Builders Attending the AMD Invitational Custom Bike Show

May 29, 2013 By

Builders Going to Milwaukee

13 Builders Heading to Milwaukee

Biker Pros is happy to announce the first round of builders participating in the 2nd Annual AMD Invitational Custom Bike Show, which is held in Milwaukee on the Harley-Davidson Museum campus during the 110th Celebration.

It starts on Thursday, August 29, 2013 and runs through Sunday night on September 1, 2013.

We are excited about all of the builders that are participating in the custom show,” commented Bob Kay, Biker Pros’ Partner. “We have seen most of these builders in the Ultimate Builder series and look forwrd to seeing their latest builds in Milwaukee.

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Hear the Tunes when you Enter your Custom Sled

May 28, 2013 By

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Two Tickets To Paradise – That’s right, when you enter your motorcycle into the Muskegon Bike Time Extreme Custom Bike Show sponsored by Hot Rod Harley-Davidson and Budweiser on Saturday July 20, 2013 you receive two passes to the Steve Augeri concert for you and your friend. Steve Augeri is an American rock singer best known as the lead vocalist for the rock group Journey from 1998 to 2006. Augeri recorded three albums during a successful eight-year tenure with the group that brought one of the world’s most accomplished rock groups back to the stage to perform for their millions of fans worldwide.

But wait, there is more. We are giving away $4,000 in cash prizes. Get the details on the show by making the jump. [Read more…]

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David Mann’s Chopper Illustration

May 28, 2013 By

David Mann's was a collaboration with Bandit

David Mann’s Ghost Rider was a collaboration with Bandit

David “Dave” Mann (September 10, 1940 – September 11, 2004) was a California graphic artist whose paintings celebrated biker culture, and choppers. Called “the biker world’s artist-in-residence,” his images are ubiquitous in biker clubhouses and garages, on motorcycle gas tanks, tattoos, and on t-shirts and other memorabilia associated with biker culture. Choppers have been built based on the bikes first imagined in a David Mann painting.

Back in the day…

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Interview with LC Fabrication’s J. Cupp

May 22, 2013 By
Interview with J. Cupp

Interview with J. Cupp

Interview With Jeremy Cupp at BikerMetric… Cupp is the mastermind behind LC Fabrications of Grottoes, Virginia.

TR: When you started, did you plan on fame, fortune, or just enough to own a clean home while providing for some hot babe and the kids you made?

JC: Ha Ha… no. Fame and fortune equals less time to work on bikes, which is [Read more…]

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Ray Wheeler Heading to Hollister

May 21, 2013 By
RayGunn Wheeler showing his 200MPH Motorcycle at Hollister Rally

RayGunn Wheeler showing his 200MPH Motorcycle

Ray c Wheeler has entered the Hollister Rally Revival Custom Bike Show. This is a daily runner and a Bonneville 200mph turbo custom sled. He is in the Performance Competition Class. This bike also came in 2nd at the Ultimate Builder in Long Beach. Enter your bike at https://custombikeshows.com/.
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Medaza Cycles’ Rondine – a new World Champion

May 14, 2013 By

Medaza Cycles' Rondine wins FreeStyle Class

Medaza Cycles’ Rondine wins FreeStyle Class

While innovation has always been a hallmark of the World Championship of Custom Bike Building, the 10th anniversary of the show reached a new level. Held for the first time in Europe, at the Big Bike Europe Expo in Essen, Germany, the Championship showcased motorcycles, scooters, trikes and sidecar outfits. Among the power units being employed by the 105 competitors were not only American V-twins, but also Italian singles and V-twins, Japanese multis and singles, a diesel, an engine from a Honda generator and even a 1920’s boat engine. With entries from 23 countries there were a total of 122 machines in five classes. [Read more…]

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The AMD Invitational Custom Bike Show is 50% Full in Milwaukee

May 10, 2013 By

chickThousands  of motorcycles are converging on Milwaukee this coming Labor Day for a weekend full of excitement. The Harley-Davidson Museum is hosting the AMD Affiliate  Custom Bike Show as part of the 13th annual “Milwaukee Rally” and the Harley-Davidson 110th Celebraiotn.

“We will have some of the best free-style bikes in the world on display,” Bob Kay with Biker Pros said. “We have bikes coming in from both coasts to compete at the mecca of custom bikes.”

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Rick Bray Rolling Pala Duro into Milwaukee

May 9, 2013 By

Rock Bray's Pala Duo Custom Sled

Rick Bray’s Pala Duo Custom Sled

Event: AMD Invitational Custom Bike Show
Date: August 28, 2013

Competition Heats Up in FreeStyle Class

Rick Bray is rolling in his award-winning Pala Duo custom sled to compete in the 2013 edition of the AMD Affiliate Custom Bike Show. If he wins the class he will be joing an elite group of Team USA members that receive a complmentary pass and travel to Germany in 2014 to represent the USA and compete in the World Championships.

The bike’s name, Pala Duro, means Hard Shovel in Spanish and that’s good because the bike is running a Harley-Davidson 80 inch [Read more…]

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RayGun Wheeler Heading to Hollister Rally Revival

May 9, 2013 By
RayGunn Wheeler showing his 200MPH Motorcycle at Hollister Rally

RayGun Wheeler showing his 200MPH Motorcycle

 

Hollister Rally Revival 1st 200MPH Custom Bike

Ray c Wheeler has entered the Hollister Rally Revival Custom Bike Show. This is a daily runner and a Bonneville 200mph turbo custom sled. He is in the Performance Competition Class. This bike also came in 2nd at the Ultimate Builder in Long Beach. Enter your bike at https://custombikeshows.com/.

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ROAD 2 SMOKE OUT FILM IS LIVE

May 2, 2013 By

ROAD 2 SMOKE OUT Our friends @ the Smoke Out 14 are out crowdsourcing for their new lifestyle film, which is called The ROAD 2 SMOKE OUT and is a new film from Zack Coffman, Producer of Choppertown. It’s highlighted on the Indiegogo site. [Read more…]

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Polaris’ First Quarter Profit Jumps 26 Percent

April 28, 2013 By

1104-hbkp-01-z+polaris-acquires-indian-motorcyclei+polaris-logoSnowmobile and ATV maker Polaris Industries Inc. announced that its first quarter profit rose 26 percent as a huge jump in snowmobile and rising off-road vehicle sales offset weaker sales of on-the-road vehicles.

Despite concerns about customer “timidity” because of U.S. payroll tax increases, as well as economic risks in North America and Europe, Polaris raised its outlook for the year. It said new products should help fuel growth in the second half of the year.

The Minneapolis company’s net income from January through March was $75.5 million, or $1.07 per share, compared with $60.1 million, or 85 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue grew 11 percent to $745.9 million.
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Motorcycle Industry Council Launches ‘Revive Your Ride! Win Big Spring Giveaway’

April 28, 2013 By

112355micrevive_00000062762The Motorcycle Industry Council has announced the launch of its Fourth Annual Revive Your Ride! Win Big Spring Giveaway.

From now through June 30, the powersports promotion offers customers a chance to win one of 50 aftermarket prizes and gift certificates — worth a total of more than $30,000.  To enter, customers must visit a participating dealership or retailer, get a unique entry code that can be posted on Revive Your Ride! posters, and enter online at reviveyourride.org. There are eight gift certificates totaling [Read more…]

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