"BORN FREE 4 'GARAGE COMPANY' SHOVEL" . . . . SOMETHING SHORT AND FREAKIN SWEET, JUST A BUMMER IT AIN'T NOW MINE . . . . THIS HAS GOTTA BE A PROTOTYPICAL CHOP, SO DAMNED PERFECT IN EVERY WAY . . . . LINES, ANGLES, RATIOS, PAINT, FRONT TO REAR . . . . BIG CONGRATS TO THE YOUNG KID WHO WON IT.

I guess if I had to break it down, of the two '69's up for grabs at BF4, it was the fucking gorgeous flamed chop that I was lusting after, as much as the 'USS Enterprise' was a superb example of its model type . . . . to my eye, and for what it's worth, the Renaissance man of chopperdom's creation represents all that remains perpetually cool and permanently evocative of the spirit of the zenith of the style . . . . to nail it so completely without it becoming cornball was a major achievement in itself, as it was to be a ride that had to appeal to a broad spectrum of potential new owner, it had be subtle as much as it had to be eye popping, brain frying cool . . . . oh, and that rear wheel/tyre/guard setup gives me an instant boner, totally tough !!!

There are so many thousands of heavily altered/custom/chopped/bobbed bikes I've had a fondness for over the last thirty odd years and for a myriad of different reasons, however, this sexy/tough '69 is right up there . . . . what Kiyo and crew have done ain't anything new or stylistically groundbreaking, it's not some big inch killer street weapon, nor some twisted, off beat, freak machine, but what it does represent is an immaculate embodiement of all that a super slick, sweet as, legitimate classic chopper should be . . . . absolutely functional, utterly balanced in proportion, and fastidiously assembled by someone who obviously has a deep and passionate comprehension of his medium . . . . yeah, fuckin A, that was the one I wanted to win !!!!



***** Thanks a bunch to "VideoCrafters" for putting the clip up on PooTube, like I said, short but oh so bloody sweet !!!