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ISSUE FOUR

GONE BIG & NOT GOING HOME!

Big Chief BaggersValerie Thompson

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Editorial I was reminded of the quote by W.B Yeats recently “There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met”

That is how I feel about the Gazette and everyone & everything we feature within it. This is not merely about showcasing the established talents from bikers across the globe, but also about introducing people who are doing something special and of which we are proud to be associated with.

In this issue there is a leaning towards those that push boundaries, those that inspire with their passions and where we can find creativity in unusual places.

This “underground, overground, wombling free” magazine of ours is dedicated to bring you stories and lives from the biking world…a true cross section of experiences and tastes, of talents & persuasions and we place great value on being different and delivering an alternative perspective of the riders and pillions out there.

The Gazette is reaching out into the world and building a reputation for showcasing the artistic & creative side of ‘motorcycle people’ and is being embraced by readers wishing to read something fresh and exciting but also from bikers wishing to contribute stories or share their talents with us.

I’m thrilled to welcome new readers and new contributing bikers to this and future issues whilst never forgetting the Gazette motto: “Everyone is everything to us” Enjoy The Show! Alf Gasparro - Editor

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Contents 4 - The House Of Vent

6 - Airbrush Lush - Erik Contreras 8 - Finnish Artistic Bikers

14 - Everyday Artisans - Joseph Ideson 15 - Motorcycle Photographic Prowess - Dean Wright

16 - Michael Plain - Ula Chopping Philippines 18 - Talent Search - Biker World Models - Amere’ Ware

19 - Hogtech - Midnight Sun 21 - Proud Owners - Conrad’s V MAX

24 - Short Motorcycle Films - Blood & Oil 26 - Rally Talents Aplenty

30 - Musical Spectrum - Valerios Calocerinos 32 - Exotic Etchings - Talana Gamah

34 - Gravy Engraving - Tony Reynolds 36 - What The Bloody Hell Am I Doing?

37 - Our American Cousins - Big Chief Baggers 40 - Biker World Modelling - Ashley Peters

42 - Rapid Rollers - Lee Palmer’s R1 44 - Liberty Vintage Motorcycles - The Adam Cramer Affair

47 - Owners Ridrs - Sy’s Vespa 48 - Proud Owners - Sporty Quad Mod

49 - Payback - Maryanne Dunne 50 - The Pilgrim

53 - Riding Performance - Eat, Pray, Love! 54 - Fantastical Art - Jane Stewart

56 - Morph Sports - All Right Marmite 58 - Transvaal Tracks

60 - Valerie Thompson - Need For Speed 64 - New Snapper Talent - Vicky Leggett

67 - Movie Review - Black Rain 68 - Twelve O’clock Cool - Straight Up

70 - Through Rider’s Eyes 72 - Our American Cousins - Flaunt 74 - Tattoo Street - You Choose Tattoos

78 - Buells of Fury 82 - Ye Olde Bike Show

83 - Exhausting Overhaul - Paul’s VTR STAR 86 - Everyday Biker Models

88 - Motorcycling Issues 89 - Everyday Artisans - Ivan’s Ripper

90 - Biker World Modelling - Bethan Black 92 - Tales From The Den

94 - Biker Prose & Cons - Helen Jeffrey 98 - On Tour with JOHN - Deutschland Wir Kommen!

100 - Biker Life Consiglieri - Pooka’s Principles

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BIG CHIEF BAGGERS

Our American

Cousins

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2006 H-D Road Glide with first ever 26” front wheel. Build started 2008

Go Big…or Go Home!

There are undoubtedly superbly talented bike builders around the globe, whether in pro workshops or tinkering away at the homestead…but there are few that hold those stirring qualities and yet can still lead the way in design and innovation and go against the grain of conventional thinking.Any builder or artist that can do that, will always be a winner in our eyes. To go out on that lonely path with your creations and just waiting for the rest of the world to catch up to appreciate the concept. In this issue we’re featuring the supremely talented Big Chief Baggers who hail out of Canoga Park in California, just North of LA who are a family of MasterBuilders, Customisers, Fabricators who have been hitting the big time or rather the big wheel time since 1996…and what waves they have created since their ideas became realised.The idea to take the conventional Harley Davidson motorcycle and put custom big slab bags on it is not necessarily a new concept…but to take the ‘Bagger’ and then wop a massive wheel on the front that completely changes the look, lines and stance takes a big set of cajones…especially when the rest of the biking world initially completely dismissed the concept.In a world of motorcycle customisation, you might have thought the new way of thinking, radical designs would have been welcomed & embraced regardless if it was to anyone’s personal taste. But after initial struggles to even get the bike into shows…slowly and surely the concept took hold and now the big wheel bagger is a style that has

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taken sure footing in the US and has filtered it’s way around the world too.

Eddie Briseño told me about their innovations and here he explains the history and the journey. He says: “Big Chief Baggers are the creators of the big front wheels on motorcycles! We are the first to come up with the 26 Inch front wheel and the 30 inch front wheel as well! That's what we are famous for! At first when we introduced the big wheels to the world to see, we had a lot of negative feedback! "Like that wheel is too big" and "There's no way you can ride it with that big wheel" or “It's a trailer queen" we got hated on big time!

People saying we ruined a beautiful Harley Davidson motorcycle! We had a very hard time presenting our bikes at shows such as "Easy Riders" show... we got hated on by all the judges... and afterwards we proved all of our sceptics wrong…everyone now is doing it! The people who judge us and all our haters are now building bikes with big wheels just like us and it's a number one trend world wide! "Big Chief Baggers" being the responsible ones that created and started the big wheel on bikes trend!

At Big Chief Baggers our goal is to customise as many bikes and vehicles as possible and shock the public with our show stoppers! We are devoted riders as well as competitive builders and what separates us from the rest, we not only customise bikes for shows but make certain that every bike we build radically in a fully custom way can also be ridden with the safety and comfort that Harley Davidson Motorcycles has to offer and we have proven just that!”

The first 30 inch front wheel on a 2010 Harley Davidson Road Glide

REAPER TRIKE 30”Front Wheel 127” Ultima Engine

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Una familia de

artesanos muy

talentosos!

Photos courtesy of AHIT Photography

Although they were making waves with their big wheel bikes, they still received lots of negativity from many quarters and sadly from the custom building world too. They decided to hit this head on with the monster that is the Reaper Trike

Eddie explains: “After all the madness and shit talking that we got for the big wheels on Harleys, we then started to get grief and new negative remarks. Such as "Anyone can customise an existing motorcycle!” So then we decided to show everyone that we can build a motorcycle from the ground up! That's when the "Reaper Trike" came to life! We decided to build a custom bike using very little of existing bike parts and custom make our very own!

So this bike started with using a softail HD frame... but very little remained of it at the end, using steel metal tubing we fabricated a whole new frame! The project was supposed to be a 2 wheel chopper but during the process we decided to make it a Trike! So we fabricated a custom rear trike swing arm kit and with many minor injuries through the process!

They are visionaries and now they are standing tall and can be proud to say… “We did that!”

They were the first to run a Bagger with a 26” front wheel in California and the first to run a 30” front wheel anywhere in the world. They have built custom bikes for celebrities and bikes that have been featured in films and TV shows. They have risen above the negativity and have and continue to produce a must have bike for that discerning client. To all at Big Chief Baggers, we love the fight, we love the style and we love your determination to continue to push motorcycling innovation.

We Salute You!…Nosotros Te Saludamos!

We decided on making it a theme bike called the Reaper Trike ‘cus it's very dangerous to get near to…with all of its sharp edges and blade shaped wheels, reaper and skulls mural paint job! The "Reaper Trike" was born! It has a mean and very powerful "127" Ultima motor with custom short exhaust and dual 240 wheels in rear and a huge 30 inch front wheel!”

What I’m so impressed with, about Eddie Sr and his son Eddie Jr…and his ferociously accomplished team, is that they went out on a limb…they dared to be different and invited the naysayers to poke them with sticks. They stood firm in their beliefs, their designs and their overall vision for the future.

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