Today Sunday March 20th, 2011 for the fist time ever, the famous Custom Chrome Dealer Show opened its doors to the public. Not only to visit 75 of the V-Twin industry’s leading manufacturers, but also to admire world class custom bikes from top builders and customizers competing in the Custom Chrome International Bike Show Series, North American Championship. Championship is judged by the event’s competitors and a panel of invited VIP guests. Each competitor and VIP judge reviews all the bikes in the competition and ranks their favorites in order. All votes are calculated to decide the North American Champion and each individual class winner. Bikes had to be entered by the builder. At 4 pm winners were called on stage by CCI CEO and President Holger Mohr. And the winners are:
1- Championship Class, Powered by BDL. The Championship Class is the premier class at all Custom Chrome International Bike Show Series events. This class features one off custom bikes, with no strings or rules of design attached. There are no limitations or structure of the entries in this class. The Championship Class is a showcase for true fusion design where the motorcycle builders are free to explore and push the boundaries of what makes a custom motorcycle.
1st Place: Kirk Taylor (Bike The Dirty Boot)
2nd Place: Satya Krauss (Bike Snatch)
3rd Place: Custom Factory BB (Bike Phoenix)
Winners of other classes after the jump.
2-Modified Harley Class Powered By Baker Drivetrain. In the Modified Harley class the frame and motor must be original equipment from Harley-Davidson. This includes all Screamin’ Eagle and special equipped bikes from the factory or any year or model. Any modification may be made to the frame, motor or sheet metal. The engine cases must remain original equipment, however any modification to the cylinders and heads may be made. Use of aftermarket or custom parts is acceptable.
1st Place: LA Speedshop (Bike Mc Phiz)
2nd Place: Zach Ness (Bike Ness Bagger)
3rd Place: Satya Krauss (Bike Nicks Dyna)
3- Jammer Old School Class, Powered By ACCEL. The Jammer Old School Class is for bikes that represent the retro and old school lifestyle. The Jammer Old School Class is focused on bikes built with retro styling and motors. Any frame or drivetrain may be used that keeps the Old School theme to the bike. Motors should be of vintage or retro style platform. Any fabrication is acceptable to the motor, frame, sheet metal or components. Use of aftermarket or custom parts is acceptable in the Original Old School Class.
1st Place: Yolo County Choppers (Bike Panic)
2nd Place: LA Speedshop (Lady Luck)
3rd Place: Kirk Taylor (Sacred)
4- RevTech Performance Class. The RevTech Performance Class is for bikes built around any platform of RevTech motor. Any modification can be made to frame, motor, sheet metal or components in the RevTech Performance Class. Use of aftermarket or custom parts is acceptable.
1st Place: Cole Foster (Bike Blue Bobber)
2nd Place: Friso Ron (Bike Freaking-A-Rican)
3rd Place: Boars Nest (Bike The Snake
(All pictures copyright Jerry Southworth, courtesy to Cyril Huze)
wow that is very cool love the first two ,and third was way cool also ………
man those where all great builds
All fabulous bikes. Want to know more about each of them. Thanks Cyril.
Wow! A great source of inspiration for my next project.
The champion bike Dirty Boot is opening a new style for new builds. Will the Dirt Racer look be the next craze for custom builders?
Mine would be the Yolo Choppers red bike called Panic. Beautiful.
Some really awesome machines!. Love the bobbers.Cole Foster and the Salinas Boys kill it every time.
Kemper…. dirt influence is huge on the west coast already and has been for soem time now. Lots of use of Pro Taper bars, dirt tires, and Pro Circuit pipes….. my Softail has a heavily modded 2 into 1 with a shortened FMF Race Can from a CRF450F.
Love the bikes, nice work!
….The Dirty Boot! That was a great show today really glad we went…rainy day and all saw a couple of unique bikes. The one I voted for even won first place today! “Dirty Boot” is really a very unique piece of eye candy! Awesome job Kirk Taylor.
Congrats Kirk you really are a LUCKY FUC#ER
The Dirty Boot (great name) is a very interesting bike. Would like to know more about frame and gas tank used.on this bike.
Thanks for the beautiful bike candy and kudos to all the very talented builder-artist!
With such bikes, must have been a great show. What about a east coast show? Working on something pretty cool…
All these bikes are great and look rideable.
Tons of interesting details. Digging.
We had a great time at the show yesterday. Cyril, it was an absolute pleasure to speak with you. Thank you for taking time out of your day for us. Congratulations on your first place finish Jerry, and Yolo County Choppers! Its always my pleasure to help you out. Thanks for all you do!
Was there too and got my picture with Ness and Huze!
I had a great time and really enjoyed seeing all the beautiful bikes up close. It was also a pleasure to meet Cyril in person.
Thanks Cyril for this information,…. once again keeping bike people informed about shows and showbikes. I would not know about these events otherwise. I appreciate the pictures of the show bikes placing in their class!
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Congrats to Chris McGee and Brian Marion for putting on what I heard was a world class event, I’ll have to make it there next year. All awesome bikes…special congrats to Kirk and Lisa Taylor of Custom Design Studios…two great people who totally deserved to win!
Congrats to all the builders. Amazing bunch of workmanship and vision, and a wide spectrum of machine expression. I dig your basic old school chopppers, but I can sure appreciate the way these bikes are crafted and developed. Art on wheels.
Dirty Boot tank is much like the TY series Yamaha’s at the front. The “dirt” look has bee around for a while. Bling’s Cycles are a good proponent of it. Surprised to see the Blue Bobber here. It’s quite an old bike in the custom sense, but very very stylish none the less.
Evey one of those bikes is a winner!!! Kirk Taylor, Satya Kraus and Chris Richardson are hands down some of the most talented guys out there on the scene today as well as being personable and down to earth..GREAT JOB GUYS!!!! Not taking a thing away from any of the other builders because their work speaks for itself, that Lady Luck Knuckle from L.A. Speed Shop also won the AMD class it was in at Daytona a few weeks ago as well..like I said TALENTED!!!! Roadside Marty
Hats off to all the bikes dirty boots looks like a Bill Dodge knock off sweet tho
Props to the Dirty Boot bike!!! Very clean!!!! Bill Dodge from http://www.blingscycles.com would be happy to see that his style has influenced other builders in the industry!!! look outside the norm and open your eyes to a whole new world of custom bikes!!!
Those bikes are simple incredible, back suspension system of Kraus is bike amazing.
As a dealer, enjoyed very much the event. Had the opportunity to talk and ask questions to manufacturers and most of the customs in the show were great. Saturday evening at the party it was nice to mix with the big guys of the industry. With an extra token, Cyril bought me a glass of red wine and teached me how to sip it slowly. Still preferring beer!
Cool bike Kirk .Glad to see Bill Dodge inspirations are still creating the best . I bet he will be stoked when he hears about your win
Nice bikes. Too bad there wasn’t a Bill Dodge aka Bling’s Cycles bike in the running. They may have California style but it’s all Kentucky attitude. The original “dirt” bike style is now Kentucky proud!!!
I see Bill Dodge all over the Dirty Sneeker bike, I believe Bill Dodge’s was called the Nickeled Knuckle.
The 2nd & 6th, fantastic !!
I am bobbin around looking for inspiration for my evo motor and tranny in a rigid frame and ran across these bikes. I love the Blue Bobber it is very clean and functional looking.
Regarding the “Dirt Bike” I think it pushed me in the direction I have been going all long now. I have decided to finish my rigid out to look like a modern interpretation of the old WLA/WLC military Liberator bikes of WW2. Stay tuned… 🙂