BF7 Invited Builder Video: Jordan Dickinson

Jordan's video is the latest in the Born-Free Show invited builder series presented by Street Chopper Magazine. Dan from Motornation Network spent some time with Jordan & filmed the video. Check out Jordan's BF7 build and get some insight into what he's about. See the bike in person at the show June 27 & 28 th.

Invited Builder Update-Jordan Dickinson

Jordan has been busy turning flat pieces sheetmetal and straight pieces of tubing into a motorcycle at his shop in Minnesota. He has a style and an eye for things that doesn't allow himself to use off the shelf or stock parts when he knows he can make something even cooler from scratch! It doesn't hurt that his metal shaping skills are pretty advanced. Follow his work HERE on instagram and be sure to come to Born-Free 7 to see the finished product!  

 

BF7 Invited Builder : Jordan Dickinson

Jordan returns to Born-Free 7 as an Invited Builder which started for him two years ago as a Show Class Magazine People's Champ contestant. Jordan is known for his intense metal fabrication skills, but does it in a way that is so subtle most of it blends seamlessly in the finished build and seems natural.

He's been heavy on it building his frame for his BF7 build and it's gonna be one for the books! The frame is inspired by the early Harley race frames like Petralli's streamliner/late DAH and is completely scratch built. The frame will house a knucklehead motor and the whole bike will be geared toward the 1930's race style.

Go follow him on Instagram HERE

Check out the process Jordan goes through just making the neck on his BF7 frame!

 

Invited Builder Update-Jordan Dickinson

Jordan Dickinson of Union Speed and Style in Minnesota has been working over time on the tube bender, tig welder, pull max, and more on his Born-Free 6 build. Jordan is no slouch in the fabrication department and this bike will no doubt be one of his finest creations yet!  Be sure to check it out at BF6 and follow him on and his work on Instagram .CLICK HERE

He has this to say about the build so far:
Trying to focus on giving the Sheetmetal a 40's vibe with a bit of a twist.  The gas tank still has miles to go before it's done, I basically just got the shape into it so it matches a stock tank.  From there I'm going to start adding in body line details and probably some stainless trim with a custom tank badge to top it all off.  When we shaped out the fender we went with a little inspiration from an old schwinn fender trim piece, with a little bit of our touch added to it.  Not a huge update, but you see where we're heading with the build.  Motor and tranny is going to be buttoned up next weekend and I really can't wait to show you the pictures of how that has turned out.  It's so rad! 

Invited Builder Update-Jordan Dickinson

 Jordan has been busy pulling out all the stops on his Born-Free build. Taking the term "chopper" to the next level he's cutting up his engine cases! Most people would kill to have a knuckle motor and here Jordan is cutting it up and modifying it! Can't wait to see this bike come together. Follow Jordan on Instagram HERE

Jordan Dickinson-Invited Builder Update!

Jordan Dickinson AKA "Pineapple Jay" runs a shop in Minnesota called Union Speed and Style where he has been honing his incredible fabrication skills on custom motorcycles as well as hot rods and customs. He even does fine upholstery work!
We had sorta bumped into Jordan and his brother here and there (Mooneyes in Japan!) and were introduced by some other friends from their area, but little did we know that a couple years later we'd have Jordan on the top of our "must have" list as an invited builder for Born-Free! Jordan got involved with the Show Class Magazine People's Champ contest last year and made it to the final round with his amazing panhead, but didn't make it on time due to unforeseen travel issues on their cross country trip to Born-Free 5.

Well, if we'd known what Jordan was capable of and all the top self work that went into his panhead build, we woulda brought him into the fold from the get go! Live and learn and let this be a lesson to anyone reading this, we can't be everywhere but your work will hopefully get noticed and things can happen from there!
Anyway, Jordan has been busy this year bending tubes and firing up the TIG welder creating the frame for a sure to be drop-dead Knucklehead.  stay tuned for more!!! You can also follow Jordan on instagram HERE

Here is Jordan's Story about his BF6 build: "Some time last summer after Born Free 5, my brother Josh and I were sitting at a local bike show here called Bearded Lady.  He had been staring at my build from last year for probably a half hour, then he smiled real big and said "Alright, what's it going to take for you to build me one?"  to which I promptly laughed in his face and brushed him off with a "You can't afford to have me build you a bike like that."  (He's my brother, by law I have to give him a hard time.)  We laughed for a minute and then he quickly circled back, No but really, what will it take?  I want you to build me a bike.
Alright I said, I tell you what, If you pay for all the parts and give me complete creative freedom then I'll build you a bike.....But only if I get asked to build a bike for Born-Free 6.  I knew I couldn't afford to build another crazy bike two years in a row, so it seemed like a win win.  A deal was struck, and I'll be god damned if I didn't get a call a couple weeks later from you guys asking if I would build a bike for the show this year.  I honestly didn't see that coming, and now that meant I had to stand behind my word to my brother and deliver the goods. 

The premise of the bike will be pretty straight forward.  It's going to have a classic feel to it, because I want it to be something he will like for years to come.  No trendy bullshit that won't be cool in two years.  I'm sticking with stock geometry on the frame to keep a short and low profile.  The shape for it however is massively different.  I started with a stainless single down tube neck and axle plates from John at Hardtail Choppers Inc.  in Washington and ran that into a bit of a VL inspired engine cradle that I whipped up.  I curved the tubing for the chain and seat stays, and then I lugged all the joints to give it the feel like it was from an early style era of construction. 

We're running a 93" S/S knucklehead motor that will have some pretty heavy modifications done to it.  The concept I'm working on for the gas tank, oil tank, and fender should potentially be a challenge to create.  So hopefully that means I'm pushing myself far enough out of any kind of comfort zone I may have with that.  If successful it should look like something off a 50's spaceship or something.  Who knows, I could waste a whole bunch of steel on dogshit ideas.  He's going to ride the piss out of this bike, so everything we do will still be centered heavily around functionality and how it fits to him and his comfort on the bike.  If people want to catch as much of the details on the build, they can check us out on Instagram (Pineapple_Jay) or Facebook (Jordan Levi Dickinson) as that's where I update the most with what we're doing every week."