Chops From The Street

Sweet Rigid
This project started not long after Frank Vidal's first trip to Sturgis in 2006. He rode what he calls a Glitter Biscuit (aka factory custom chopper) that he had nothing but problems with. While at the rally, he spotted a flamed Sucker Punch Sally Shovel. That bike convinced him to sell the GB and buy a new bike. He scored what he thought was a good deal. The bike was not in great shape: the tank was rusted inside, no fab work had been done, the bike was not running, and it was slapped together with leftover parts. Once home, he went to work disassembling it, getting rid of all the parts he didn't want, and buying/trading for the parts he did. Eventually he met Re-Ron at Ramjett Racing. They talked about the project and Re-Ron got her done. After multiple parts changes, four paint jobs, and six months, this is the end result.

Stretched Victory

This out-of-the-ordinary Victory-based scoot was built a couple of years ago in Jeff Wolf's two-stall garage in Osceola, Wisconsin. This is the town where Victory Motorcycles started, and where the company still builds engines. The Freedom engine with 100-cube big-bore kit, Diamond-cut heads, custom intake runners built from exhaust tubing sits in a homemade frame. The frame is a combination of chromemoly tubing and the rear section from a scrap production frame (rear engine mount area casting). As if the bike doesn't get enough attention, it has a built-in flamethrower.