To me and many others it was the place to be on Thursday of Bike Week. Yes it is a Bike Show and there are so many entered that there is hardly space to move between them, but it is different than other shows in the area. There is a feeling that is hard to explain. I guess you will just have to show up at the next one to find out for yourself.

To me it is a gathering of like-minded bikers that somehow makes this event special. The special elements of this show are the many different styles and years of motorcycles. The wide range of attendees add that extra something.

I attended while taking photos for this article. Technically I was there working but it did not feel like work, how can I call it that when I had such a good time seeing old friends and making new ones, checking out the bikes and having some Twisted Tea.

Enjoy the photos and read the list of the sponsors, judges and award choices and I hope you will get a feel for what a great event this is. Those of you who were there know what I am talking about and those who missed it should put it on your list of things to do.

Willie’s Chopper Time Show at Tropical Tattoo

Bike Week March 10, 2016

Sponsors

The Horse, Back Street Choppers Magazine, Twisted Tea, Biker’s Choice, Self Made Customs, Rue & Ziffra, Bare Bones Leather, Chop Docs, Cycle Source Magazine, Led Sled, Biker’s Pocket Guide, Bling’s Cycles, Boomer’s Bike Shop, Lucky Loser, DK Customs, Lowbrow Customs, Anvil Customs, Black Water Guns

Guest Judges
Bill Dodge, Tank, Stalker James, Jeff Cochran, Mailman, Phil Z, Englishman, Chris Gallo, Curt Green, Spacey, Boston Mike, Lincoln Strom, Wendall Turner, Clay, Chris Callen, Ron Harris, Hammer, Steve Broyles, Joey Tee, Kari, Reverand Al, Awesome Autumn, Tito, Dave Perewitz, Roadside Marty and Willie

Bands

Sneaky Tree, Big Rick and the Trouble Makers, Jasmine Cain

Winner of Custom Kramer Guitar Cecil Wallace

Award Choices

Award	Bike	Winner
Best Twin Cam	Road King	Big Dave Canoj
Best Metric	79 XS 650	Andres Munoz
Best Knucklehead	46 Knuckle	Tom Holter
Best Shovelhead	Ol School Bobber	Carsten Fritzen
Best EVO	99 Evo	Alley Cat
Best Creative Custom	77 Ironhead	Shortsters
Best British	57 Triumph	Jon Laurendeau
Best Outhouse Chopper	48 El Panhead	Anthony Gallo
Best Rat	40 Indian	Wes Connally
Best Sportster	76 Ironhead	Mike Weedin
Best Panhead	58 Pan	Bobby Cobelk
Best Flathead	41 Indian	Doug Wothke
The Horse’s Choice	Rigid Shovel	Scott Key
The Horse’s Choice	Sportster	Neal Perkins
People’s Choice People’s Choice	XR750 63 XLH Sportster	Jack Donkey Jeff Fehley
Kari’s Choice	Indian	Bob Seeger Jr
Kari’s Choice	Honda 750	Stanley Hasting
Roadside’s Choice	46 Knucklehead	Brian Elliott
Roadside’s Choice	75 Shovel	Pat Isaacson
Willie’s Choice	47 Knuckle	Pam Garbig
Willie’s Choice Willie’s Choice	73 Ironhead Knuckle Shovel Rat	Gred Bad&g Customs Lee Bones Doggett
BD’s Customs Choice	64 Shovel	Daniel Boone Banks
Reverand Al’s Tropical Tattoo Choice	47 Knuckle Pam Knuckle Rat	Warren Lane Pat Moroney
Ladies Choice Cycle Source Choice	57 FLH Panhead 53 Panhead	Clinton Wallace Chris Wade
Bling’s Choice Chop Docs Choice	64 Panhead 72 FLH	Eric Stein Jesse Srpam
Dave Perewitz Chocie	49 Panhead	Ben Jordan