Apparently the universe is sending me some really nice choppers lately and I've definately learned NOT to screw with the universe. Here's a really nice Triumph TR6 from Michael Haar.
Thank You Michael!
More proof that you don't need big money or big horsepower to build a cool ride.
Bjorn Writes in:
He hello my name is Bjorn I'm 20 years old and I'm from the Netherlands. I'm a regular visitor of your site. And i love it especially the frequent updates i digg. I have a picture of my motorcycle as well, hopefully you like it.
I bought it as a stock Honda shadow vt600 but right from the start i knew I was going to chop it. Because i dont like stock stuff in general. I bought this Honda because i wanted a vtwin but because of legislation here in the Netherlands you cannot ride a bike with more than 25 kW (34 hp) if you are under 21 years old. since i was 19 at the moment i had to buy a bike with this power restriction and this bike has 34 hp stock.
I tried to make as much of the components myself from the handlebars to the stainless steel exhaust, sidecovers and everything in between, because i didn't want to buy shit out of catalogs because everybody can do that. I could use the lathe and mill at my school to machine parts. And my little brother is a welder so he helped me out with that. Lots of time went into making a foot clutch and a tank shift. It worked in the end but after some test riding i found it to dangerous to drive here in Holland with the million roundabouts, so i changed it back to stock controls. I also had an open exhaust but i found it to loud so i tried making a muffler with a design like i had never seen on a other bike. It works very well actually. Also made my version of a sissybar.
I use it as my daily driver to school, work, friends you name it. i now you didn't ask for this whole story haha, but me personally, I'm always interested in the story behind a bike. At the moment the bike is nearly done, the riding season here is at its end so i can put the finishing touches on it like a muffler decoration and new pegs. I cant wait to start a new project.
greetings from the Netherlands!
Bjorn
Hey Steve. Big fan of MPOTD here. We just finished the bike attached. We call it The FREEDOM OR DEATH Machine. It was built by jeff of saint motorbikes with a lot of help from folks from coast to coast.
You can read a bit about the build on bikerMetric and if you have any questions, feel free to email any time.
Thanks, Man!
I like it!
Dan Noyola sends in this wicked little custom build. Did some hunting and found his blog! Go HERE for his blog build pics! Now don't be shy about sending me links to yor blogs and slideshows fand such! I love these kinds of builds. This once again proves that imagination and creativity are more important than money. What a cool bike.
Dan Writes:
It was put together in a couple of weeks for a few hundred dollars for the Dirtbag Challenge.
My ladyfriend still rides it regularly.
Dirtbag Challenge sounds like a blast. Thanks again!
I'm not exactly a purist and I like the look but it seems a shame to do this to such a classic.
