1941 Indian Motorcycle Paint Colors
Reporter-Herald Staff Writer
Jack Honse does pinstriping on a motorcylce at Thunder in the Rockies on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 in Loveland, CO. (Photo by Trevor L Davis/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
If you go
What: Thunder in the Rockies.
When: Through Monday, Sept. 7.
Where: Thunder Mountain Harley-Davidson, 4250 Byrd Drive.
More info: Visit thunderintherockies.com.
After four years of acclimation up his 1948 Indian Chief motorcycle, Erin McQuaid of Loveland had a abode Saturday to appearance it off — and the appropriate acrylic job that added animation to a beat-up bike.
McQuaid entered his maroon- and graphite-colored bike in the bike appearance for the 11th anniversary Thunder in the Rockies Bike Rally, a four-day accident through Monday at Thunder Mountain Harley-Davidson.
"It's nice to appearance off your work," said the 21-year-old, who got advice on the apology activity from his uncle, Joe McQuaid. "Four years of work, someone's got to see it."
McQuaid rebuilt the agent and transmission, adapted the electrical arrangement from 6 to 12 volts and crumb coated the anatomy application a appropriate painting action involving electricity.
"There's a ton of added chrome for the flash," McQuaid said.
McQuaid's bike was one of 32 in the bike appearance with motorcycle enthusiasts from all over the country assuming off their bikes for aboriginal through third abode in 10 categories and the People's Choice accolade of $500. A additional challenge had bristles entries for the Baddest Bagger challenge with a $1,000 banknote award-winning for Harley-Davidson bikes adapted for achievement with the accession of ample advanced wheels.
Bike Show
The bike appearance helped kicked off Saturday's bike-related challenge at Thunder in the Rockies, abounding about by about 50,000 bodies over Labor Day weekend. Anniversary day of the event, there is a card of activities, including concerts with bounded and civic headliners, bell-ringer booths, a bike giveaway, helicopter and motorcycle rides and appropriate challenge like the Forever Family Ride and the Busted Knuckles Stunt Tour All Harley Thrill Show.
"I don't apperceive if you could accept a bike assemblage after a motorcycle show. They go duke in hand," said Dan Dolan, buyer of Freakshow Tattoo, one of the sponsors of the bike show, forth with Newstalgia Custom Paint. "The bikes, we feel, in the bike appearance accession the bar of excellence."
This year, the bikes mainly featured Harley-Davidsons and were from 1941 to 2015. They were advised in several categories, including the body, paint, anatomy or suspension, automated system, auto and tires, and beheading of design, accustomed up to 10 credibility in anniversary category, additional addition bristles benefit credibility for activity aloft and beyond.
"These guys spent a lot of time and money to accomplish a accurate motorcycle," Dolan said. "They brought to activity a apparatus that will aftermost the account of time."
Joe Glaze of Wellington displayed two of his bikes, a 2014 Harley-Davidson appropriate architecture FXR annoyance bike he challenge through Goblin Antagonism Enterprises and a 1988 Harley-Davidson Super Glide.
Glaze congenital the annoyance bike out of a 1985 bike that had a non-operating chassis. He installed a antagonism manual and a amplitude beat arm to amplify the bike for a best anatomy and adapted the catchbasin and fender to board the stretch.
"We congenital it from scratch. We brought it to appearance it off," Glaze said.
Baddest Bagger Contest
Troy Allen of Brighton entered his 2014 Street Glide into the Baddest Bagger contest, corrective with Big Blue Pearl with custom adhesive blooming vinyl wrap.
Allen upgraded his bike with saddlebags, a 23-inch advanced caster and the acrylic job. He added skulls to the tank, the allowance and the saddlebags, application the aforementioned boom architecture he and his wife, Tonya, accept on their appropriate arms.
"I'm authoritative it my own. There's not addition one out there like it," Allen said.
Shawn Bickler of Littleton entered his 2011 Harley-Davidson Road Glide in the Baddest Bagger contest. He had his corrective gunmetal gray to emphasis the genitalia corrective atramentous gloss, and capital to accede his wife, Chimene Bickler, for the blush choices.
"I brought it cast new and again I customized it," Bickler said.
Bickler added a 26-inch advanced wheel, added the application and continued the tank, accoutrements and rear fender.
"The better affair is I had a lot to do with the build," Bickler said. "It gets a lot of looks."
Shelley Widhalm: 970-669-5050, swidhalm@reporter-herald.com, twitter.com/ShelleyWidhalm
