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The Frisco Bobber Harley-Davidson By Charlie Stockwell & Warr’s

Jason — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:47:13 +0000

This great Bobber once again comes from our friend Charlie Stockwell. Charlie Stockwell has operated out of the King’s Road workshops of Warr’s Harley-Davidson since 1996. Having spent 15 years working, living and breathing everything Harley-Davidson you would expect someone a little older but this guy is at the tender age of 31.

When Charlie was asked by his customer, John Hardcastle, to transform his H-D Crossbones into something unique, Charlie offered him to start a project that crossed styles both from the Far East and 1970′s California.
A mix of raw materials, traditional practices and hand crafted bodywork. Glowing metal flake paintwork. As with all of Charlie and Warr’s custom Harleys he insists on using the original chassis, engine, transmission and electrics. Keeping these components on every bike make each one as reliable and ridable as the original Harley.
After stripping the bike down, the engine cases and every nut and bolt were sent away to be nickel plated (something regularly seen on Warr’s vintage and custom bikes). The transmission covers covered in glossy black powder coat. He junked the original Crossbones bodywork and opted for a 2010 Sportster tank and internal fuel pump. It needed a little modification before it would fit the Softail chassis and due to the decrease in fuel capacity he sourced a Moon Eyes 1lt fuel flask to strap to the swingarm. The fenders were hand rolled by friends of his in Japan. It may seem like a long way to go to have the fenders made but Charlie wanted to not only use some of the influence from his days of travelling around Asia but have the guys he met make something for the bike too. As with many of his bikes, Wild Hog in Italy hand made and stitched all of the leather work. Saddle, side bag and fuel flask retaining straps. Charlie re-laced the original rear wheel hub onto a 16×3.5 rim and used the original Crossbones front wheel then wrapped them in Coker Rubber. Black front tire and twin whitewall for the rear.
All of the brass components, except the gas cap, were machined at the Warr’s workshops. Grips, pegs, spacers and mounts. The handlebars are a pair of Sportster Iron bars with the paint striped back and polished.
The headlamp was mounted low down on the left hand side of forks to keep the front end clean and springs exposed. A small side mount license plate holder was fabricated to also hold the rear light.
The incredible paintwork and pin striping is courtesy of Keith Baker of Classic Cycle Works. Charlie has had Keith paint everyone of his custom Harleys to date and says he wouldn’t use anyone else! “To keep with the theme of the bike we wanted to use a deep ‘Root Beer’ and orange candy over a mix of gold and silver flake”. Quite an iconic colour form the 70′s California scene. Then the details would be in the pin striping and the use of white gold and gold leaf. The end result is quite amazing. The depth of colour and dance like movement in the metalflake is awesome!
The bike was named the Frisco Bobber and rightly so. Branded in gold leaf across the oil tank.

Spec:

Credits
Photos: MLPro
Writer: Emily Scott-Tao (Freelance Automotive)

General
Frisco Bobber
Base model: 2010 Crossbones
Builder: Charlie Stockwell of Warr’s Harley-Davidson
Time: 6 weeks
City: London
Country: England
Web: www.warrs.com

Engine
Harley-Davidson Twin Cam B
96ci
H-D Delphi Fuel Injection
Air Cleaner:, Warr’s Cali’ Chrome & Copper
Exhaust: Modified originals
Trans: H-D 6 Speed

Rolling Chassis & Accessories
Frame: H-D Softail
Rake: Stock
Fork: H-D Springer
Headlight: Warr’s Springer Side Mount 4″
Handlebars: 883 Iron
Risers: Brass
Hand controls: Warr’s
Foot Controls: H-D Softail Forward Controls
Front Wheel: 3.5 x 16
Rear Wheel: 3.5 x 16″
Front Tire: Coker
Rear Tire: Coker
Brakes: H-D
Fuel Tank: Modified Sportster & Moon Eyes Emergency tank
Oil Tank: H-D Softail
Seat: Wild Hog for Warr’s
Saddlebag: Wild Hog for Warr’s
Rear Fender: Yoshi for Warr’s
Front Fender: Yoshi for Warr’s

Paint & Pinstripe: Keith Baker – Classic Cycle Works
Copper & Nickel plating: London Chroming Co.
Design & Build: Charlie Stockwell

For more of Charlie’s work at Warr’s Harley-Davidson please go to www.warrs.com, Warr’s official twitter page: www.twitter.com/warrscustoms and their official facebook page: www.facebook.com/warrscustoms

Unorthodox by Warr’s Charlie Stockwell of Warr’s London

Jason — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:33:23 +0000

London based custom Harley-Davidson^® designer Charlie Stockwell of Warr’s Harley-Davidson, Europe’s oldest Harley dealership, introduces his latest creation. ‘Unorthodox’.

It’s a striking distance from the designs we are used to from Stockwell and Warr’s H-D. Best known for his award winning and trend setting vintage designs, no-one was expecting such a bike to be wheeled out of the Warr’s workshop on the King’s Road in the heart of Chelsea. He dared to break tradition and did exactly that. A breath taking cocktail of chrome and carbon fibre. Neo-vintage styling. No leather or tassels on this Harley.

Nearly everything on ‘Unorthodox’ is hand made by Stockwell himself. The original Harley-Davidson^® Fatboy^® was stripped down leaving just the engine and chassis. The oil tank was removed from beneath the seat and the chassis re-shaped to drop the solid one-of-a-kind carbon fibre solo saddle to an extreme slammed ride height. A new oil tank was fabricated to fit inside the original, tear-drop shaped, Fatboy fuel tank. Stockwell crafted the high-low dual exhaust system which rather cleverly houses the rear lights in the carbon mufflers. To enhance the bikes fierce stance only a pair of MotoGP spec Ohlins front forks will do. It doesn’t stop there, custom made CNC triple trees mount the forks to the frame. Brembo monobloc calipers are fitted to deal with the brute force of the new tuned 113ci Screamin’Eagle H-D Engine which has been treated with glossy black powder coat and the cooling fins Diamond Cut for a show sparkle. Carbon fibre, race style clip-on handlebars are fitted with Performance Machine controls to match the huge wheels wrapped in Metzeler rubber, 3″ open primary drive and foot controls.

For more info please visit our friends at
Warr’s Harley-Davidson

Brimstone Quadracycle – Quad Rod

Jason — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:00:44 +0000

By Bill McGuire

Photography by Wes AlIison

Good news, HOT ROD readers. You just thought you were crazy. In truth, you’re only mildly colorful. Oh sure, you’ve often reflected on how your taste in transportation trends toward the outlandish, if not the extreme. And given all those long hours you’ve spent in the garage building such machines, friends and family have mentioned (frequently) how your behavior might be described as, well, obsessive. However, when it comes to over-the-top road vehicles and the mentally questionable commitment required to construct them, you’d have a hard time matching Joe Skonecki. Just look at what he built. Compared with him, you can consider yourself almost normal. This dude is totally nuts, and we mean that in the best possible way. We come in praise of this form of insanity.

Via: Hotrod.com

Russell Mitchell’s Exile, The Anti-Chopper Chopper

Jason — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:03:06 +0000

Past History with Russell Mitchell

By Mark Masker

Photography by Courtesy Of Exile Cycles, Howard Kelly, Ernie Lopez, Mark Masker

Not all of the famous builders got started early on. Some were in grade school (or younger) when Street Chopper first hit the stands. Russell Mitchell was one of them. He was born in Frampton on Severn, a small farming village in the west of England. They barely had color TV, let alone imported American chopper magazines back then. When he hit his teens, he was a huge skateboarder but by the time he was 16 he’d made the jump to a motor and two wheels and hasn’t looked back since. “I had a buddy of mine who was big into cars who’d occasionally come across American bike magazines like Street Chopper. I remember seeing crazy things like Arlen’s two-engine Sportster,” he reflected.

There were local custom chop rags too, though. Back Street Heroes was one of the more successful European chopper books, and Russell agreed that Street Chopper and other American biker magazines influenced it. “The whole custom bike scene in England at that time (mid-to-late ’70s) was very fledgling,” Russell told us. At the time, people went as flashy as possible, including him, believe it or not. Don’t believe us? Take a look at his first custom job: a coffin-tanked Lambretta scooter. No, you read it right. His first build was actually a chopperized scooter. “I was part of a small faction called The Scooter Scum and we did everything we could to piss off the straight mod scooter contingency by doing everything we could to make our scooters look like choppers.” Saying he did that with the Lambretta would be an exercise in understatement. In its stock form the scooter’s gas tank sat under the seat; Russell threw that out and swapped in a coffin tank atop the chassis spine. He also hand made solid hex steel forks, heated up in a forge, and twisted in a hair pin. The paint? Not exactly the flat black that’s Exile Cycle’s signature move. Try a warrior carrying off a naked chick on the back of a sabertooth tiger. “I named it Exile and it won all the shows but it was the sort of deal where you had to have chrome everything. We had a shop in Birmingham that was our go-to place. Bitchin’ chrome, but it was horribly expensive.”

Via: Streetchopperweb.com

Thunder Struck Custom Chopper – Twisted

Jason — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:15:15 +0000

By: Mark Daley

TWISTED finished top fifty at the AMD world championship of custom bike building
held in Las Vegas 2005.

PAINT AND GRAPHICS DENNIS EPPLE; COLOR TWISTED GREEN WITH
BLACK AND SILVER GRAPHICS.

Via: Thunderstruckcustombikes.com

Evolution Custom Motorcycles

Jason — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:52:43 +0000

In the designers words: Our theory of Evolution is based on the fact that no two bikes should be the same, just like no two bike owners are the same. That’s why every Evolution custom is truly one-of-a-kind creation, and not based on a production model with factory options.

So, if you want an original bike built to your exact design and performance specs, bring us your ideas, and let’s talk about Evolution…from the ground up. We’ll guide you through a library of components, parts and accessories, as well as the custom fabrication steps required to build your new bike.

Once your selections are made, we’ll provide you with a detailed cost outline and a work schedule.

Fin out more at: Evolutioncustoms.com

Thunder Struck Custom Chopper – SOUL SHAKER

Jason — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:24:17 +0000

by Mark Daley

Featured on the cover of V-Twin Magazine (May 2008 issue). A 120 cubic inch Accurate Engineering Outlaw Pan Head, dual SS carbs. Baker 6 speed trans, Thunderstruck belt drive. Thunderstruck/Ego Trip Wheels. All sheet metal & accessories work by Mark Daley. Paint by Mad Gini.

Owners: John and Dee Barker, Grants Pass OR.

Via: ThunderStruckcustombikes

Thunder Struck Custom Choppers – Hammer

Jason — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:49:52 +0000

Built with a 147 cubic inch Engenuity engine, Thunderstruck Ego tripp wheels.

Baker 6 speed transmission, custom sheet metal, Thunderstruck Billet 4 U belt drive.

Via: Thunderstruckcustombikes.com

1969 Triumph Tiger And 2001 Harley-Davidson Sportster Sport – Double Down

Jason — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:10:04 +0000

Michael Chan’s Got Both Covered

By Mark Masker

Photography by Ed Subias

Via: Streetchopperweb.com

Kustoms of America – Some of the hottest customs under one roof

Jason — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:03:41 +0000

In his teen years, George Barris, legendary Kustom car builder from California, formed a local car club named ” Kustom Car Club”. In the mid ’40s, it became “Kustoms of Los Angeles”. Again in 1949 George changed the name to “Kustoms of America”.He advertised in all the small car books and at one time it was reported to have over 20,000 members.

See gallery photos from Easy Ridder Event 2009

Via: Kustomautos.com