Visit the Easyriders Show on January 7th, 2012 and check out our bike and booth! Located at the Anaheim Convention Center, with hundreds of bikes and builders! Due to our busy schedule in 2012, we will ONLY be at the Anaheim location, and not attending the Sacramento show.
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Start the New Year out right by hitting up the Easy Rider Show on January 7th, 2012! Located at the Anaheim Convention Center, there are hundreds of bikes and builders! We will be there with our booth and a bike in the show, so look for Vindikta and say hello!
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Holiday rush overwhelming you already? Cruise on down to the coast and visit the David Mann Chopperfest in Ventura. The location is right on the beach, and enjoy the creative bikes that fellow bikers have built. Vindikta will be there vending with our booth, so look for us in the vendor area! This year, we will have a bike in the chopper show, too!
The 8th annual ChopperFest will be held at the Ventura County Fairgrounds this Sunday, December 11th 2011 from 8am-4pm. ChopperFest is a tribute to David Mann featuring a New and Old Skool Motorcycle Show, Custom Bike Builder Displays, New and Used Parts Swap Meet, Motorcycle Vendors, Art Display, Live Blues Rock Bands, Food and Beer. This signature event gathers together those who honor the lifestyle depicted in David Mann’s artwork and appreciate the many custom “Chopper” designs spawned by his unique imagination. Past participants have included Russell Mitchell, Chica, Dave Perewitz, Keith Ball, Donny Smith, Scott Long and Gard Hollinger. As always, David Mann’s wife Jacquie will fly out from Kansas City to present the “hand crafted and one of a kind Bike Show trophies.” To top it all off, a rare original painting by the master himself will once again grace the event T-Shirts and promotions. A portion of all proceeds will go to the David Mann Memorial Fund.
TrackbackIt’s nearly here! The David Mann Chopperfest will be bigger than ever with loads of bikes, vendors, and fun! Check out our Vindikta booth, and look for our signature red & black!
The 8th annual ChopperFest will be held at the Ventura County Fairgrounds this Sunday, December 11th 2011 from 8am-4pm. ChopperFest is a tribute to David Mann featuring a New and Old Skool Motorcycle Show, Custom Bike Builder Displays, New and Used Parts Swap Meet, Motorcycle Vendors, Art Display, Live Blues Rock Bands, Food and Beer. This signature event gathers together those who honor the lifestyle depicted in David Mann’s artwork and appreciate the many custom “Chopper” designs spawned by his unique imagination. Past participants have included Russell Mitchell, Chica, Dave Perewitz, Keith Ball, Donny Smith, Scott Long and Gard Hollinger. As always, David Mann’s wife Jacquie will fly out from Kansas City to present the “hand crafted and one of a kind Bike Show trophies.” To top it all off, a rare original painting by the master himself will once again grace the event T-Shirts and promotions. A portion of all proceeds will go to the David Mann Memorial Fund.
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Our shop will be closed on November 24th and 25th to observe the Thanksgiving holiday. We have the David Mann and Easy Rider motorcycle shows on the horizon, so we have big things planned and a chopper to complete! Add us on Facebook to see our bike work in progress!
TrackbackVindikta will be riding out to check out the American Heat Motorcycle Weekend in Palm Springs this weekend. Since Fall is approaching, we got to get our riding in when we have this great weather!
American Heat Palm Springs Motorcycle Weekend is more than just bikes. There are stunt shows, live entertainment and retail vendors galore. A portion of the proceeds from this event benefits local charities.
Here are more bikes that caught my eye:
A closeup.
I just went out to the event for Saturday and made it to the Artistry in Iron event just after the show opened and as most people were heading for the vendors, I got the opportunity to have Kris Krome give me and a few other people a detailed overview of his Sturgis World Championship bike. Later I got to meet and ask questions to guys such as Bryan Fuller, Todd Silicato, Gard Hollinger and Christian Dotson. They were just hanging out next to their bikes and were all really down to earth and eager and friendly to answer the myriad of questions I had about their designs. That really made the trip worth it. When you have the opportunity to ask the “why” of aspects in the builds it really is inspiring.
For Example, Kris Krome’s bike was made primarily from polished stainless steel, the front end didn’t turn at the traditional head tube, it had two pivot points within the frame. The front axle was connected to the forks in what was essentially a hidden springer design that were two internal bearings. (he has pics on his site and U-tube videos of the build).
Most of bikes in the general show were the primarily the standard “theme” and “Easter egg” designs, with some exceptions. I liked the bikes from the guys at Sacred Steel Cycles, No flash, wild paint, just pure mechanical simplicity, design, form and function. I posted pics of a few of the bikes in the Artistry in Iron show and my favorite Sacred Steel bike that was in the general show.
TrackbackI’m heading out to Las Vegas on October 3rd to spend the day at the Las Vegas Bike Fest. I will be going out to support some friends at their booths, have some fun, and to scope it out for next year when I will have a booth there. I am also planning on being at the 3 day CA Bike Week in the vendor village at the end of October. If anyone will be in Vegas for the event, or at the Bike Week, let me know. I’ll post some more info on Bike Week as it draws closer.
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