Bennets Performance

Okay, you saw the pix here of the Bennetts performance S&S bike.
Well, they ran at the Bub nationals and had some major handling problems.
The fork that they were running that would have been fine on the street yet at 120mph the bike went into a bad shake! Not a place that you want a shake, Eric said he had never felt anything like it. They have since made some changes to the frame and have installed the tried and true 39mm Showa fork.

So, they are going back to the salt next week for the World Finals, Eric said that the bike had so much power that he didnt even get it out of second gear out there and was pissed that he didnt have a chance to get the power to the salt!.

So, as all things should be inline, lets have em get that fucker up into 5th and break 200!

S&S

The Bomb Pop!

Jeff's S&S build bike is in the new Hardcore Chopper Japan!

Sweet! Love this bike!

Bennett's Performance - Long Beach, CA

Well, you all have read how the Bennett's did with this bike at the S&S 50th.

and on top of that this bike runs like a raped ape.
Eric was at our party and I asked him when they were going to run the bike on the dyno as they had to do some more tuning. He called me up and told me to come by, and of course I brought my camera.
This is the bike sitting on the dyno, prior to the their first run.

This is the tach on the second run.

here's the reading of the 185hp that it pulled!

Here is a scan of the actual printout!

Here is the rear wheel as its running at 7000rpm in 3rd gear, that wheel is moving just under 150 mph! and damn even with earplugs in this mother fucker is LOUD! on top of that you feel it in your gut like a fueler going by at full throttle.

Hows that sprocket?

Now, their goal was to get 185 hp out of it, and then once they do that they need to make it slippery so it can cut through the air clean and drag free. Hence the body that Eric is standing in!




Well, they want to be in the 200mph club with this bike and I bet they can do it!
Bob and Eric Bennett

Oh yeah, they swapped pipes out for true duals and lost 3hp! so thumbs up to the two into one, which Eric and I agree two into ones rule!

Good luck guys, well, it's not about luck, lets hope the salt is good enough for this bike to do it!

Bennett's Performance Inc

Church of Choppers S&S 50th Entry

If you ever look at my blog, you already know how much I love this bike, almost as much as the Hammer of God...



This is the other bike, including Bennett's and mine (Duh!) that got perfect scores from me.

Besides the fact that Jeff is one of my best friends,
the way he builds is, well, inspiring to say the least.
The short time I rode this bike, I didn't wat to get off it!

Church of Choppers

My S&S 50th entry

But you have already seen it...

Wakan motorcycles entry to S&S 50th

Wakan Motorcycles

All I can say is that this is the race prototype of the street going version of this bike that they just started building.
HOLY FUCKING CRAP
i almost want one of these more than a Mert Lawill Street Tracker

this bike is absolutely fuckin flawless, I really can't begin to tell you how much i want to ride one of these.
wow
Wakan Motorcycles

Bennett's Performance - Long Beach CA S&S 50th bike WINNER in class!

Bennetts Performance
Long Beach, CA
WINNER in the T Class!

This bike is as purpose built as any bike on the planet.
Destroked 126" motor to get it under 2000cc for its class at Bonneville
170 rear wheel horepower when they first dynoed it
as of this week it should be dialed and over 190 rear wheel horsepower.

Bennets already hold the LSR for the 2000cc and under, pushrod, nornally aspirated engine on gas at 192mph and change. In september they hope to break into the 200 mph club with this bike and be the ONLY normally aspirated push rod vtwin on gas EVER in the club!

and they fuckin rule too!
Bennetts Performance

let me also add that they are the ONLY american bike builder to win a class in the S&S 50th build off! my hats off to em!

also, one of only 3 bikes I gave perfect scores too, including mine, DUH!

The WINNER of the S&S 50th Buildoff

Hot Dock - Tokyo Japan

This bike is amazing, to be quite honest, its got so much amazing stuff on it that you could split it up betweeen three bikes and still win the show with it!
Keiji Kawakita's work is unbelieveable, top notch, work.
and I am convinced that the man does not sleep, but I know he eats, becasue I had lunch with him and his daughter Hiromi last year, so I know he does that, but sleep, i don't know...

The rockerboxes alone are mind blowing...

Hot Dock

Skeeter Todd's S&S 50th Build off bike.

now, at first glance this bike looks like an XL with a stretched swing arm, no big deal.

But as I had to judge all these bikes, i sat and looked at it, and looked and looked! This bike has sooo much neat shit that you'd never notice that it fuckin rules. Lets just say extended swingarm pivots to swing the fully modified and re-tapered honda Blackbird swingarm!

It was a pleasure to finally meet Skeeter, I hafve always liked his work but after talking with him I have a new found respect for him and his love for motorcycles that are riders!

killer bike.

The Ace Cafe S&S 50th build

Neat bike, frame is much wider than i thought it would be, but pretty neat overall.

Chris Olsen Customs S&S 50th build

this bike is sweet, pretty much spot on period style, parts and everything.

Harmon fork, killer paint , I love it!

Chris Olsen Customs

Bling's Cycles S&S 50th entry

This bike looks neat, i still think i don't really care for teh drop seat frame style he's doing but the bike has a neat look to it, them damn wheels are too big but the husky forks look tough

oh yeah, and I made the bird deflector, so I like that!

Blings

Sucker Punch Sally's S&S 50th bike

This bike is neat, I know you can't see from the pic but its a full on late 80's street racer style drag shovel, i like it! And Donny's a nice guy...
Sucker Punch

The Bikes I like from the S&S 50th

Bike contests aren't really my deal, I can't get around building something with winning in mind. I'd rather build what I like, the way I like, and if people seem to like it, great, if not, I really don't give a shit.

This contest brought together 50 builders, small one man shops like me (Even though my bike was in it because some one pulled out last minute and my bike was a last minute addition) and Church of Choppers, to high end shops like Bourgets or OCC.
There were some neat bikes, but to be honest, in my opinion, really only 15 bikes that I liked, I am still a die hard traditionalist that really thinks that bikes should be really built to ride, a motorcycle that can't be ridden anywhere is an art piece, and an art piece only.

One thing that really struck me with this show is that it was a deal for S&S, to celebrate their heritage, something that I really appreciate, yet so many "High End builders" didn't carry that into their builds. One of the pre-requisites for the show was to pay homage to S&S somewhere on the bike, in any way.
Yet a bunch of bikes that were in the show had S&S nowhere on them, all the bikes that didn't were there by big name builders who, in my view, don't really seem to care and seemed to pull bikes off their showroom floors for the show.
Like, oh yeah, we need a bike for the S&S show, take that one.
That bothered me, me personally, as I had almost no time to make the changes i wanted to for the show and was stoked that the tank I made had the "Powered by S&S" on it as that in my eyes works well.

All the smaller shops, who were honored to be there, as I was, really did their best to try and represent S&S with their builds.
I don't get it, is the industry really as jaded as I think it is?
Wait, of course it is.

Below and above will be my kooky pix of the 15 bikes I liked from the show, if you were in the show and you aren't here, don't take my opinion personally, who the fuck am I, really.

A few of the bikes I liked I even have problems with!

Cook Custom's S&S 50th Build

This bike is not really my style, and i question how well the suspension will actually work from where the pivot is,
but!
This bike has some neat shit on it, the Burman trans is done beautifully and the fact that its a generator case with the generator mounts cut off cleanly really set the drivetrain apart.

super clean job on the motor!!

chek em out here
Also, this bike won its class, the Shovel head class!

Krugger's S&S 50th Build off bike

Neat bike, I like it, he builds cool stuff, this bike is a neat mix of old and new, which is hard to do well...
Check out his stuff here
This bike also won it's class, the panhead class!

Trevelen's S&S Cycle build

neat pan, super clean, skinnyest back tire in the whole deal!

Check out Trev's work here

Departure Bike Works S&S 50th Pan head

In a Motor Shop frame, simple and clean

Check out there stuff here

Paul Cox's S&S Build off bike

Neat bike, bummer he didn't get it totally done.
love the heads, two fronts with S&S b's neat cam cover too
chek him out here