The Dallas edition of the 2013-14 Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show was packed from opening bell on Friday to the awards ceremony on Sunday at 4PM. The free parking for motorcycles drew a huge 2-wheel crowd that funneled into the Progressive International Motorcycle Show and the very first bikes they saw were the custom sleds from the show. The bike show diversity was spectacular with big wheel Yamaha Bobbers to a Diesel custom to huge tire baggers. [Read more…]
SteamPunk Shovel @ Atlanta
American Biker of Charleston enters Ultimate Builder with a Steampunk Motorcycle
The SteamPunk Shovel features a Shovelhead engine, which is an air-cooled, 45 degree, V-twin motorcycle engine manufactured from 1966 to 1984 by the motor company. Initial models had an engine displacement of 1,208 cc (74 cu in). After 1978, this was increased to 1,340 cc (82 cu in) for Harley’s Big Twin bikes. [Read more…]
Casey Johnson has Chops
HEADCASE KUSTOM ART
Casey Johnson of Headcase Kustom Art has been in the industry in Southern California for 11 years working on his craft. He uses urethane finishes to transform the ordinary into show-stopping works of art. From flake to flames, pearls to leaf—He can truly deliver a slick design. [Read more…]
IronWorks Magazine May Just Feature Your Bike!
The IronWorks Connection
Enter the Ultimate Builder in Dallas and you could get a bike feature in IronWorks Magazine.
IronWorks will be in Dallas on Sunday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m. to award their Editor’s Choice Award and to award a bike feature.
Pat Patterson of Led Sled Customs specializes in Sportsters that don’t fit the traditional mold. When Pat is not building Sportstes, he’s building IronWorks Magazine Editor’s Choice Trophies… Slick!
Dallas Texas Edition: November 8th Showdown
The Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show is presented inside each Progressive International Motorcycle Show featuring hundreds of the hottest custom motorcycles dripping in eye-popping chrome, wild paint jobs and dazzling rims. [Read more…]
2013 Ultimate Builder Results: NORCAL Edition
The Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show is located on the silver carpet inside the International Motorcycle Show
In NORCAL. 28 bikes entered the show and split $7,000 in cash awards and $500 in leather from Rocking K Customs and Garage Leathers. Get your bike into the game at www.custombikeshows.com. [Read more…]
AFT Models / Builders Speak in NORCAL
AFT Customs has been a pioneer in designing & building Metric custom motorcycles for many years. Their attention to detail is second to none. They build motorcycles that will be popular 5 years from now – not bikes that were popular 5 years ago. They always push the envelope.
AFT CUSTOMS GIRLS do the [Read more…]
Bones Legacy’s Showcase Bikes in NORCAL
Bones Legacy is the result of the meeting of two “old school” choppers lovers. But not just any choppers, the “period correct ones”, the ones from the past or the ones built as they would have been built at that time. On one side, on the East Coast, it started with a collection of bikes from the 60’s/70’s or period correct built. On another side, on the West Coast, the builder of some of those bikes was surprised to find out that 3 of the bikes he sold, all ended up in the same place. [Read more…]
Season 6: Sons of Anarchy
“Sons of Anarchy” came back with a roar, as the Season 6 premiere was the night’s #1-rated program, in broadcast and cable, in viewers 18-49, 18-34, 25-54, men 18-49 and 18-34, and women 18-49 and 18-34. Sons of Anarchy is based on classical Shakespeare as a modern telling of Hamlet, set within the context of an outlaw motorcycle club.
The SOA Style
The SOA show has moved styling in the direction of the [Read more…]
Firehouse Racer: 2nd @ Ultimate Builder Nationals
4 Alarm Firehouse Racer
The fire engine red Firehouse Bobber has been a show stopper at the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show series.
Jon Shipley of Hoosier Daddy Choppers said that this bike was built for showcasing Hoosier Daddy Choppers’ work and winning shows. So far the bike has proven itself: [Read more…]