Jon Shipley picked up a check for $3000 in addition to being invited to the 2012 World Championship of Custom Bike Building (click image to enlarge)
John Shipley of Hoosier Daddy Choppers left the Ultimate Builder show in Cleveland, OH, with $3000, a class winner’s trophy and a guaranteed World Championship spot after taking first place in the Freestyle class with ‘Whiskey Bent’, a heavily customized 1977 Ironhead featuring a bar stool seat and 102 year-old brass headlight. Last year’s winner Jesse Bassett of The Gasbox was runner up with a 1949 Panhead, and Misfit Custom Cycles was third.
The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Gilliland Customs’ 2011 World Championship 7th place entry ‘Sudden Impact’, with H-D BikeTown second and Russell Batchelor in third place.
In Performance Custom, the win was taken by Ed Vanaman and Stan Liepert with a 1964 Triton (Norton Atlas with 650cc Triumph engine) and Giovanni of Blacksmith Motoring Co added another trophy to his cabinet by winning the Retro Mod class with ‘El Vaquero’.

The Ultimate Builder series now moves to Minneapolis, MN, on February 3-5, and continues in Chicago, IL, on February 10-12. The final ‘regional’ show takes place in Charlotte, NC, on February 24-26 before the United States Championship at Daytona on March 14-17. Entries are welcomed at ultimatebuilderbikeshow.com or call Biker Pros on 919-886-5075 for details. Cash prizes are awarded to class winners who also receive a free entry and automatic place at the 9th annual AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building in Sturgis, August 5-8.

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Copper Mike Cole won a free place at the 2012 AMD World Championship in Sturgis in addition to a cash prize (click image to enlarge)
Copper Mike Cole of Gravesend Cycles booked his place at the 2012 AMD World Championship and took home a $3000 cash prize by winning the Freestyle class at the Ultimate Builder show in New York. Mike’s bike “Steampunk”, based on a 1973 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead, features a rebuilt engine with engraved heads and 10:1 compression and numerous re-purposed antique gauges and parts rebuilt into functional pieces. He built a hand clutch with an old Harley mouse trap. The bike is fabricated from equal parts copper and brass. Runner-up was Stu Spiegel of Stu’s Auto and Cycle Service, with George Stinsman of Chaos Cycle third with “Model 33″.
The Modified Harley-Davidson class was won by Steve Iacona of Iacona Custom Cycles with “Challenger”, his 2011 Modified Harley World Championship runner-up. Roman Levin of FOH Cycle Fab won Performance Custom for the second year running, this year with “FOH Cafe”, a 2002 Suzuki, and the Retro Mod class was won by Fred Montalto with “Spitshine”, a 1960 Harley-Davidson Panhead.

The Ultimate Builder series now moves to Cleveland, OH, on January 27-29, followed by Minneapolis, MN, on February 3-5. Entries are welcomed at ultimatebuilderbikeshow.com or call Biker Pros on 919-886-5075 for details. Cash prizes are awarded to class winners who also receive a free entry and automatic place at the 9th annual AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building in Sturgis, August 5-8 2012.

Irvine, Calif., Jan. 18, 2012– Two dealerships won VIP trips to the DealerExpo in Indianapolis and three customers collected a total of $13,500 in the Revive Your Ride! Fall Giveaway.
Rusty Reynolds of Triangle Cycles in Chapel Hill, N.C., is going to the DealerExpo next month because one of his customers became the grand prize winner after simply obtaining an online entry code from his dealership.

“We’re very much looking forward to Indy, and actually taking several people from two store locations,” Reynolds said. “We will most definitely participate in Revive Your Ride! when it comes back in the spring.”

Reynolds has long known Jason Grigg, his customer who won the $10,000 grand prize. Grigg and his wife now have a Yamaha Majesty scooter on hold with the dealership. They also plan on purchasing some accessories with their winnings.

“At first, I thought the phone call about winning was a prank,” said Grigg, who has never won a contest like this. “I called the Motorcycle Industry Council to verify it and got very excited.”

After being picked at random from a pool of all Revive Your Ride! participating dealers, Bud Horner of Horner Honda in Salisbury, MD, won the second VIP DealerExpo trip. “Better to be lucky than good,” he said.

Horner said he feels that Revive Your Ride! brought new customers into his dealership. In preparation for the upcoming spring promotion, he has the entire dealership staff trained to help customers enter the Revive Your Ride! contest.

Kevin Peto of Addison, Ill., was the $2,500 first place winner, after entering the Revive Your Ride! giveaway at The Zone Honda-Kawasaki in Chicago. This was the second time The Zone participated in Revive YourRide!

“We did tons of advertising and marketing through e-mail blasts,Facebook and newsletters,” said Diane Lach of The Zone. “We will most definitely participate again in the spring.”

Michele Copeland, a customer from Tacoma, Wash., won the $1,000 second prize.

“We’ve been excited to offer this promotion to powersports retailers, for no investment at all, to help them boost floor traffic,” said Cam Arnold, vice president aftermarket at the Motorcycle Industry Council.” And we’re bringing two dealerships to Indy, where they’ll each enjoy a $500 travel voucher, three-night hotel stay, food, parties and more.”

Revive Your Ride! was created and is funded by the aftermarket members of the Motorcycle Industry Council specifically to build excitement for two-wheeling and to bring the riding community back to the many retailers of motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-sides, service and aftermarket parts and accessories.

The Motorcycle Industry Council exists to preserve, protect and promote motorcycling through government relations, communications and media relations, statistics and research, aftermarket programs, development of data communications standards, and activities surrounding technical and regulatory issues. As a not-for-profit, national industry association, the MIC seeks to support motorcyclists by representing manufacturers and distributors of motorcycles, scooters, motorcycle/ATV/ROV parts and accessories, and members of allied trades such as insurance, finance and investment companies, media companies and consultants.

The MIC is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., with a government relations office in metropolitan Washington, D.C. First called the MIC in 1970, the organization has been in operation since 1914. Visit the MIC at www.mic.org. Visit the Revive your Ride! website at www.mic.org/reviveyourride.

Blacksmith Motoring Co won a cash prize of $3000 plus a free place at the 2012 AMD World Championship in Sturgis (click image to enlarge)
Blacksmith Motoring Co is scheduled to return to Sturgis in 2012 after winning the Ultimate Builder Freestyle and Retro Mod classes in Washington DC.

Giovanni’s bike “El Patron” which competed in the Performance Custom Class at last year’s World Championship, is based on a 2003 Suzuki Volusia and features Nitrous induction, Stroker kit, Big Bore pistons, custom cams, 4 degree rake, remote Air Ride and Performance Suspension shocks. Second place was taken by Eye Candy Designs’ 2009 GSXR 750 Michael Jackson tribute with Bruce Banks 2010 Harley FLTRX third.

The Modified Harley class was won by C&C Cycle with “Black Shadow”, a 2002 FLHTCUI. Meticulous Concepts Sportbike Customizing won the Performance Custom class with “Reaper”, a 2003 Kawasaki ZX9R, and Blacksmith Motoring Co became the first 2011/12 double class winner by also taking the Retro Mod class with “El Vaquero”.

The Ultimate Builder series continues over the weekend of January 20-22 in New York, and then moves to Cleveland, OH, on January 27-29. Entries are welcomed at ultimatebuilderbikeshow.com or call Biker Pros on 919-886-5075 for details.

Cash prizes are awarded to class winners who also receive a free entry and automatic place at the 9th annual AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building in Sturgis, August 5-8 2012.

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