Is it show standard?
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From: So California
Years ago, leaving an ABATE toy run I saw a ribbon hanging off my grip.
Me and the ex wondered out loud what is was for. The bike was parked like everyone else in the parking area.
A huge guy standing nearby said, "Rider's choice 1st place award."
Another guy who had a year newer FXSTC with tons of gold plating was standing close by with a pissed off look.
Me and the ex wondered out loud what is was for. The bike was parked like everyone else in the parking area.
A huge guy standing nearby said, "Rider's choice 1st place award."
Another guy who had a year newer FXSTC with tons of gold plating was standing close by with a pissed off look.
Cruiser
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From: Baltimore
Just enter it. Have fun. Buy something at the show, and look at all the other bikes. The guy that had my bike before I bought it showed it several times. He won a bunch with only bolt on changes. Lots of chrome and a very clean appearance. Don't worry so much.
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From: Dayton
Years ago, leaving an ABATE toy run I saw a ribbon hanging off my grip.
Me and the ex wondered out loud what is was for. The bike was parked like everyone else in the parking area.
A huge guy standing nearby said, "Rider's choice 1st place award."
Another guy who had a year newer FXSTC with tons of gold plating was standing close by with a pissed off look.
Me and the ex wondered out loud what is was for. The bike was parked like everyone else in the parking area.
A huge guy standing nearby said, "Rider's choice 1st place award."
Another guy who had a year newer FXSTC with tons of gold plating was standing close by with a pissed off look.
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From: Driftless Area
Every once in a while, I'll enter my Shovel in a show because that's where the good parking is. I don't pay extra to do it, and sometimes I leave before the judging. Every time I have stayed around long enough, there has been a trophy sitting next to it when I came back. There was a local shop that put their fresh build up against my high-mileage ride and got kinda pissy when I started taking the huge trophy apart so I could fit it in the bag. I offered them the big half.
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Hell, I've seen some that wouldn't run because they had no pistons, rods, crank, pushrods, valves, etc. You can put more money in the shiny bling stuff if you don't waste it on parts that you can't see.
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8 or 9 years ago a bunch of us pulled into Willie's Tropical Tattoo on bike show day during bike week.
My buddy pulled into the the front lot for convenience and basically paid to park.
He was riding a garage built old school chopper he built. It had started life 20 years earlier as a bagger. Had done all the fabrication himself including the paint and hard leather seat. A rider, not a show bike. No bling, no flash. Just a traditional stripped stretched hardtail chopper. The judges started quizzing him on what he did and how he did it. He told them what he had done. Basically cutting torch, welder, grinder, hammer and wrenches. Showed them the paint on his shoes from shooting it.
He left with the win.
If you want to see old school bikes being shown, ******* Tropical Tattoo is the place you should not miss.
My buddy pulled into the the front lot for convenience and basically paid to park.
He was riding a garage built old school chopper he built. It had started life 20 years earlier as a bagger. Had done all the fabrication himself including the paint and hard leather seat. A rider, not a show bike. No bling, no flash. Just a traditional stripped stretched hardtail chopper. The judges started quizzing him on what he did and how he did it. He told them what he had done. Basically cutting torch, welder, grinder, hammer and wrenches. Showed them the paint on his shoes from shooting it.
He left with the win.
If you want to see old school bikes being shown, ******* Tropical Tattoo is the place you should not miss.
Last edited by Jonesee; Feb 15, 2013 at 11:00 PM.
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