Probably the highlight of my trip was just hanging around with my friend Dan Carr. I wanted to go because he was going to be there - and we always have a good time talking about bikes and life. He drove up with his Born-Free 4 - Drake Knuckle Chop he built all himself. Bacon also brought a stroker shovelhead with hydraulic clutch and other goodies (the first couple photos) for a customer from Canada to pick up at Sturgis. Bacon, is a young bike builder who also does his own motors. That's not easy . . and doesn't always go as planned. That's what has impressed me the most about him. He is one of the few who attempts all aspects of the bike builds. He got me (and Negotiable Tim) passes to get into the Michael Lichter show and dinner.
It was awesome to say the least . . .
I met Dan at the Full Throttle Saloon where he was working to help pay for his trip - putting in a 40 hour week doing service work on whatever came in. Changing tires, oil, fixing transmissions - he was grease and dirt from one end to the other. We walked into this artsy gallery type of show - and BAM - Michael Lichter had Bacon up on the box next to his latest build . . . "So, tell us about this . . ." being a man of few words - Dan kept it short and sweet and really looked the part. No fluff, no fancy shit - you get what you get. All the builders get a huge hats off - If you didn't get to Born Free 4 . . . I'm posting more insight and photos of these custom motorcycles comin' up soon . . .
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