Long Beach Results: 2015 J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder

It’s just a few days before Thanksgiving and it’s snowing in the East and Midwest but in Los Angeles its 76 degrees with blue skies and warm breezes. Forty nine bikes rolled into the Long Beach, CA edition of the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show to complete in 4 categories and 4 special awards.

The Sho Dog is the award for the hardest working builder during the 3 days at the show. Jim Carducci worked the entire weekend showcasing his hi-tech adventure Sportster and won a solo bag from The Leatherworks. The People’s Choice award went to Calin Senciac of Imagine Vehicles International with a radical Moto Guzzi. For the 2nd year in a row he walked away with a Custom Bell lid.

Jeff Holt from The Bonnier Motorcycle Group awarded Cory Ness the Hot Bike Magazine Editor’s Choice award and the Street Chopper’s Best Chopper award was handed to Andrew Ursich.

MOD CUSTOM AWARD

Nick O’Kane of K&N Filters builds Café Racers in his spare time. His latest build is a 2002 Suzuki TL1000 R. It features a custom sub frame, seat, RSD Exhaust K&N Air Filers and a classic café racer styling on a modern superbike. Paint supplied by Born Again Fairings.
1 – #375 – Nick O’Kane – 2002 Suzuki TL1000R named TL1000 Café Race
2 – #300 – Alan Dixon – 2004 Suzuki Hayabusa

MOD RETRO CLASS

The Retro Class is for any bike that is older than 1984. And Anthony Robinson rolled in La Mosca, his first ground up build, and came home with a smile on his face and a check for $750.

He told his wife that he wanted to build a bike. She told him that it was fine but he couldn’t spend any money. So his 2-year build was funded by recyclables from his company.

Robinson’s 1961 Triumph T100 features a Daytona 500 engine, hardtail and a 1937 girder front end. Paint was supplied by Mat Eagan.
1 – #875 – Anthony Robinson – 1961 Triumph T100 named La Mosca
2 – #150 – Manuel Muller – 1967 Harley-Davidson Flathead named Deep Purple

MOD HARLEY

Andrew Ursich took the win with Brass Monkey in Sacramento, CA two weeks ago and rolled into his home show in Long Beach with confidence that he could compete with the big boys. And compete he did as Mr. Ursich rolled out with the win and with a check for $1,000.

Ursich decided to build a bike from a basket case Sporty. He hand made the headlight bracket, then the fender struts, the inspection cover and the shift and brake linkages. Then his attention turned to making and modifying the sheet metal. He made the battery box, the ignition counsel, point cover, and modified the pipes from straight drags to upswept puppies.
1 – #925 Andrew Ursich – 1980 Harley-Davidson Sportster named Brass Monkey
2 – #1025 Michael Uriarte, Dirtbag Customs – 2003 Road King named Tiffany

FREESTYLE

Cory Ness didn’t disappoint with his 2015 Ness bike sporting 2 engines shared in a common case. The engine is a hybrid Ness/Pelegrini 248 ci mil slotted into a heavily modified Ness frame. The one off special front wheel rolls with an inboard brake. The fairing, tank and side covers are handmade units. Paint supplied by Eric Reyes of Outlaw Paint. Ness walked away from the friendly confines with a Made In America anvil ring created by Speakeasy Original.
1 – #1225 – Cory Ness, Arlen Ness – 2015 Ness
2 – #200 – Casey Johnson, Headcase Customs – 1972 Chopper named Midnight Oil

Next up is New York. Some of the greatest custom bike builders in America roll into the friendly confines of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center – Reserve the weekend of December 11-13, 2015: http://www.motorcycleshows.com/entryform