It's Time for the Hand Built Motorcycle Show -- April 14th, 15th, 16th

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If you haven't been to the Hand Built Show here in Austin, you've missed a whole lot of fun.  It's kinda like seeing motorcycles as art...



Here's their info page...
https://revivalcycles.com/pages/handbuilt-motorcycle-show

See ya there!

 

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Here's some bikes I saw at the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show...

This custom board tracker has a 1916 Harley motor...


I spoke briefly with the builder...he found this motor working as a water pump on a farm a few years ago!  


How about a chopped out Honda XL250R?


...or this hot rod scooter?


These velocity stacks actually work on this Goldwing...


I think this is a fuel injection system...


Not sure what this is...


Incredible detail...


Anyway, this is just a micro-sample of the bikes that were at the show.  It's mighty fun to see all these bikes as works of art and it's easy to appreciate the skill to create 'em.

 

[Jess from VA]

Thanks for sharing the pics F.   

I believe this is the goofiest motorcycle I've ever seen.   

[Kiwitex]

Thanks for sharing the pics F.   

I believe this is the goofiest motorcycle I've ever seen.   

I dunno.... there's some pretty stiff competition for that title!

[Kiwitex]

https://search.brave.com/images?q=goofiest%20looking%20motorcycle&source=web


If for some reason my link doesn't work, do an image search on your favorite search engine for "goofiest looking motorcycles" it will be entertaining.

To the OP, thanks for sharing, I hadn't even heard of that show before. I will look out for it next year.

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I believe this is the goofiest motorcycle I've ever seen.   

Yeah, you gotta wonder what compelled someone to chop an XL250R frame and then put a CR500 motor in it!

My favorite goofy bike was this one...


Pull start motor...


And crazy drivetrain...


Not sure what it is...

[Jess from VA]

A hardtail knobby chopper with a screaming 3.5HP Briggs and Stratton powerplant. 

All that stuff is art for sure and took time and imagination to make.

 

[Rocketman]

Definitely some interesting bikes there.  The work is impressive.
That Wing has me wondering what qualifies as "hand built".  There's a big gray fuzzy line between "hand modded" and "hand built".

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No tellin' what went into that Wing.  The pictures don't do it justice, but the custom paint was beautiful.  If I had a complaint about the show (other than the ticket prices going up), I'd complain that there was little to no information about the bikes this year.  In the past, the builders filled out a hand written card with some explanation of what work they had done to their bikes and a bit of the bike's history. 
This year, they displayed nicely printed cards with the builder's name and where they were from...that's it!  I did meet the guy who built that 1916 board tracker and it was great talking to him about the bike.

From Revival Cycle's website (the Handbuilt host)...
"Although in today’s modern mass-produced world few young people are taught how to do physical work or are encouraged to embrace a trade, there remains a universal attraction to the beauty that can only be formed by human hands.

It is our vision that those that visit The Handbuilt Motorcycle Show will be inspired to pick up tools and use their hands to make something of their own."