shovel is the pinnacle of chopper form and function, still blows me away every time I look at the pics.
ReplyDeleteDude - i have to agree with B Harlow up there
ReplyDelete1)Super Freak
2) your X-Wedge bike for S&S
3) Babylon Taxi
When I was 13 or so(maybe1984/85)I thought a hondaVF1000r was the coolest motorcycle I'd ever see until I saw one of the "big kids" named Guy taking his first ride on his self built scoot. It had a big fat-assed candied purple split tank and front fender but the rear fender was just too short and the most aweful wasp yellow and black. It had buckhorn looking handlebars and sat too low to the ground.Plus he was a fat giant and made it look like a minibike. I asked him what kind of bike it was and he yelled out"It's mine!" I found out about an hour later he wanted to ride so he built a bike from everything he could get his hands on. It may have been part harley/honda/triumph/yamaha/indian and probably wasn't even close to legal but it was all Guy. That's when I decided I was gonna ride too. I wonder where he is these days.
ReplyDeleteSweet Cocaine, Sonny's bike in HA'69 and the 4 pipe knuck in Hells Angels on Wheels.
ReplyDeleteThose two do it for me.
Dice 1 when your Pan was Red with the iron cross and ralley strip! Epic.
ReplyDeleteFor me anything Cole Foster puts is hands to is the best..his attention to detail and lines... love is pan...and would love to own Dav,es S&S X-wedge...and his panhead too... Jeff Wrights bikes, Daves stuff... all good..
ReplyDeleteOh yes forgot to mention john edwards ride....sweet as fuck....
ReplyDeleteanother one, Veroland's daily Evo, the Miss Hot Rod Queen...
ReplyDeleteSE Service Hulster 8 Valve.
ReplyDeletei've been in duane ballards garage 2-4 times a week for the last year or so and always find something to stare at on the PINK TACO. AND i've been on alot of rides following this bike and i've never had to stop and wait for him to fix anything. made me a believer in Honda 750's
ReplyDeleteSpeed Fetus and Sonny's Sweet Cocaine.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say Danny Takahashi's Knuck is my all time favorite.
ReplyDeleteSteve "Knuckle Steve" Clarks Knuck that was posted back in the Dave Snow era Iron Horse. The bike was simple in it's nickel plated glory Engine+Frame+Wheels+forks+tank=Done! It's east coast style at it's best and the benchmark for every bike I've built since. I got to hang with Indian Larry on 116th St back in the summer of 95 and even he was quoted by saying "That bike is fucking sick!"
ReplyDeleteRooster's Shovel
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