Choppers Only Best of Show Bobber

I then knew I wanted something more old school, so I contacted asmall and very distrustful company in NC. After working with the owner andhaving the bike built, I received the bike. It had many old and used parts. I had paid for new parts. That left me very upset.

After riding the old school Shovelhead, I polished it upand placed it in another island chopper show. It was rather large with Cory and ArlenNess finishing their Biker Build-off at the show here on Oahu. Everyonethought the bike was a Choppers Inc. Production bike because of the styling.Everyone at the show loved it, but I was still very disappointed. I ended upwinning the old school category with it. Don't get me wrong, it had sometrick shit like a shotgun barrel suicide shifter and internal billet gripsthat worked for shit but it was still really cool to look at.

After theshow I placed it on ebay where I proceeded to sell it after it was featured in the HORSE many months earlier. After that bike was sold I decidedto give my buds at Sucker Punch Sally's a call. I 'd been talking with them for a while andthey too were interested in launching their Frisco Style Chopper in Hawaii. My main goalwas to have them build a kick ass bobber with all the style of aIndian Larry bike. But Tom called me about an excellent Sucker Punch example posted on their site for sale. I calledthem to purchase it and within three weeks I was riding it.

When the bikearrived, of course being in hog heaven, I changed a few parts, adding the Fantazy in Iron teardrop Air Cleaner, and switching thecool retro SPS seat for a Paul Cox custom. I called/begged Paul, in NY, to build me one ofhis killer hand sewn seats. After bothering him for a couple of weeks heagreed. I told him of my idea to use a Coop devil on the seat. I made sureto call Coop and ask permission to use his art. They said as long as you didn't call it a Coop bike, I was cool.

After telling them who was hand fabricating the seat, they said if Paul etched the art, it would be included in the next Coop art book. The wheels werefinally turning and I couldn't wait.

Unfortunately, I decided to find outwhat it would be like to hit a chain link fence going 25 mph. Itwas like I expected, over 4K worth of damage with 10 stitches and a bruisedback. Playing sometimes can really hurt you and your wallet. Tom and I proceeded to put my baby back together. I had the front end replaced with custom made springs and had it painted byDennis M. over at Cosmic Airbrush. TheChica exhaust tips were made for this application. The shifter wasreplaced from the original. I also made acustom set of bars and used the orig guts with internal throttle. I alsoinstalled a Yost power tube and added a Tiki for that islandflair. After the rebuild, I then proceeded to show my daily rider at shows, both times winning bestof show.

The recent Choppers Only Show win was one of best since I not only wonthe old school category, but I also won best of show against over 100 bikes.This is where Bandit came in.. During the show Mondo from Denver's and TomPrewitt from Damon's keep coming by and talking to me about the color,style, details, etc. I'll tell ya, I felt like a kid in a candy store. Allthese people who I had admired for many years told me how great my bike was.

After winning, I took a vacation and visited Hank youngin Georgia, another great guy, and yes there is a BIG BIG BIG HUGE CHICKENnear his place. I showed pics of it to him and he also loved it.

Rightthen and there I knew Sucker Punch did something right. So after getting back to the island andstarting my real full-time job, of teaching 5th grade,