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Out of Chaos Comes Quality
W
hen George Stinsman, of
Chaos Cycle, Long Island,
New York, arrived in
Germany for the AMD
World Championship last year, he probably
wasn’t entirely sure what to expect – but
given that his mantra is “without order,
nothing can survive; without chaos,
nothing can evolve,” that is probably just
the way he liked it!
However, the response that his hand-built
‘Thugnificent’ “Shovester” received from
his fellow competitors and the estimated
150,000 strong public crowd that
thronged the aisles of ‘INTERMOT
Customized’ (Hall 10 at the INTERMOT
Expo, Cologne, Germany, in October 2016)
must have made him feel right at home
and among ‘fellow travelers’.
Just as in the United States, there’s
nothing that a European custom show
crowd responds better to than
craftsmanship, engineering quality,
ingenuity, finish and attention to detail –
and George’s ‘Thugnificent’ hybrid has all
that, and more.
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The engine started out life in a 1975
Ironhead Sportster – probably the best
liked and most iconic of Harley’s
platforms. George removed the unit
construction transmission and made rear
motor mounts, machining the cases to
accept Ron Trock cylinders and S&S
Shovelhead style heads.
The rear brakes are by Kustom Tech in
Italy, the drivetrain is modified Baker, and
the custom front end started out as a
Showa, but pretty much every other piece
on ‘Thugnificent’ was handmade at Chaos
Cycle – the build of the engine, the chain
primary, drive, exhaust, fuel tank, oil
tank/rear fender, grips, and even the
wheels (21 x 3.5” front, 18 x 3.5” rear)
are all Chaos Cycle originals.
We here at AMD were honored to host
George and to be able to showcase his
work, and if his regular domestic U.S.
show success should ever win him
another opportunity to be a part of the
AMD World Championship, there’d be a
warm welcome awaiting his return!
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