We receive more international news all the time since Bikernet is read world wide. I’m fortunate to be able to bring you a taste of the talented Nicolas Chauvin from France. He’s one of the builders selected by S&S this year as they expanded their competition to Europe. We will feature all the bikes involved on Bikernet in the coming months.
Since I can’t readily call Nic and interview him, I’m going to post his e-mails and the bio off his site surrounded by photography of his amazing bikes. Hang on.
–Bandit
I'm Harley-Davidson custom builder and one of my creations “SatanicoPandemonium” is at major US events on S&S display (Daytona bike week'06recently) and also on S&S web sitehttp://www.sscycle.com/iframes/worldtour.php
I give you my URL + my logo if you're interested by my work and would add my address on your web pagethank in advance
–Nicolas Chauvin
title of my site: Nicolas Chauvin design
URL: http://nicolaschauvindesign.free.fr
It's a pleasure to read you !I'm delighted to receive your message and your offerIf you need informations or photos, don't hesitate to ask me
I hope to see you this yearI'm invited to participate in the World Championship of Custom Bike Building 2006 which will be held at Thunder Road in Sturgis, South Dakota, USA from August 6-8 this year, and I built, at the present time, a radical chop for this event
Nicolas Chauvin
As it turns our, Bikernet is Sponsoring Thunder Road in Sturgis this year and will have our Bikernet Radio on hand taking interviews of all the action.–Bandit
Bandit,
I send you photos in separate mail 'cause photos is in high resabout Resurrection bike: I send you a photo of my special brake system
Nota: all photos of Resurrection bike with mention “MF+number” are made by Horst Röslerhe gave me his agreement for publish themif you features one of his photos, please specify “by courtesy of Horst Rösler”
I send you others photos in separated mails
–Nicolas
Nicolas Bio–Born with a natural talent for art, at very young age Nicolas started to draw orpaint pictures that comes from his imagination.Easy Rider movie fired also his dreams…At the age of 14, Nicolas began to customize his first 50 cc and the ones of his friends.
His teachers thought he was so talented that he should go to Art school and Bob, his father (who is also an artist) encouraged him in this way.At 20, after graduating Art school Paris and working as airbrush illustrator for advertising agencies, Nicolas devote mainly to the construction of top bikes as discipline to combine his multiple aptitudes: creativity, design, sheet metal, engineering, mechanical, painting…
Each one-of-a-kind is made with the best combination of original technique and beauty for the ultimate ride on “sculptures on wheels”.In 20 years of experiment, Nicolas makes a name by himself by winning many Best of show in Europe and USA (including Best Champion Big Daddy Rat's Hole show Daytona'99) and having his work published in numerous magazines worldwide and prestigious books as”The Art of the Chopper II” (Tom Zimberoff), “The Art of the Harley” (Barbican Art Gallery) and “Bikers Variations” (Bernard de Tournadre) to name a few.
His creations are exhibited in Art museum in UK London Barbican Art Gallery, Liverpool Museum and in Sweden at Kulturhuset beside Arlen Ness, Dave Perewitz, Rick Doss etc…
The custom motorcycle industry acknowledges him as a artist master builder with unique style, fine design and special attention to the smallest details even in airbrush painting. Nicolas's bikes influence, by their innovative style and ingenious solutions,the esthetic trends.
Some say he's precursor. Nicolas smiles and simply replies “I built my dreams..”
Bandit
I hope that I did not saturate your E-mail box with my mails 'cause the photos are high!If you want spec. sheet of the bikes orother information, don't hesitate to ask me
see ya
–Nicolas
We hope to feature more of his bikes soon and will work with S&S to bring you a full feature of the bike they’re sponsoring for the 2006 S&S tour season.
–Bandit
