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Wow!!! Congrats man i have loved your bike from the beginning... with all the time and effort you have put into this bike you definitely deserve it...
Way to go CF! You have to let all of us know if you make it in to the magazine and when it comes out so we can pick up a copy.
It would be really cool if a magazine did a story about people like us on the the forum who have a passion for these historic machines but don't have money for the real thing. I think some of the people on the forum have the same spirt and ingenuity that the original manufactures had at the turn of the century. I know I would love to design and build these things for a living.
Also just out of curiosity did anyone make you any offers for your bike?
It would be really cool if a magazine did a story about people like us on the the forum who have a passion for these historic machines but don't have money for the real thing. I think some of the people on the forum have the same spirt and ingenuity that the original manufactures had at the turn of the century. I know I would love to design and build these things for a living.
Also just out of curiosity did anyone make you any offers for your bike?
Thanks Lurker. I really appreciate it. It would be REALLY cool if year after year more and more of US Retro vintage motorbike builders entered the Easyrider show because it is the biggest custom motorcycle show in North America. If enough of us did they could make a new class for Us. I was competing against frakin motorcycles! Actually I was also competing against one nice blue Big Boy owned by Timm also. To enter the Easyrider show for a basic non electrical 5x10 space is free. Just $25 for two days of the show with a wrist band for full access. The next show is in North Carolina and the last one is in Columbus Ohio. The Columbus Ohio show is the big one. They invite the very best bikes from the other shows to the Columbus show to compete against each other. If you go to Easyrider Events you can find the info. Maybe one is near you? Nobody made an offer but there is a reason. In the Peoples Choice class you are not permitted to stand near your bike or you may be disqualified due to unfair advantage. So I was not able to meet many folks, but I did stand away and did speak to some that were at the bike for a long while, not soliciting votes. It turns out they lived near me and saw the bike being ridden a lot around so it was cool to meet them. I think a story on us retro bike builders would be cool, but I don't know any particular motorcycle magazine that it would fit. Cycle World? I would buy an issue. If I am likely to be in an issue of Easyrider it would be a future issue that shows all the show winners. They had us take a group shot holding our trophies together. I'm willing to bet that they will have those group shots in a magazine or have one coming up that has our names listed. My name is John Erickson FYI. It was a really cool experience and I recommend you try it. The motorcycle helmet vendor that was right behind my bike display was so happy for me after he found out I won a trophy he gave me a really nice Indian motorcycle pin. Rough exterior, but most of the folks there are really very nice people.
John, it would be nice to bring my bike over and meeting you guys... we don't have that much shows over here :-(
Sounds like you really had fun
That would be nice if you can do it. There are two Whiz-in's a year over here. A few of us show up for the gathering, which is primarily Schwinn Whizzers but open to all motorbikes (except China Girl motored ones) They don't like China Girl engines. It's a 100 mile ride along the Sacramento Delta Tributaries. Lots of bridges to cross. Even a ferry you need to take. Everyone speaks the same language, motorbikes. Timm and Roland of Big Boy Cycles and I were talking of a day where we go along hwy 49 in the foothills. That is a NICE ride.
Not many shows? That's no good. (Certainly not what I expected either.) Surely there must be a few people with old Zundapps, or NSUs, or Horexs, or maybe a vintage BMW, or any of the other excellent German bikes that have been made over the years. I would have thought that their owners would want to show them around once in a while. Hmmm...maybe Z-man here on this forum knows of some kind of rally or show going on.
There is one big show in Bremen in two weeks which is not far away for me- that is the season starter- then we have about 3-4 other shows mainly in south-germany which means a 400mls trip. Not gonna do that. That's about it, germany is a small country, but there are certainly some local shows I don't know about.
Axelkloehn, Here is a video of the Easyrider show I was in from Sacramento. Someone filmed it that I don't know, but it shows a bike show with all the American opulence you expect. Timm and Rolands's Big Boy's are in it, and my bike is in it too. Lot's of very stretchy dancing girls also.
Easy Rider Bike Show Sacramento 2012 - YouTube
Easy Rider Bike Show Sacramento 2012 - YouTube
Your bike looks frikkin awesome in the video and a lot nicer then some of the other bikes shown, id be a lot more proud to own and ride your bike then some of the others........ but i did like the stretched out Jap bike at 2:17
That stretched Jap bike was a YZ460 two stroke thumper dirt bike believe it or not. It could probably be ridden but you probably would want off after a few seconds.
you may want off it after a few seconds..... but youd look damn good for a moment 
I spotted the 2 stroke pipe but a YZ460 must be old.... long before i rode MX..... it doesnt surprise me they used a MX bike..... i read "The Horse" magazine and similar mags and they do modify some of those older MX bikes and MX engines
I spotted the 2 stroke pipe but a YZ460 must be old.... long before i rode MX..... it doesnt surprise me they used a MX bike..... i read "The Horse" magazine and similar mags and they do modify some of those older MX bikes and MX engines
UGH!!! WOOF!!! Those are some of the ugliest bike I have ever seen. With the exception of yours of course. However I should have guessed that from a show put on by easy rider. They are defiantly not the pinnacle of good motorcycle design in my book.
The Photographer for EasyRider Magazine set up an appointment for my bikes photo shoot on the 25th of Feb. This will be for the photo shoot prize i won. He said it will take a couple of hours so there will be quite a variety. I'm stoked!
You gotta post the photos on here when you get them. I'm excited to see what a pro photographer can do with your bike.
SWEEEEEEEEEEET Cobrafreak!!!!!!!! Be sure to let us know the issue, im saving a spot on my manroom wall just for your bike, i will frame it and everything....... congratulations!
Harry, I wish it were for the Magazine but it's not. It's just a photo shoot for my use only. It may lead to a magazine spot but it's not definite yet. You can still frame any shots you wish. Nothing's copyrighted