IRONe Builder Evan Favaro Evan Favaro, the owner, operator, designer and builder of Speakeasy Motors, has achieved a lot… It all started when he was 12 years old, building small custom 2 stroke race motors from scratch for himself and his friends to race around town with. Evan opened his Read more…
2020 Flying Piston Strider Builder: Cris Simmons builds Cris’s mini “Effie One Legendary Woman’s Tiny Strider Custom Cris Sommer-Simmons is a female powerhouse in the motorcycle world, from her beginnings as a moto-journalist and her own publication, Harley Women Magazine, to her time spent riding vintage motorcycles cross country in Read more…
Cognito Moto’s 2019 Flying Piston Strider Custom Devin Hentiques Devin Henriques at Cognito Moto started as so many others do, from a pure love of motorcycles. He began building, customizing and creating parts and motorcycles that took his passion for motorcycles into a business in 2012. About a year ago, Read more…
Rick Fairless Custom Strider is a feast for the eyes. He built it for the Flying Piston Builder Breakfast with his unique Rick Fairless look and feel. Rick Fairless’s far out, tie-dyed sensibilities belie his early adopter attitude. See, there’s nothing retro about Rick’s awareness of cool opportunities. That’s why Read more…
Paul Yaffe’s Custom Strider Project built for the Flying Piston Benefit Builder Breakfast When Paul Yaffe texted me a picture of Low Brow’s peanut gas tank and asked if I could procure one for his Strider custom, it threw me off at first. I politely confirmed that he was aware Read more…
Custom Strider Build from Pat Patterson of LED SLED for the Flying Piston Benefit Breakfast in Sturgis at the Buffalo Chip breakfast. When we pitched the idea of customizing a tiny Strider bicycle to Led Sled’s Pat Patterson, there was no hesitation. “Sure,” he said, “both my kids learned on Read more…
Motorcycle Mission Builds Custom Strider for Flying Piston Benefit Builder Breakfast “It was built around the suspension. And it was Moos’s brainchild,” said Krystal Hess, founder and spearhead of Motorcycle Missions, a 501(c)3 organization that helps veterans dealing with PTSD find hope and healing through motorcycles. Krystal was talking about Read more…
Kirk Taylor Custom Strider Debuts at the Flying Piston Benefit in Sturgis Custom builders, especially builders with decades of experience and focused knowledge of powersports culture, draw upon a myriad of touchstones when they take on a project. In the case of Kirk Taylor and the tiny custom Strider here, Read more…
Custom Strider by Jody Perewitz built for the 2018 Flying Piston Benefit Builders Breakfast “They are wicked cool little bikes,” said Jody Perewitz when I asked what she thought of Strider balance bikes. In fact, she said she’d bought one for her niece and also told how a friend’s son Read more…
Brian Fuller Builds a Custom Strider for the Flying Piston Breakfast Benefit in 2018 for the All Kids Bike Charity This tiny Strider bike, customized by Bryan Fuller of Fuller Moto in Atlanta, is unique among its peers, which include 7 Striders customized for the Flying Piston Buiilders Breakfast during Read more…