WIN THE PBR X BIKE AT BF7

Our official beer sponsor of BF7 Pabst Blue Ribbon has gracious handed us the newly finished PBR X bike built by the Speed Merchant. We will be giving this bike away on Saturday June 27th at BF7. To enter buy a BF7 Giveaway Promo poster/ticket combo online through Loser Machine http://www.losermachine.com/collections/born-free This also enters you to win the other 3 Bikes at the show....the 2015/1977 Lowrider combo on Saturday and the 1946 Knucklehead built by Max Schaaf on Sunday the 28th. The online cut off is coming soon. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN! These photos were take by Mark Kawakami of Joyrides/Speed Merchant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You Can Win 4 Motorcycles at BF7

1946 Knucklehead Chopper (soon to be finished)

You can win 4 different bikes at BF7. We are giving away the 2015 H-D Lowrider / 1977 First Year H-D Lowrider as a combo on Saturday June 27th and the 1946 H-D Knucklehead built by Max Schaaf of Sunday June 28th and now just added is the Speed Merchant built PBR Chopper. This bike was also be given away on Saturday June 27th.  If you bought a BF7 bike giveaway promo poster/ticket combo you are entered to win all 4. Yes even the Pabst bike. If you have not entered you need to ASAP. When we run out of poster/tickets that's it...we will not print more for the show. The online deadline is coming soon so don't delay. Get your chance right now through Loser Machine http://www.losermachine.com/collections/born-free


PB/SPEED MERCHANT

 


1977 H-D Lowrider

 


2015 H-D Lowrider

  

BF7 Invited Builder Update-Carmine and Jason of VCP

The Invited Builder team of Carmine Bellamore and Jason Moss of Visionary Cycle Products in New York are happy to have the motor done for their build thanks to some talented help.
It's based around oem panhead cases that now displace 88-inches using Truett and Osborne lightweight rotating assembly with H-beam rods, a custom Leineweber cam, dual front heads using oem castings heavily modified by Brandon at Mullins Chian Drive to run twin Amal carbs, a cast Morris G5 magneto, Baisley roller top rocker arms and even one off carbon fiber rocker covers for a total package should make for a fast and high revving motor! The engine specs were designed by Adam Munzinger from Milkhaus Speed Research.
We can't wait to hear this beast run! Stay tuned for more and be sure to follow us on Instagram HERE, Visionary Cycle Products HERE, Milkhaus Speed Research HERE, and Mullins Chain Drive HERE.

BF7 Invited Builder update-Kyle Edger

If you aren't familiar with the name Kyle Edgar yet, you should be! We poached him from the finalists of the Show Class People's Champ last year and asked him to be an Invited Builder for BF7 after awarding him Best Shovelhead at BF6 which was no easy task!
Kyle's award winning shovel brought a fresh look to the much attempted area of small, skinny, bikes and it looks as if he is working more of his magic with a big twin flathead this year. Stay tuned for more! Be sure to follow Kyle on instagram HERE he has a shop called Leadfist Cycles.

New BF7 Invited Builder Video: Mick Evangelista

Mick from Mick's Chop Shop in Riverside California is the first in our BF7 Video series just uploaded on the Born-Free You Tube Channel. Our channel has all of our builder videos from years past as well as some show coverage & special projects. Check us out https://www.youtube.com/user/bornfreeshow/videos The video shot by the crew at Motornation Network & presented by our Invited Builder Sponsor Street Chopper Magazine. If you need more & you do... Motornation Network will have a full length in depth video on each builder. http://www.motornation.tv/
Also follow Mick on Instagram HERE

  

BF7 Invited Builder : Hunter Klee

One of the best parts about the Born-Free Builder Invite is finding guys that are super talented and relatively unknown in today's of world of social media. That's Hunter Klee! Nice, humble and loaded with talents. We met Hunter through Chopper Dave and Dave said "you got to talk to this dude...he's really good and a really good dude"! That was enough for us and now he's a builder. Hunter helped out on Dave's killer turbo charged "Steel Shoe" bike for BF, so he brings the performance game to our builder group which really adds some nice diversity. Hunter is checking in for the first time with some photos of his bikes, a rendering and the story:

The story of "Katy"

My build is basically a flat track race bike. I was itching to build a dual throttle body fuel injected twin ever since helping ChopperDave with the "Steel Shoe", his Born Free 5 build. After building my Buell Blast tracker "Pink" and my Sportster Flat track race bike "Britney", I've had this bike stuck in my head. (Britney earned her name because she's twice as heavy as Pink) Katy's powerplant is from a Buell XB9. The Buell's lend themselves very nicely to a custom chassis build with the swing arm mount cast into the cases and little less heft than the Sportsters they are derived from. The fuel injection is going to be all late model Harley with the ecu reading crank position only for timing. 

The chassis and swing arm is all designed by me and will be built by me. As well as the carbon fiber bodywork. Billy at STD/Spyke/Compufire has graciously offered to make a set of XR style heads for me to accomplish the task of dual throttle bodies and left side exhaust. Paul and Pops are going to be helping me out with getting my wheel design turned into reality, as well as providing the Lyndall Brakes that will stop her. Dave and Sean at Progressive Suspension are helping me out with getting her to handle right. Tuning will be handled by a Vance and Hines FP3. Todd Canavan and I have the enormous task of stripping down the late model wiring harness to the bare bones of what a race bike needs.
Can't wait to see it done! Follow Hunter on Instagram HERE

BF7 Invited Builder : Dan Bacon Carr

Bacon is checking in with first build update...It's a Long Bike ! Custom in house frame & 30 over springer & Knuckle motor with those incredible aluminum heads. Stay tuned for more from Dan and his builder video.
In the meantime follow Bacon on Instagram HERE

 

 

Mama Tried and the Street 500 Giveaway in Milwaukee

 We had a blast at the Mama Tried show in Milwaukee over the weekend thanks to Warren and Scott that put on the event. In a city already rich with motorcycle history these guys have put together a show that has become a must-see in two short years.
They also let us use it as a place to giveaway the Harley-Davidson "Thresher" Street 500 we had built last year for BF6 by Brandon of Brawny Built and Speed Merchant. The bike was one fo the first custom Streets built and was featured on the cover of HOT BIKE magazine and numerous other places. One lucky guy named Scott Takes had his ticket pulled and was there at the show...the rest is history! Scott is a very talented and does a lot of paint work, you can follow him HERE on his instagram. It turned out to be a bit of a Cinderella story for us because we always hope our bikes go to good homes and even though we didn't really know Scott it turned out that he has painted several of our invited builder bikes over the years as well as many other cool scoots. He also received a new Biltwell Gringo helmet with the bike. Congrats to Scott and thanks to all that helped with the Street Project including a big thanks to Harley-Davidson.

Don't forget we are giving away 3 more bikes at Born-Free this summer, don't miss out!!

OF course no trip to Milwaukee would be complete with lots of fried cheese curds and a visit to the Harley Museum! This place is heaven on earth for us, plus they had a new photo exhibit you gotta check out.

WIN 4 MOTORCYCLES...THE FIRST ONE IN 19 DAYS

The giveaway promo is in full swing and the first bike to be given away is the H-D Street built by Brandon Holstein of Brawny/Speed Merchant. It will be handed off to the new owner Feb 21 at The Mama Tried Show In Milwaukee, WI. You do not need to be present to win this bike!!  The other 3 bikes that will be given away at BF7 you will need to be present to win. Your ticket will be in all the giveaways so with some luck you could win everything! That's 4 MOTORCYCLES!! The online cut off for the Street Giveaway is Feb 16th...after that you will need to be at Mama Tried to buy your poster/ticket combo. The online cut off is only for the Street Giveaway. *All tickets purchased will be in the running for all the bikes we giveaway....So if you don't win the Street you still have a chance for the 1946 Knucklehead built by 4Q and the two Low Rider Combo ( 1977/ 2015 ) Don't delay!! Please visit the BF Merch page set up on the Loser Machine site to purchase http://www.losermachine.com/collections/born-free 

  

T Bone's Final Stretch...We Hope

Scott is putting countless hours in on his BF6 120R build. The late night/ early morning texts he sends are getting me nervous. He's not sleeping and is losing weight and he's hooked on energy drinks....building a bike for Born-Free is not as glamorous as it sounds. These guys are stressed, broke and tired. We do appreciated the hard work and long nights but it goes with the territory and the end result is worth it. Here are some 3am pics from Scott...His bike is also in the Saturday June 28th giveaway so if you like it...you can win it!

    

Builder Update-Bobby "The Leg" Middleton

Bobby "the Leg" has been busy out in Chicago getting his Invited Builder bike ready for paint. Looks like he's basically done with all the custom fab work and he's left no square inch of his panshovel untouched! Dig the details... Be on the look out for this bike at Born-Free 6!
Follow Bobby on his blog HERE or on instagram HERE

12 hours to party time!

See you starting at noon tomorrow for the Born-Free X Loser Machine party at the Garage Comapny in Inglewood, Ca!!! If you've been to one of these the last couple years you know what a great fun time it is!!! It's this simple: ride motorcycles-have fun! 

We'll have all kinds of goods to giveaway, sell, trade, talk, swap, who knows! Ride out and find out what it's all about! Don't forget someone is taking home a sweet 1952 Panhead engine tomorrow!!!