The last three years, the Burnouts Custom Motorcycle show has been a big hit here in Denton. Its held at Dan’s Silverleaf, a Denton institution, and on the closed-off street behind the club. There are a ton of choppers, events like the kick-start contest, live music, and vendors. I was asked to bring some minibikes to adorn the inside of the club, which was where the art show was held. The opportunity was a chance to dust off some older creations, along with a couple newer ones, and connect with friends, old and new.
Here is the crew upon return from the show. The oldest of the bunch is the Scorpion bike in the foreground, originally put together in 2005.
Since it is a chopper show, I picked out bikes I thought would fit the theme. The 1969 Honda Z50 Chopper on the far left is the closest thing to a chopper in the shop, but long handlebars, seats and sissy bars on three others fit the look.
Fall color collection.
Laquita finally had a little shine put on her. During building, one of the guidelines was to not do any polishing. The exhaust and rear turn signal assembly were found used, and were not even cleaned before they were put on. For the show, I finally decided to hand polish the chrome, Even polished up, there is still enough patina present to keep the spirit of the bike.
She always has that look like she's headed somewhere...
The trike and Flaquita in the club were one of three pictures I took the entire day. Guess its a good show when you are too busy to pull out the camera. The Tijuana Trike was a late entry for the show line-up. Originally thinking four bikes were enough and the trike might be too much, the space said otherwise, and the trike was brought along.
Not to be mistaken for a chopper, but the CRFU50, built in 2015 is full custom all the same.
The Takegawa Special clutch, rolling rocker head, stroker crank, and close ratio gearbox are just a few of features on this 110cc racer. Seeing the rest of the polished chrome makes me think its time to polish these or get another set (the front could use an inch of lift, in my opinion.)
Always a favorite color scheme, black, white and red can’t be beat.
Built in 2006-2007, the 1969 Honda Z50A chopper was one of the earliest full custom bikes I did. Previous customs had hand made parts, but the frames and forks were left largely stock. This bike was made to resemble the original 1969 livery, with similar paint, wheels, fenders, handlebars, and exhaust. Even the seat is a smaller version of the originals (with seat springs to take away some of the hardtail harshness.) For the show, the bike was relieved of more than a little dust, and the front fender removed. Just thought it looked better that way.
After a good cleaning.
Th El Scorpion bike was stripped of some parade gear and a shameful amount of dust. This ride has seen hundreds of parade miles with The World Famous Wheelie-ing Elvi, but has sat dormant while other bikes (and the trike) have taken its place.
The before, with cup holder, handlebar pouch, and an unseen saddle bag on the left side of the bike, and a thick layer of dust.
Getting the chrome and aluminum polished out brought this girl back to life!