Las weekend, Jan 8-10, the Progressive International Motorcycle Show (IMS) was in Miami Beach for the 5th stop of their national show tour (next stop is Dallas Jan 22-24) The IMS experience is about checking out the new lineup of major manufacturers like Harley, Indian, Triumph, Kawasaki, BNW, Honda, Norton, Suzuki, etc and of course the custom parts f some of the most reputable aftermarket vendors.
I did a short visit, of course being mostly interested in discovering some of the new custom bikes that will be in March in Daytona for the 75th Anniversary of Bike Week. I was not there for the results of the J&P Cycles Bike Show but it looks to me like Bill Dodge of Blings Cycles and Todd Angolan of After-hours Bikes dominated the competition. I will feature in March the best 3 creations and just tease you with a few snapshots…on purpose without telling you with builder did what.
A few more bikes after the jump.
Postcards From The Miami Beach Progressive International Motorcycle Show
Published by January 12th, 2016 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.18 Responses to “Postcards From The Miami Beach Progressive International Motorcycle Show”
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Did I miss the announcement that real seats are now outlawed on custom bikes?
Top 3 are very cool.
I’m interested in the engine in that long thing with wooden slats on it. It looks like a H-D 5 speed trans, but what is that engine? Looks kind of like some automotive engine?
Don’t care for the bike much though.
what’s with these long bikes, Don’t much care for this trend along with the boring big wheel baggers.
A lot of customs reflect a troubling trend. They imply there are builders who need to get back on their medication; and there are those who need to get off whatever their doing.
Ah MIami bike show. Makes me dread the Minneapolis show in February. Just not riding weather.
I have to agree with Woddy’s. My butt would never fit those aweful designs.
llike the long wheelbaser with the orange wheels.
what is the last bike?
a hybrid? or a original manufactored machine.
Minus the ‘Miami Bling’ the 1st Scout has great potential.
The last bike is a Velocette LE, stock as built. The surprising detail on the numberplate is the “71”, which implies a 1971 year of birth. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocette_LE the manufacturer of the LE bancrupted in 1970. We’ve got some in Museums and running over here in Europe, but I don’t know enough about it to explain the “1971”.
In England Le Velocettes were used by a lot of local police forces,they were slow but really quiet.
@ richards ::
Simply gold. So interchangeable too:
“A lot of customs reflect a troubling trend. They imply there are builders who need to get back on their medication; and there are those who need to get off whatever their doing.”
Applied it to business:
“A lot of corporations reflect a troubling trend. They imply there are Exces who need to get back on their medication; and there are those who need to get off whatever their doing.”
Yeah, I’m excited about using this.
Thank you.
Just remembered.
we used to call le velocettes with cops on.
noddy bikes
(now that is an interesting piece of history everybody was waiting to know!!)
Steal your face question….The bike engine is a diesel motor….that is the only time I have seen a diesel motorcycle….interesting
The concept of a ridable , good handling motorcycle has been lost on some of these creations I fear. I with Woody’s on this one………………………………
JW, Kawasaki produced some KLR 650’s converted to diesel for the military. I doubt if any were offered to the public. It’s been a while back, as the one I saw was an ’07 or older.
Well. the two panheads look allright, but they’d be a hell of a lot better with an actual seat on them. This whole bare seat pan thing is ridiculous. Other than that most are just over the top ridiculous and completely un-rideable. The Indians are ok I guess, I just can’t get over how ugly that Scout motor is and how bloated and VMax-y the Indians look overall. .
badams, You’re welcome. Use it however you see fit.
Seem like we are in a very weird time in the bike building business right now. We have totally overblown big wheel gaudy baggers and stripped down metal seated back breakers. Can’t wait to get through this period and see what’s next.