Sturgis Best of Show: Rat’s Hole

August 17, 2013 By jeff najar

Shaun Ruddy Wins Sturgis

Shaun Ruddy Wins Rats Hole & Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show
This year’s Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show at the Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Rally was another wild and woolly motorcycle event.

Chop Devillle’s Shaun Ruddy was the man of the hour, walking away with “Best of Show” honors against stiff competition.

To win at the Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show can help launch a literal unknown into the limelight or solidify a legend’s reputation. Competition is fierce, the bar is raised every year, and the top custom bike builders in the nation and beyond hold the show in high reverence.

The Retro Racer rolls on 26-inch wheels, front and back. The tall and narrow front fork legs are connected to motocross-style shocks. One of the striking features of the bike is a split gas tank with the backbone running in between.

The sled is powered by a 127 cubic-inch Ultima El Bruto V-Twin with a Panhead rocker box on the front cylinder and an Evo on the rear. A two-inch open belt primary, a six-speed tranny and custom pipes fuel the powertrain. It’s a killer sled and it is heading to the AMD World Championship Affiliate Show in Milwaukee.

Atomic Bob needs Drugs or is he High on Life? On the Pod-E

Low Brow Artist Atomic Bob Pat Jansen of Sin-Central interviews Atomic Bob of Atomic Dice about living the artist life. The Atomic one is a painter, pin striper and illustrator of the low brow art persuasion. Questions For Atomic Bob Everyone knows you can’t make a living being an artist. Are you starving? You are […]

Bad Salt, Good Brew @ Bonneville

Brewdude goes Salt Racing – Keith “Bandit Ball” Cracks the Whip We find out why the salt in Bonneville is like Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna’s relationship, a total train wreck. INTERVIEW: Steve “Brewdude” Garn The Brewdude races, builds custom bikes and bicycles. He even built a bicycle for Peewee Herman. Writes articles and does bicycle […]

Bandit’s Born Free 9 Update

Bandit, the owner/editor of Bikernet.com, runs an online custom bike magazine and talks about Born Free 9 custom bike show. Tens of thousands of participants will come together for the Born-Free Motorcycle Show held at the Oak Canyon Ranch. The Born-Free Show is about the love of old motorcycles and like-minded individuals having a good […]

Bare Knuckle Choppers Builds the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Giveaway Bike

Biker Pros is proud to announce the start of the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Giveaway Bike for the 2014 – 2015 season. In February Paul Wideman of Bare Knuckle Choppers took his Jane Doe Knucklehead to Chicago for the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Championship, and came home with top honors.

Builder Profile: George Stinsman of Chaos Cycle

George Stinsman is a well known face in the industry, always having a passion for taking things apart and rebuilding them even as a small child. After working for Unique Performance restoring some of the most beautiful muscle cars in the country, modifying and building all kinds of motorcycles for over a decade, he set […]