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[RideApart] - IMS’s J and P Cycles Ultimate Builder Winners Announced

IMS’s J and P Cycles Ultimate Builder Winners Announced

J and P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show crowns its 2018 winners at the penultimate stop on the Progressive International Motorcycle Show’s Tour, dishing out six-figures in cash and prizes in Chicago.

Every year, Progressive’s International Motorcycle Shows plays host to the J and P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show, the self-proclaimed world’s largest motorcycle builder competition. The competition features*more than 350*one-off motorcycles from amateur and professional builders alike. On February 9-11, the 2017-2018 Championship round was held at IMS’s Chicago stop, where winners were crowned and more than $70K in prizes were awarded.

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The customs are scattered around each of the annual show’s venues—in Chicago’s case, the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center—where they compete in one of four classes: Freestyle, Modified Harley, Modified Retro, and Custom Street. Competitors battle it out for the various category awards: People’s Choice Award, two Editor’s Choice awards, Best Bagger, Best Chopper, Best Dyna/FXR, The K and N Award, and the ultra prestigious Jeff Holt Tortilla Award. The ultimate goal is to be selected to move-on to the Championship round in*Chicago*-*where $70,000 in cash and prizes are at stake. The judges evaluate each machine based on creativity, craftsmanship, and building ability. The panel of expert judges this year included Chris Callen, editor, Cycle Source Magazine; Chris Theis, custom builder and stuntman; Evan Favaro, custom builder; George Stinsman, custom builder; Max Ness of Arlen Ness Motorcycles; and Nick Beaulieu, custom builder and 2017 champion.


This year the official “King of the Builders” went to a custom from Motorcycle Missions - a nonprofit corporation founded by Krystal Hess that helps veterans and first responders with PTSD *and suicidal ideation “find hope and healing through motorcycles”. As part of Motorcycle Missions’ build mentorship program, eight veterans worked together to create the 2018 winning bike: “Porterhead” (this story's cover photo) a gorgeous Shovelhead-powered board track racer named after Leslie Porterfield who holds a handful of land-speed records.

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“The J and P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show is one of the most competitive events in the custom motorcycle building industry," said Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show Manager Jeff Najar. "Every year we are amazed at the craftsmanship, time, and hard work that goes into the entries in each city. We had an amazing championship round in Chicago this year that featured many breathtaking custom motorcycles, and we are very excited to crown Motorcycle Missions Veterans as the official 2018 ‘King of the Builders.’”


The rest of the 2018 championship winners and runner-ups were:

Freestyle:

-Winner and 2018 King of the Builders: Motorcycle Missions Veterans
-Runner Up: Chris Moose

Modified Harley presented by Harley-Davidson:

-Winner: Jesse Srpan of Raw Iron Choppers
-Runner Up: Tyler Foster of Sikpipes

Modified Retro:

-Winner: Darrel Johnson
-Runner Up: Andrew Fredrick

Custom Street:

-Winner: Dale Crawford
-Runner Up: PJ Grakauskas


AND CHROME: Bike of the Week: Custom Works Zon’s “Zonnegodin”

Additional sponsors of the J and P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show include: Atomic Dice, Arlen Ness, Backbone Built Bikes, Bell Helmets, Belt Drives Ltd., Carolina Ceramic Coating, Cycle Source Magazine, DB Fab LLC., Harley-Davidson, Hot Bike Magazine, HY-PRO Lifts, iceengineworks, Joker Machine, Kens Factory, Kirsh Helmets, Klock Werks, K, Led Sled Customs, The Leatherworks, Lucas Motorcycle Oil, Paughco, Rinehart Racing, Suspension Technologies USA, TCX, Ukoala, Vance Hines, the VIP Alliance, and Working Man’s Customs.

Cover photo of Motorcycle Missions' “Porterhead”*courtesy of Progressive International Motorcycle Shows.

Other photos by Tim Huber

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