Painting
by Martin Bouchard (Fitto)
ULTIMATE
AIR AFFAIR
2011 - USA
Did you know that there’s an
Arabian Nights tale for airbrush
artists? Let me tell you about this
new version entitled “Alibaba and
the Magic Airbrush Cave”.
The famous magic cave is located
in Salt Lake City, Utah. In fact this
place is called Aset and the event
I had been invited to attend was
called the Ultimate Air Affair.
In a huge warehouse sat several
Hot Rods, extreme custom bikes
and an exhibition hall, plus everything
related to airbrush beyond
imagination.
Technical
by André Bobinas
SCHLAGLOCH,
BUCA, GRAMA,
KUIL, BACHE,
RASTEIRA, NID
DE POULE.
These are some of the
words used just before a
swear word and their meaning is POT HOLE!
Where I’m from we deal with the worst
roads in the country and plenty of swear words
are used when describing them. Just ask any
Quebec rider! Sometimes I feel like I’m riding a
rodeo bull that
has his balls
tied to his tail.
So this brings
me to the subject
at hand –
Suspensions.
I’m going to bring you back to when you were
knee high to a Brussels sprout. Remember riding
your bicycle with rigid front and rear wheels? The
way you created suspension was raising yourself
off the seat and using your legs as shocks.
That worked pretty good back then but hey, now
you’re older and
Our Readers
Ticking Time Bomb
By Chris Valagao (Heathen) / Bob Lund
This story starts like many others. I’ve been messing
around with motorcycles since I was twelve. My grandmother’s
house was across the street from a club wrench
that was a bit of a big-twin guru. At a very young age I was
influenced by the British Columbia chopper style. Rigid,
wide glide, trailer fenders, sporty gas tank and shotgun
pipes. I’d watch those bikes roar up and down the street
with pretty young things sitting on the p-pads and I’d say
to myself “one day I’m gonna have one”! Fast forward to
the early nineties; my hunt was on. Checking the local
classifieds every week I found that all the big twins were
way out of my price range. Then when I came across an ad
for a BSA lightning chopper, I didn’t waste any time. I drove
for a couple of hours to see the thing and what I found was
a hard tail frame, twisted springer, an engine and a
mustang tank. There were also milk crates full of trashed
crap but it was a good start. The guy selling it was a mountain
of a guy and he wanted fifteen hundred dollars for it. I told
him all I had was a thousand bucks so with a growl he said
“okay, if you promise to ride it and not sell it”!
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Send photos of your bike, your trips, your
parties, Memories, events, etc.
The funniest will be published. Winner of the year will get full page (once a year).
You must leave your name, address and phone number at the back of each photo
with short description. If you include a pre-stamped and pre-addressed envelope
we will send it back to you.
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Old School
A.L. CHOPPERS; A Family Tradition
Since the early 1960s Al Patterson has enjoyed the great adventures of
motorcycling. In 1964, at age fourteen, he ran an old 45 cubic inch Harley-
Davidson Flathead. Being a native of Toronto and hanging around “the
village” his foresight into custom bike building was greatly influenced by the
likes of the local motorcycle club members who rode incredible looking machines.
Al customized his first bike by shooting it with a custom paint job
and having the front end completely chromed. His second bike was a brand
new Triumph Bonneville which he rode for two years until the urge was overwhelming
– some serious chopping ensued.
In the late 1960s Al took a few trips to the United States. It was at this time
that Al fortunately witnessed firsthand the beginnings of an extraordinary
culture, the chopper culture to be more precise. This was also the time that
iconic magazines like Street Chopper and Easyriders were just starting
out. These magazines greatly influenced the new chopper lifestyle. Hardly
anything was going on in Canada when it came to custom bikes but Al
was so excited about the new phenomenon that he started doing what
Interview - CARRIER HARLEY-DAVIDSON
Last August 17 in Saint-Hyacinthe
in Quebec Carrier H-D, the newest
Harley-Davidson retailer in Canada,
officially opened. Many guests
attended the big open house event,
including CEO Don James Hunter
and Malcolm Deeley from Harley-
Davidson® Canada as well as clients
and friends.
The Carriers first family business was in the
field of landscaping: Alain Carrier Inc. Landscape
and Gardening Centre. Afterwards the
Carrier family created a rapidly flourishing
enterprise that employs today over one
hundred people. Very soon after the start of
their business venture, the Carriers were
able to diversify and moved into the field of
motorcycles. Their assets include severa
