Jack Deagazio has been building bikes for all of his adult life and his motorcycles have won enough trophies and awards to sink a battleship, but what may come as a surprise is that, while he builds under the name of his shop, Suicide Jack’s Choppers, this is not what he does for a living. His career is as a Project Superintendent for a construction firm specialising in bridges—big bridges!—and he builds bikes in his spare time. Jack is indeed someone who makes a mockery of the terms ‘amateur’ and ‘professional’; while, because he builds his bikes as a hobby and not as his living, some might technically call him an ‘amateur’ but they would be very wrong, for the attention to detail on Jack’s bike demonstrates a professionalism which outshines many established names in the custom industry.
The genesis for Tymeless, this digger, began with an invitation for Jack to participate in this year’s prestigious custom exhibition hosted by Michael Lichter during the Sturgis Bike Rally. As the theme was ‘What’s The Skinny’, Jack had to start from scratch on a new project, but it was a welcome one, as he explains. “For years I’ve built choppers, but I always wanted to build a digger.” In fact, one of those choppers has featured in this very magazine, in the shape of Free ‘n’ Easy which graced the pages of 100% Biker #223.
Like many people, particularly of Jack’s age, he grew up influenced by Arlen Ness. There were other people who were an inspiration such as Dave Perewitz, but Arlen was always the main man. The idea of a ‘skinny’ bike kickstarted Jack’s build for the exhibition, but with the death of Arlen in March, the project took on a deeper theme, a nod to history, to the man who was always there at the top of the tree. What’s more, Jack knew just where to find the ideal starting point…
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Issue 254 من 100% Biker.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Issue 254 من 100% Biker.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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There's No Place Like Chrome
When settling down to write a feature for a magazine, it’s necessary to have two things, nay, three things in front of you. A computer is useful, it saves all that messy ink and blotting paper that we used in those long gone school days, a strong hot mug of tea should also be on the desk (goes without saying), and finally, a set of scribbled notes that a couple of months ago resembled a detailed description of a motorcycle, but that by now, are largely illegible…
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Named after the only pub in the village of Broadmayne near Dorchester, nobody there can quite remember how long the informal get together that is the Black Dog Custom Show has been going
TWEETY
Over the last couple of years, very few if any motorcycles have inspired such bafflement and scratching of heads as Dan Duggan’s Honda CX500
THE DOUBTER
Every project starts somewhere and this one began at the Bike Shed Show at Tobacco Dock in London or, to be more accurate, when my mate Matt Donaldson turned to me and said, “I bet you can’t build a bike good enough for here.” Well, that set me to work!
JBS SPECIAL
Jarno comes from a family with petrol in their blood. His father races classic motorcycles and Jarno was raised on a farm where the barns are full of motorcycles instead of cows! This is his very first project, the Jarno Bastian Special
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Sometimes what is missing from a show is more interesting than what’s present. With the German show Custombike celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, the event remains a showcase for European customising in all its diversity— with the additional benefit of a focus on parts that are homologated and approved for Europe
COVERT MISSION
It’s not often that I have to sneak in and photograph a motorcycle without the owner knowing anything about it—something that was made tougher in this case by the said motorcycle being kept at said owner’s house
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Paul's Harley
Ensuring that a custom motorcycle will comfortably chew up the miles is perhaps not always one of the main priorities for every builder, but for anyone in the National Chopper Club, it’s essential. Never more so than when you happen to live in one of the far flung parts of this island which means that you’ve usually got a journey to do before you even start going anywhere, as Paul, NCC National Secretary and member of Chopper Club Kernow, knows all too well. This is the story of his latest chop.
