FR 1750 “FAT TRACKER”
The bike was built by Hal’s Harley Davidson in New Berlin, to pay homage to the dealerships racing history. Avid Dirt Track enthusiasts, Hal and Kirk traveled the Midwest watching races since the mid 70’s.
Like many dealers they turned a hobby into their livelihood when they acquired J&S Cycles in 1978. [Read more…]
Old Black Heads to Milwaukee
Jeremy Cupp runs a metal fabrication shop and has the chops to build just about anything. Cupp is one of the most highly-regarded builders in America. Old Black came to the 110th, entered the Retro MOD class, and took home the trophy. [Read more…]
The Firehouse Racer
Keith “Bandit” Ball, Publisher of the World’s Largest Online Custom Motorcycle Magazine, interviews Jon Shipley of Hoosier Daddy Choppers at the 2013 AMD Invitational Custom Bike Show about his Firehouse Racer bobber. [Read more…]
Tracker by Daniel Sanchez of Cut Throat Customs
Daniel Sanchez of the Texas-based Cut Throat Customs brought Tracker, a 2012 Cut Throat Customs rigid, and took 2nd place in FreeStyle at the 2nd Annual AMD Invitational Custom Bike Show. The custom bike show is held annually in Milwaukee on the Harley-Davidson Museum campus.
The bike features an elongated board tracker styled sled with [Read more…]
Dustin Hobert’s Airbrushing
Tom Hedrick’s 1987 H-D Heritage Softail is super slick. It features a seat by Howard Knight of Rocking K Custom Leathers, fairing and Milwaukee Iron fenders and dash. The go-fast parts include a Woods Prowler Cam, twin Mikuni units, Rivera manifold, nitrous and Panhead-style rocker box covers and custom pipes. But the coolest item of the Heritage is the paint. Dustin Hobert put 500 hours in airbrushing. [Read more…]
Marilyn Stemp at Harley-Davidson 110th Celebration
It’s a righteous rigid and this stroker is built with the best components including roller rockers, Baker 6 Speed, BDL Belt drive, S&S Carb & Mallory Distributor. The bike has a molded frame and features a molded frame, Mean Street Dual Disc frontend. [Read more…]
Bandit Awards the 5 Ball
He selected Don Weimer’s Bastard Deluxe, a 2012 Weimer Pro Street /Drag motorcycle. It’s a low slung board tracker that is powered by a H-D Twin Cam 107 and painted Kandy Tangerine over Black. Bandit is featuring the sled in an upcoming issue of Bikernet. [Read more…]
FreeStyle Winner
The radical board track racer is manufactured with heads & manifold that are ported and matched, CBX thermal barrier coating, Panhead front rocker box, Fueling lifters, pushrods and Yost powertube. Chop Deluxe delivers 167 HP. [Read more…]
Meet the Builders at the Museum Show.