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Custom Retro winner Anthony Robinson of Anthony Robinson Gasoline &
Coffee won $1,500 and prizes with a 1966 Triumph T-100 hosting a 500 cc
parallel twin, engraved with an open primary belt drive.
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 wife Angie 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 on the
polished parts by Southern
Powderkoating in Benton, TN.”
Custom Harley-Davidson winner Eric Bennet of Bennett’s Performance Inc.
took home $2,000 and prizes with a 1977 Harley-Davidson frame. The
water-cooled engine was the front engine out of the Jammer Streamliner
that set the AMA record at 276.376 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in
October 1978.
Custom Street winner Juan Rodriguez won $1,500 and prizes with a 2004
Suzuki Hayabusa, featuring a 300 fat tire kit, custom paint with
airbrushing, LED lights, front and rear air suspension, molded front
windscreen, custom front fender, polished frame, custom front rotor,
chrome everywhere, plexiglass grade bar with LED lights and custom seats.
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