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J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder - IMS New York
Freestyle Winner: Tim Dixon of Gas Axe Chop Shop with painter
Leatherwood Motorcycle Works won $1,000 and a plaque for a 2018
Custom Chopper. Tim designed and made every piece he possibly could
on this build, which also won the AMD Championship at Cherokee Blue
Ridge Run earlier this year.
For the wheels, Tim started with blank rims from Ledsled and then made
hubs, spokes, and flanges, all welded with steel then silicone bronze,
with brass sleeves made for each spoke and pressed in.
Tim told AMD that: “I made a Narrow springer with tapered rear legs,
custom risers, bars and integrated an internal throttle into the handle
bars and fabricated some leather grips from seat material scraps. I made
the Bronze inlayed headlight, and have used a Wagner yellow bulb, and
came up with a ‘61 corvette parking light lens for the tail light.
“The frame was also my design, wishbone style, with drilled solid
downtubes, oval shaped neck with an oval copper badge with my logo; I
hand made the split gas tanks, designed my own stainless tank fill, billet
caps, oval oil tank, and copper hard line plumbing. My custom design oil
filter with bronze inlay uses a stock Shovelhead oil filter and I’ve used
banjo fittings for all the plumbing. I managed to source a vintage
performance machine rear caliper and have custom designed the foot
controls, hidden late model master cylinder, and a billet battery mount
(under the transmission).
“My engine of choice was the 96” S&S Shovelhead style engine with
Morris magneto, S&S carb, custom stainless air cleaner, 4 speed Harley
transmission, 3” BDL belt drive, hydraulic clutch, Roland Sands master
cylinder, and a 2 into 1 stainless exhaust. The seat was made and
covered by my smokin’ hot wife, in natural leather with brushed
stainless insert.
“The paint is Tamco custom mixed colors with gold leaf by Leatherwood
Motorcycle Works in Memphis TN; the chrome final polish was done by
Atlantic Coast plating in Athens TN, with powder coat clear onthe
polished parts by Southern Powderkoating in Benton, TN”.
The second round of this
season’s Progressive
International Motorcycle Shows
(IMS) series was staged at the
Jacob Javitz Convention Center,
New York, November 30
through December 2 2018, and
with it the second round of the
2018/2019 J&P Cycles Ultimate
Builder Custom Bike Show
(UBCBS).
Now in its ninth year, UBCBS is
an elite-level custom
motorcycle builder competition
featuring more than 400
motorcycles. With more than
$100,000 cash and prizes
awarded across the IMS tour, it
is the largest prize package in
the United States. The
competition will be held at all
seven stops on the IMS Tour,
with the championship round
taking place February 17 in
Chicago, Illinois. The winners of
the UBCBS at IMS New York will
go forward to compete at the
finals, and were as follows …
Freestyle Runner-Up: Michael Cupelli took home a plaque for his 2000
Harley-Davidson that featured a 30 inch wheel, air ride front and rear, big
tire kit for rear, custom paint, open primary, custom stretch swingarm
and engine work.
Custom Retro Winner: Marco Leonetti with Chaos Cycle and painter
Chris Mauro won $750 and a plaque for a 2016 Chaos Cycle. The custom
retro motorcycle hosts a 1983 Shovelhead, a variety of Chaos Cycle built
parts, fender, gas tank, exhaust, handlebars and springer.
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Custom Retro Runner-Up: Brian Phuk Dup, Evan Favaro with Speakeasy
Motors and painter Chris Brown won a plaque for their 1978 Yamaha
XS650. The runner-up motorcycle was simple yet funky. It had a
handmade headline shroud, exhaust and stainless BMX style bars.
www.AMDchampionship.com