Steven Bates of S.R.B. Customs talks about Mean Green The Garland, TX firm manufactures frames, gas tanks, oil tanks, handle bars, grips, and pegs.

A family owned and operated gig between the father Steve Bates Sr. and his sons Stanley, and Shane, the Bates family opened the shop in the spring of 2004 with the intention of doing customs just as a hobby.

In Sturgis everyone knows Doc from Heavy Duty Magazine. He never misses an event or a party. We catch up with him on the latest.

Shane Riddley built this bike and put his friends on the tins. They look as good as his scoot.

See the latest biker videos in Bikernet Studio.

Greenville SC – Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show Freestyle Winner – Robbie Closson of Camtech Custom built this bike and it looks outstanding. See More Custom bikes at the AMD World Champs Blog.

Greenville, SC: Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show Shane Riddley talks about his bike that is entered in the Performance Custom class. See More Custom Bikes at AMD World Championship.

It was another cold weekend in the Northern reaches of the United States but the activity at the Ultimate Builder Custom Bikes Show this past weekend was hot and heavy. The Minneapolis based show featured some of the best builders on the circuit.

A standout at this show was Jason Bockniack with his Hi-PO 2006 Harley Deluxe. This bike has been in 4 Ultimate Builder shows this year and has come away with over $9,000 in gifts and prize money.

This bike gives off that MAC DADDY Bling thing. Named “The Phoenix” it rocks it with a 50 Spoke Fat Daddy Wheel, Chrome, beach bars and Avon Gangster White Wall. The engine features a Pro-Charger, D&D Boarzilla Exhaust and a Harley-Davidson 103ci engine.

The following are the results and videos of the builders.

Free Style
#2 Deadline Customs, Dana Hallberg Redonkulous
#4 Kyne Kustoms, Troy Kyne Predasaurus
#6 Outlaw Customs, J Weber Outlaw Prostreet
#3 Deadline Customs, Doug Friend DLC Low life
#5 Kynes Kustoms, Troy Kyne

Interview with Dana Hallberg of Deadline Customs

Modified Harley
#18 Jason Bockniack 2006 Harley Deluxe
#17 Deadline Customs, Dana Hallberg 2010 Road Glide
#19 Red Customs, American Thunder 2000 Fat Boys
#16 Bill Hoffmeister, 2006 Harley Springsteen Replica

Interview with Jason Bockniack

Performance Customs
#30 Holden on Racing, Troy Nadeau 2009 Streached out Busa
#27 JDA Customs, Jason Clechurn 2007 Suzuki GSXR
#29 JDA Customs, Jushua Lee 2001 Yamaha Rg
#26 JDA Customs, Victer Jankiewicz 2002 Suzuki GSXR
#25 Michael Tejeda, 2006 Suzuki CSX 750

Holden on Racing Interview

The Detroit Round of the 2011 Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show features a strong crop of Baggers.

Gary Maurer “No Reservation” bike is built by Kustoms, Inc. The 2010 Kustoms Bobber features a v-plus 100 inch engine and paint by Finch / Chop Docs.

Jack McCoy of talks horsepower with his custom theme bike. Nitros, check; turbo, check; hell raising power, check!

Nice package with a great power producing technology…

Checkout the gallery of pictures from the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike SHow in Novi, MI…

Bob Kay gets on the mic before the awards at the Ultimate Builder to get the 411 from Ron Finch on the state of custom bike building… Good stuff.

The radical differences from one creation to the next has enabled Finch to avoid the kind of “trademark style” that has emerged with many famous builders over a long career. Perhaps only one feature seems to be repeated again and again in his work, and this is the absence of a conventional fuel tank.