KB Expert "Biker Buildoff"

[James Deuce]

Samurai are one of my favourite Custom Shops

[Brian d marge]

I an keen to see what ordinary blokes hack together in their shed, starting with a cheap or older bike. It's not as pretty as the high-end stuff but its not faked up, and its not 40 grand worth either. Keep it real I reckon.

Steve

http://www.rattlers.co.nz/

Theres hope yet !

Stephen

[Crasherfromwayback]

Samurai are one of my favourite Custom Shops

That's similar to what Brad Pitt was riding to my eyes!

[Brian d marge]

Samurai are one of my favourite Custom

o you have a link? I wouldn't mind meeting him

if hes local

Stephen

[martybabe]

the OCC guys! best bikes ever made! troll anyone?

I've watched that program off and on for years,living in the forlorn hope that one day they'll make a bike I really like...........I'll never get that time back will I

[James Deuce]

o you have a link? I wouldn't mind meeting him

if hes local

Stephen

They're in Las Vegas, so possibly more local for you than us.

http://www.zero-eng.com/#

http://www.zero-eng.com/email1.php

[Molly]

Hank Young and Jesse James. Both know their way around the tools rather than around a parts catalogue. Watched a DVD with JJ making a beautiful tank out of no more than sheet aluminium and some hand tools / English wheel. Very skilled bloke.

Visited OCC when I was in the US in '07. Up close the bikes are actually very well finished. That Dave Mann bike was beautiful in the flesh. That said, none of it is down to the OCC 'characters' themselves. It's all down to the people they employ or sub out to.

[Big Dave]

Arlen Ness - Fire Engine.

Probably unrideable, but what a lovely sculpture.

[Motu]

Is this a Kiwi biker build off....or just about US custom bike builders?

The father of a flamboyant NZ racer was one of the best custom bike builders in the early '70's.He could work metal like it was putty,do state of the art paint jobs for the time,and do the upholstery too - he only sent out for chroming,he built everything on the bikes.He was one old school rodders,and turned his talents to bikes when the chopper craze hit.It was a pleasure to watch him work.Made a seat for my BSA,and extended the forks 8'' too.

[BIG DOUG]

Todd sillicato from toddscycle www.toddscycle.com I have pictures of me at sturgis on his bike olive just an insane amount of work and he rode it everywhere and still won the metzeler show also fredd krugger and satya kraus also saw indian larrys bikes up close very clean and the denver you were talking about was denver mullins,we were passing through kingman arizona when we saw a man working on a bike in a panelbeaters so we swung around to have a look and he was working on two of denvers bikes and then he showed us 6 restored denvers bikes in a showroom the guys were into keeping denvers memory alive,also if you want to see old style bikes go to www.jockeyjournal.com when I get around to downloading my 1500 pictures from sturgis and bonniville I will post some.

[AllanB]

I've always liked the Exile bikes - there is even a mean trike.

Deus do some bikes I admire - I like the Triumphs and W650's (not keen on the singles) http://www.deus.com.au/

There are some cool customs out of Japan now too

[AllanB]

And the Hellcat - what a rush man!

[riffer]

I love the Deus Ex stuff but have to admit Ken and Barry Horner's Irving Vincent Daytona 1600 is still the one for me.



The Vincent dream lives on in a variety of forms. The Irving Vincent is an updated 50-degree air-cooled Twin, designed to retrofit into existing Vincent chassis, but updated in power and sophistication. Two brothers from Melbourne, Australia, Ken and Barry Horner, realized in 1999 that their engineering enterprise, KHE, was able to make just about anything they wanted. What they built was an updated Vincent with a three-gear primary drive, drum-shifted all-indirect five-speed gearbox, and double-bodied oil pump system. The idea is to manufacture, race and sell 1000, 1300 and 1600cc Twins that offer entirely modern performance. The Horners are doing this entirely on their own—there are no outside investors.

The four-valve version—based upon ideas originally outlined by the late Vincent engineering chief Phil Irving—produces just under 180 crankshaft horsepower at 7278 rpm. The engine employs fuel-injection, a Motec engine-control computer and has electric starting. Peak torque of 140 ft-lb is delivered at 6000.

The big engine's dimensions are 100 x 100mm, and the 1300 has the same bore with a 3¼-inch stroke. The Horner brothers' prior racing experience includes sidecar competition and work with auto racing pushrod V-Eights. When you consider that 355 cubic-inch NASCAR V-Eights are now running above 9000rpm, this 1600's 7300-rpm redline seems downright moderate. Although mean piston speed is 4780 feet per minute, the important number is peak piston acceleration, which is a calm 3700 g. Compare that with the 7000 g of some high-rev four-cylinder sportbike engines, or with the 10,000 g in Formula One.


The Irving Vincent website (http://www.irvingvincent.com/) provides photos of engines and complete bikes, built with up-to-date cycle parts. Planned selling price might be around U.S. $75,000, a number that has already found buyers for other exotic two-wheelers.

And the Irving Vincent was unbeatable at the recent MotoGP Historic Class races at Philip Island, with a best lap time of 1min 43 seconds.

[jellywrestler]

Steve Roberts is the man...

[xknuts]

Check these out!
If ya hooked on any particular Triumph model, old or new, then here an Italian variation.
I'm a "Hurrycane" fan. Eat ya heart out Craig Vetter.
http://www.triumphchepassione.com/pr...-triumph-6.htm

Or scroll down this and click!
http://www.triumphchepassione.com/prototipi-triumph.htm