On Location: Born-Free 14

Born-Free is the largest and most prestigious chopper show in North America. Custom motorcycles of all kinds show up, but the emphasis is on vintage and vintage-inspired choppers. 26 invited builders highlight this 14th edition of the show. They had 8 months to create something wild. Just being invited is accomplishment enough, while a few will receive additional honors such as best Panhead, best Knucklehead, and best in show. Born-Free 14 was held on June 24-25 in Silverado Canyon, Orange County, California.

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Every Chopper at Born-Free Video from Throttle Addiction

 

"196 custom motorcycles shot in 4K and shown in detail! If you like looking at choppers, you'll love this video. We shot all of these at Born-Free 14 held in Orange County, California, June 24th-25th, 2023. Born-Free invited builders to make up the beginning of our video, with Ride Ins and Special Guests following, sorted by motor."-Throttle Addiction

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Jordan Mastagni, Owner and President of Hot Bike Magazine

From our sponsor @RussBrownMotorcycleAttorneys - Watch the story of how an employee took ownership of Hot Bike Magazine. Jordan Mastagni has been around the motorcycle community for decades and has also worked with Motor Trend, Arch Motorcycles, Cycle World Magazine, Bagger Magazine, and Street Chopper.

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The Legendary Sturgis Buffalo Chip is the place to be during Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. They bring the big-name bands and are known as The Best Party Anywhere! Watch to learn how “Woody” transformed 20 acres of cow pasture into the 600-acre motorcycle destination and concert venue. Interviewer: Rusty Coones, legendary bike builder and actor from the TV shows Sons of Anarchy and Mayans M.C.

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On location: The National Motorcycle Museum

The National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa, is closing on September 5th, 2023. We traveled to Iowa to tour the museum and capture the impressive collection before it is actioned off and pieced out to new owners. The bulk of the museum was curated by the founders of J&P Cycles, John and Jill Parham. At the time of our visit, the museum housed more than 300 vintage and important motorcycles and more than 6,000 pieces of road art. The museum has brought joy to thousands of enthusiasts and is a testament to John and Jill Parham's contributions to the motorcycling community. We were lucky enough to spend three days in town and still weren't able to see it all. We learned a ton and felt blessed that we were able to experience so much history in one place.

The museum is closing for financial reasons. With the relocation of J&P Cycles from Anamosa to Texas, the amount of visitors to the small community of about 5,000 people hasn't been enough to maintain and house such a large and significant collection. While it's sad that the museum is closing, we can't thank the founders and staff enough for providing an incredible experience to so many riders for as long as they did.

A huge thank you to Jill Parham and Dave Ohrt for welcoming us to the museum and taking the time to chat with us. And another thank you to the staff members who helped us navigate the collection.

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On Location: The David Mann Chopperfest

The David Mann Chopperfest is one of the premiere chopper shows in the United States. The event is held in honor of legendary biker artist David Mann and brings hundreds of custom motorcycles and kustom kulture artists to the California coast each winter. This recap film covers the 17th edition of the festival, held at the Ventura County Fairgrounds on Sunday February 12th, 2023. Thank you to Rets Riding Glasses for sponsoring our coverage of the event.

Our recap video contains nearly two hours of footage of the best Knuckleheads, Panheads, Shovelheads, Triumphs, Evolution Big Twins, Sportster choppers, and many many more. We also interviewed some talented builders and artists to dig deeper into some of the stories behind these bikes. 

The David Mann Chopperfest pays tribute to the brilliant artist who continues to inspire so many bike builders to this day, and is named in his honor. Tragically, the chopper community recently lost another influential member in David "Huggy Bear" Hansen(right). David founded David Mann Chopperfest 17 years ago and has been organizing the event ever since. He also owned and ran The Shop in Ventura, which has been a staple in the vintage bike scene for 50 years. We were lucky enough to speak with David Hansen and his son Tory while we filmed this video back in February. Our video is dedicated to David's memory and we thank him for his numerous contributions to the culture we all enjoy so much.

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New Video from Throttle Addiction

Seth goes set by step through the simplest method to wiring an Evolution Big Twin chopper. He uses an Ultima programmable ignition and Throttle Addiction's Evolution Big Twin Wiring Harness Kit to rewire the War Horse from the ground up. The entire wiring of the motorcycle can be accomplished with just a few simple pieces.

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New Video Drop!

Shovelheads forever! Or at least for 48 minutes. Here are some of our favorite Shovelhead choppers we've shot over the past year or so. We've got bikes from Born-Free 12, Born-Free 13, Fuel Cleveland 2022, and Born-Free Texas. Super picky and only like Slabside shovels? That's the first half of the video. Cone Shovels more your thing? Those start at about minute 23.

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New Video Drop!

Panheads forever! Or at least for 40 minutes. Here are some of our favorite Panhead choppers we've shot over the past year or so. We've got bikes from Born-Free 12, Born-Free 13, Fuel Cleveland 2022, Born-Free Texas, and Mama Tried 2022. We love custom vintage Harley-Davidsons and strive to create videos that give you time to soak in the details of these incredible machines. Enjoy!

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NEW VIDEO DROP!

Shovelheads forever! Or at least for 48 minutes. Here are some of our favorite Shovelhead choppers we've shot over the past year or so. We've got bikes from Born-Free 12, Born-Free 13, Fuel Cleveland 2022, and Born-Free Texas. Chopper Giveaway!!! More details here.

Super picky and only like Slabside shovels? That's the first half of the video. Cone Shovels more your thing? Those start at about minute 23. ChopCult.com is the largest community of chopper builders anywhere.

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From our friends at Throttle Addiction

"We completed the cleanup of our chopper's front end! In this video, Seth shows how to install a set of aftermarket hand controls. In part one of our front-end clean-up series, Seth rebuilt the front forks, turned down the front fender mounts, and installed fork tube cap extensions. Check that video out here."- Throttle Addiction

New video from Throttle Addiction

Seth shows how to remove the fender mounts from Sportster fork lowers. He also removes the reflectors, rebuilds the forks and installs fork tube extension caps. This is the first half of our two part video series on cleaning up the front end of our Evolution Sportster chopper running Throttle Addiction's Deluxe Sportster Hardtail kit.

On Location: Fuel Cleveland

Fuel Cleveland is a custom motorcycle show featuring bike builders, motorcycle artists, and a whole lot of custom vans. For 2022, the party was held south of Cleveland in Cuyahoga Valley National Park at Hale Farm. They couldn't have picked a better setting for the work on display. We spotted clean Panhead choppers, beefy Evo choppers, and some of the best custom Sportsters we've seen. Some super talented people also took the time to chat with us a bit about their work. Enjoy the show!

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Fuel Cleveland: Website / @fuelcleveland

Almost there!

When my boss started talking about the new Born-Free video, he said it would hit over 100k views. Honestly, I thought he was aiming a bit high, but it seems he was right, yeah I said it, I was wrong he was right. We just rolled 91k and it's still climbing. Here's to reaching 100k views and more. Cheers!

Check out our Born-Free 13 video

The Born-Free custom motorcycle show is known world-wide for good reason. More than 30 elite bike builders grind it out in their garages for months, prepping their best work for this show. At stake is the notoriety of being declared the best-of-the-best. A few coveted spots at the 30th Mooneyes Hot Rod Custom show in Yokohama, Japan also sweeten the pot. We took our time filming each of these insane bikes, so you can drink in all the sweet details from the comfort of your couch. The night before Born-Free is another fierce battle between bike builders.

The Biltwell People's Champ competition is held at the legendary Cook's Corner bike bar, a few miles down the road from Born-Free. 6 finalists from a pool of hundreds ride their choppers to the show for a shot at ten grand and a place at Born-Free with the invited builders. We made sure to shoot all of their bikes as well. Not to be forgotten, are the hundreds of ride-ins, vendor bikes, and special guests. We couldn't include all of these, but we threw in a couple we know you'll dig.

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Schwinn Sting-ray inspired Motorcycle | 1978 Yamaha XS650 by Motorelic

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One of the most recognizable bicycles of all time just hit its growth spurt thanks to Sean Skinner at Motorelic. Sean started this project back in 2016 by creating a custom frame. Then he found a re-phased 1978 Yamaha XS650 engine and went from there. We caught up with him at Mama Tried 2022 to get a closer look at the finished product.

Video produced for ChopCult by our friends at Throttle Addiction.

Father + Son Share Life Building Choppers | A ChopCult Feature

Some families play board games. Others sell OEM Knuckleheads for $800, take over small-town graveyards, and rip 1949 Panhead frames off each other. Welcome to the Rodriguez shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; where Bill and Carlos are working to pass their passion for vintage motorcycles on to future generations. They were kind enough to invite us on a tour of their shop and shared stories with us about the impressive bikes they’ve built. Please give the video a like and subscribe to our channel!

Have you?

Have you checked out our Mama Tried video yet? If not, grab a tasty treat, kick back and enjoy!