Congrats to Tony Sesto of Sesto Custom Cycles.
Inspiration
Inspiration for your build may come from an event that happened in your life, your passion for a favorite comic book hero, or even your favorite style of art. The later is the case for Kory Souza’s latest personal build (Issue no.8′s cover bike). Kory’s love for west coast artist David Lozeau’s “Day of the Dead Art”, “Tiki Art” and “Lowbrow Art” styles have caused him to decorate his own arms and living environment with Lozeau’s work for some time now. For him it only made sense to allow this unique style to pour over onto several sections of his bike. Kory wishes to give credit and a big thank you to Lozeau for his “fyne art”.
Please visit Lozeau’s site for more information and pics (DavidLozeau.com):
Indianapolis BR XDL Tour
Custom sportbike owners in the Indianapolis area are highly encouraged to register for the BlingRockets XDL Custom Sportbike tour (BRXDLTour.com). The final stop of XDL (professional sportbike freestyle) is August 26th – 28th and BlingRockets has teamed up with them to bring the first custom sportbike tour of it’s kind. Register at register@brxdltour.com by submitting a few recent photos and basic build sheet. Cut-off date is Aug 19th.
Tour Rules: All applications are screened to ensure they meet a minimum standard and are then posted. A voting period is established and fans vote for their favorite bike (Aug 20th – 22nd). Top 10 fan favorites receive an invitation to the Blingrockets XDL Tour. By being chosen for the tour, fans will be entitled to display their bike at the XDL venue on both event days and at any other scheduled XDL activities . In addition, efforts will be made to feature worthy bikes in BlingRockets eMagazine and on other media properties. Each invitee will receive 2 VIP tickets to XDL.
Legion bike photoshoot at LiveWire Tattoo
On scene footage of our Legion bike shoot at LiveWire Tattoo of Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Watch as Kimbyr Leigha works her magic on one of H2o Cycles’ latest creations, the Legion Busa. We want to thank LiveWire, Kimbyr Leigha, and DJ Saint for providing the sound track Resuce Me by Geno, Skunk Boogie & Emily Q.
BR on the road: Break Lites
This is a photo continuation from our recent north eastern trip. We visited Mark with Break Lites in Peabody, Ma. the day before our flight. The area had been under a “heat wave” which made our home base of Florida appear as though it was going to be a real good place for a cool down period. The car read an outside temp of 105+ degrees thoughout the entire week. NJ, NY, CT, MA. – it didn’t matter, the entire area was scorching. Mark’s shop was evidently putting out some hot wheels as well. Several of the shop’s latest builds can be seen in the group photo below. Aside from the good news that the shop was having a very good summer in terms of business Mark let us know that when we visit him next year we can look forward to seeing Break Lites in a brand new building. The entire block is being upgraded and Break Lites will be taking advantage of it. We can’t wait to see the new diggs as well as any new creations that he may bring down to Biketoberfest which is just around the corner.
One year ago…
Approximately one year ago Roaring Toyz debuted this custom 2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the MotoGP race weekend. History: AMA rider and Roaring Toyz owner, Robert Fisher who had been racing in the MotoGT (MotoST) circuit ended up crossing paths with AMA Superbike Champion, Mat Mladin earlier on in the year. Mat was on the verge of retirement and wanted a bike to represent his new endeavor, Bike Gear Warehouse in New South Wales. This GSX-R was the first custom ’09 1000 in the country and our shots were taken just hours before it left for Laguna (6-28-09), exclusive to BlingRockets. (Thumbnail images open in same window – backspace to return here)
BR on the road: Pitstop Motorsport
BR’s Exec. Editor Lee Wallace spent last week in the New England area. Upon arriving in Hartford he went south to NJ to visit D-Man in Union City. If your not familiar with D-Man and Pitstop Motorsport he’s the main designer/builder in the industry who really “dares to be different”. His reputation goes way back but recently he’s the one popular for the famous Predator bike and now for the Batman bike. His shop does it all: fabrication, fiberglass, ABS plastic, paint, parts, gear, and more. Check out the pics below and be on the look out for a full feature/write-up on Pitstop Motorsport as well as a real feature on the Batman bike.
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