American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 181 August 2014 | Page 15

Having begun working solely on models
from H-D before moving into creating his
own line of bikes, Gary Chipp of FBI has
now introduced Indian Motorcycle
options to the business

were originally built on Daytec frames.
However, with the closure of Daytec,
production of the proprietary drop seat
frames with 36 degrees of rake, designed to
accommodate up to a 26in front wheel
while, preserving both ride and handling,
was brought in-house at the same time as
former Daytec owner Phil Day was named
as Production Manager at FBI in January of
this year.
While the choice of a JIMS engine may be
an unusual one, it was carefully selected.
The reason for this is that it has common
parts that can be purchased at a HarleyDavidson dealership for ease of service,
something which is not necessarily the case
with other OEM engines. Along with ease of
service it also makes it easier to provide a
good warranty and as such all FBI Motor
Company bikes are supplied with a threeyear warranty, which includes roadside
assistance.
The ability to be able to offer such a
warranty is aided by other careful parts
choices, with HHI brakes and RC
Components’ wheels being used alongside
Harley-Davidson bar controls and wiring
looms. Talking about the specification of his
FBI Motor Company bikes, Gary says: “I
picked the best of the best components and
added them to what we manufacture to
start FBI Motor Company.”
With the opening of Fat Baggers Europe,
which will see Ola Landin from Vaxjo,
Sweden, who has been a Fat Bagger Motor
Company motorcycle owner for the past
two years, bringing the machines to
Northern Europe and establishing a dealer
program, Gary is expanding on an
international sales program that really took
off for him in 2008. It was then that
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Gary is expanding on an international
sales program that really took off for him
in 2008. It was then that Lebanese Prime
Minister Saad Hariri ordered three bikes.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri
ordered three bikes. Hariri has now become
a regular customer and has gifted FBI built
bikes to the king and queen of Jordan, the
prime minister of the UAE, and to the king
of Saudi Arabia. Gary describes those builds,
which are among the most expensive he has
completed, as “museum quality, but it’s still
very rideable and useable, and that’s what
keeps our customers coming back for
more.”
However, Gary has not concentrated solely
on developin