Born-Free 6 Award Winners

Born-Free 6 Awards and Winners

1-Best In Show-Brent Rogers 1946 Harley Knucklehead built by Kiyo’s Garage (also Mooneyes Pick)

2-Invited Builder First Place-Kosuke Saito of Sunrise Cycles 1936 Harley Knucklhead

3-Invited Builder Second Place- Brandon Casquilho of Mullins Chain Drive 1967 Harley Shovelhead

4-Invited Builder Third Place-Tom Fugle Harley Panhead chopper

5-BF Founders Invited Builder Pick-Jason Sheets of Sheets Welding and Machine 1958 Harley Panhead

6-Most Outstanding- Sin Takizawa 1932 Harley with Koslow OHV conversion

7-People’s Choice- Larry Pierce of Garage Company Customs 1948 Harley UL

8-Best Knucklehead-Dan “Bacon” Carr 1941 Harley

9-Best Panhead- The Harpoon 1950 Harley

10-Best Shovelhead-Kyle Edger 1968 Harley

11-Best Sportster-Paul Ponkow 1960’s Harley Sportster “Exorcist Delight”

12-Best Flathead- Big Joe Lingley 1953 Indian Chief

13-Best Indian-Matt Walksler of Wheels Through Time 1942 Indian Chief

14-Best British-Bryan Thompson 1952 Triumph

15-Best Japanese-Duane Ballard 1981 Kawasaki “Kosmoski”

16-Best Chopper-Bobby “The Leg” Middleton 1948 Harley Pan/Shovel

17-Best Bobber-Ryan Cox 1940 Harley Knucklehead

18-Best Original Jeff Coffman 1948 Harley Panhead

19-Best Modern-Roland Sands KTM 690

20-Best Café-JSK Design Harley Sportster

21-Best Competition-Jasin Phares 1980 Harley Shovelhead

22-Best Paint-Tatsuya Fuji of Duas Caras Cycles 1938 Harley

23-AMCA Pick-Vince’s 1939 Harley Knucklehead

24-Rider Award- Eric 1944 Harley Knucklehead ridden from South Florida

25-Greasy Kulture Magazine Pick-Todd Asin of Small City Cycles 1947 Harley Knucklehead

26-Born-Free Award-Fresno Tom

-Day one motorcycle giveaway winner-Patrick Tracey chose a 1957 Triumph Pre-Unit Trike built by Ryan Mullion of the Tiger Shack. 

-Day two motorcycle giveaway winner-Randy Fajardo won a 1947 Harley Knucklehead Built by Todd Asin of Small City Cycles

Born-Free 6 Programs/Book

Street Chopper and Sailor Jerry have teamed up to provide a Born Free 6 collectible program.

The Invited Builders' Showcase book will be given out for free at the Street Chopper/Sailor Jerry booths during the show and will feature bios on all of the invited builders, what they are building for BF6, as well as some other need-to-know info about the event.

These "mini-pages" books are of a limited edition print run and they will be given out on a first come first served basis, so cruise by the SC/SJ compound early and snatch yours up.

Thanks Street Chopper and Sailor Jerry!

NExt Saturday's Headlining band-The Hell's Belles! All girl AC/DC cover band

Pretty stoked to have The Hell's Belles all girl AC/DC cover band hitting the stage at 3pm on Saturday June 28th right before we do the Builder Awards and Builder bike giveaway.
These chicks are amazing in person and can pull off AC/DC like they wrote it! I saw them in Scottsdale a few years back and have never forgot about it.
Check out their FACEBOOK HERE.
 The show is $10, remember to bring cash at the gate. Kids under 12 are free, no coolers, no pets, no MC club colors.

Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution!!!

Sunday Music At Born-Free

Hey folks need another reason to come to Born-Free on Sunday June 29th ( Day 2) ?  How about some good ole American music! Sam Morrison band opens up bright and early followed by outlaw country's finest Jesse Dayton and closing the show John Doe. We have a have a great line up for Saturday and a official Music Flyer coming soon. .

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Invited Builder Video Series - Trent Schara

Trent from Atomic Customs in New Mexico has been real joy to work with. He is a professional is it gets, super humble, a very diverse & interesting guy..oh and he builds some really..really nice bikes. Check out his video and come see the finished bike at the show....Its next week!!  

Sunrise Cycles/Chopper Fever

Great Video of Kosuke getting hammered and smoking cigs! Take a look.
Chopper Fever/ Sunrise Cycles from Paul Sun on Vimeo.

Don't forget about the GNARBEQUE

Free BBQ at Cooks Corner right after day one is over. Then, after you grind on free BBQ you can head for The Cut Rate's metal show that's only $5. Good Times.

Peoples Champ Party- Friday the 27th

Don't miss this party and these bikes Friday June 27th. All of the bikes these guys have built are awesome and this will be your first chance to see them all! Thanks Show Class!

Invited Builder- Trent Schara

Looks like Trent at Atomic Customs is just about done with his Invited Builder bike! This '64 Pan-Shovel is up for grabs on Saturday June 28th at Born-Free 6 along with about a dozen of our other Invited Builder bikes, it's gonna be exciting! Unless you didn't get your chance to win...CLICK HERE to get the BF6 poster w/free ticket to enter and don't forget to also buy your Fast Pass wristbands for Saturday and/or Sunday if you want to RIDE YOUR BIKE IN AND PARK IN THE SHOW. these are not needed for non-show bikes and walk in people.

ONLINE SALES END MONDAY!!!!

THE CUT RATE presents Thrashing Metal!

This is gonna be a good time for sure. Saturday after day one of Born-Free. Great venue and Oliver from the Cut Rate has put in a lot of work getting all the bands lined up! See ya then Poser. Oh, and the show is only 5 bucks!

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!

    

Wes White Builder Update

Wes is building a full competition bike for his lady...to race!! That's cool. Here are a few words from Wes::

 

Well its crunch time here at the ranch and we are progressing okay with the Humble Bee land speed racing bike.  Just a few more days work and it will be ready to fire.  Anyone who has built a bike knows that the last 20% takes all of the time and I am expecting no different with this one.  Luckily I have had some help lately from some of my Bonneville homies.  We have Philly Dan who came all the way from...well...Philly to give a hand while he was out here on a family outing.  While his wife worked, Dan and daughters were working here on spacers, brake linkages and all the little stuff I forgot to do while mocking up the bike.  As for Rob Bush, my flat tracking buddy and all around good guy, he has been getting in some moto-therapy Tuesdays here at Four Aces and knows his way around a Ceriani front end like nobody's business.  He is a great help whether we be flat tracking or pitting at the Salt Flats.  Kristine Peach continues to help out as well by paying lots of the bills and doing what she can on the bike, which is more than you would think, but she is an experienced Salt Flats crew-person and that means on the job training.  The most tedious and stressful stuff is here tho, making cables running chains and running the bike in is yet to come.  Stay tuned for some graphics too!

 

BF on RevZilla

Check out the article on the show by our old pal Mike Clarke http://www.revzilla.com/hub-born-free-6

Win this bike! Jason Sheets' Panhead

Looks like Jason Sheets is basically done with his BF6 Invited Builder bike! His panhead turned out soooo sweet and how about that killer paintjob by Travis "Tuki" Hess?
Well kids, just remember you could win this bike on Saturday June 28th at Born-Free 6, but only if you've entered to win!!!! Online sales will stop June 16 so do it now!! CLICK HERE You'll have your choice of roughly 12 different bikes on Saturday and an awesome '47 Knucklehead Sunday!

And if you want to ride your vintage bike right into the show and park on the grass this year you'll need one of these for each day. CLICK HERE Get them before they are gone!

ONLINE CUT OFF ONE WEEK AWAY..NEW FREE BF PIN

Hey guys we have only one week until the online cut off on the Fast Pass wristbands and the poster/ free ticket that will enter you to win a bike each day. The Fast Pass will make your life much easier and get you and your bike in quicker than ever before and the poster/ ticket will win you a bike or bikes of your dreams. From today until the cutoff you will receive a new limited edition BF6 lapel pin with purchase of the poster/ticket combo. Get yours now-- CLICK HERE  

Kyle Edgar - Show Class Finalist

 

Kyle Edgar's VL Shovelhead. Kyle is one of the finalist in the Show Class Peoples Champ contest. Come out to the Show Class Party on Friday June 27 th at Cooks Corner where the winner is to be crowded and inserted into the BF Invited Builders.

BORN-FREE YOU TUBE

We have an official You Tube Channel and its loaded with the latest videos and all the fun from past years. Check it out  https://www.youtube.com/user/bornfreeshow/videos
 and check out this video that really started it all...over 25 million views

Show Class Peoples Champ...The Video

Check what Show Class Magazine put together for the 6 finalist of the peoples champ contest. These dudes are all super talented any one could be a BF Builder and in our eyes they all are. The winner will be chosen at the Cooks Corner party Friday night June 27th. The winner will be inserted into the Builder Invite. All of the guys have agreed that if named the winner their bike would go into the giveaway promo for Saturday June 28th. That's right you could win one of these bikes. Go to the party and vote for your favorite. Great Work guys see you all soon.
Born Free 6 Invited Builder Series: The People's Champ from Show Class Magazine on Vimeo.

WIN THIS 47 KNUCKLEHEAD CHOPPER IN 23 DAYS

The BF6 Sunday June 29 th giveaway bike..The 47 Knucklehead Chopper is almost done and we will have it in our hands this weekend. Todd from Small City has done an amazing job on this bike..his first try at building a H-D. Big Thank You to our Top Sponsor and generous supporter Harley-Davidson for making this build happen. Someone will ride this Knucklehead chopper into the California sunset...will it be you? Get your chance now and visit the Lowbrow Customs BF Page before its too late. http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/p3312/buy/misc/born-free-6/born-free-show-born-free-6-poster-amp-raffle-ticket/

Born-Free 6 {{ What You Need To Know }}

Lisa over at Chop Cult ( one of our top sponsors) did a feature on the basics of Born-Free. It's very informative and spells out what we are doing pretty clearly. Please take a look it may help you understand the two days better and enhance your experience.

 

Admission to Born-Free: This year there is a $10.00 admission for per day. You can pay two different ways. The first method is to buy the BF Fast Pass wristband. The band is designed for the rider that wants their vintage bike inside the show grounds. It also will help you get in earlier, quicker and with less disruption than those without it. It will also guarantee your bike will be parked inside the show and not out in the parking lot. If you have a passenger on the bike they need a Fast Pass too. So if you want a shot at winning an award ,your bike to been seen or simply want it inside the show you need to buy a Fast Pass wristband.  This Fast Pass is not for those driving a car or those not wanting their bike inside the show.  Those folks will go with method two. You simply park in the parking lot and pay at the gate. You will receive an entry band once paid.  That's it! To buy a Fast Pass wristband  go to Lowbrow Customs Born-Free page. http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/p3460/buy/misc/born-free-6/born-free-show-admission-quot-fast-pass-quot-wristband-saturday-june-28th/   Online Cut Off for Fast Pass wristbands is Monday June 16th. So don't wait!

 

 

Saturday June 28th: We are doing the Invited Builder awards presentation and giving away one of the participating 12 Invited Builder bikes or the winner of the Show Class Magazine People's Champ promo's bike at approximately 4 pm. Visit the Born-Free Site www.bornfreeshow.com for complete list a builders participating in the Giveaway Promo.  

 

Sunday June 29th: We are doing all the regular awards, approximately 18, The Best In Show & Born-Free Awards and our newest award "The Most Outstanding Motorcycle". We are also giving away the 1947 Knucklehead built by Todd Astin at Small City Cycles in Boise Idaho. The Awards will all begin at approximately 3pm and giveaway to follow. So what does this mean to you? If you want to win one of the participating invited builder bikes or the Show Class People's Champ bike you must be present on Saturday. If you want to win the 1947 Knucklehead you must be present on Sunday. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN THE MOTORCYCLES.  To enter the promo visit the Lowbrow Customs Born-Free page and buy a poster w/ free ticket that will enter you to win. http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/p3312/buy/misc/born-free-6/born-free-show-born-free-6-poster-amp-raffle-ticket/   Online Cut Off for Poster / Ticket Combo that enter you win is Monday June 16th. After the cut off date you will need to buy at the show if we have not sold out.

 

 

The Awards:  The general awards will work as follows: On Saturday the judges will be roaming the grounds searching for their favorite bikes in the categories they have been assigned to judge. The bikes they pick and it could be several in their category will get a sticker on the headlight. It will say "you have been picked"! If you get one of these stickers come to the Born-Free booth and register. This does not mean you have won, it means you need to come back on Sunday, and you are in the running to win your category. We will probably have some kinda goodie bag for you too. On Sunday, the judges will go back out, search the grounds for the bikes they did not see on Saturday, and make sure the bikes they tagged are present then select the winner. It's pretty straight forward and simple.  We will do the same thing for Best In Show, Born-Free and the Most Outstanding Motorcycle awards. Remember the winner of the Best In Show winner will come from the crowd not from the invited builders. The winner will also win a trip to Mooneyes HRCS in Japan with their bike in December. This year more than ever our judges and us will be looking at every bike possible to find the best of the best. If your bike is hidden in a vendor booth it will be tough to find, please don't make it tough to find. So get those bikes done and to the show.

 

 

Born-Free also has a new website www.bornfreeshow.com for the latest news, builder updates, show info and more.  We also have new You Tube Channel loaded with videos  https://www.youtube.com/user/bornfreeshow/videos We have the Born-Free Blog for up to the minute info http://bornfreeshow.blogspot.com/  and lastly if you need more content , our Instagram is @BORNFREESHOW .

 

Video by Daniel James

Ride safe and see you soon!

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