Words Doc Pics^ Brad Le Brocque
CRAMPTON CUSTOMS
M
echanicalness. One dictionary describes it
as ‘the state or quality of being mechani-
cal’. But I prefer the way in which the late
Indian Larry used it. As he once said, it
means “Everything hanging out in all its
guts and glory,” and that is certainly what you get
with this balls out, blown Shovelhead. And I reckon
Larry would give it a big tick of approval.
It is, in many ways, quite an amazing bike that
Luke Crampton has painstakingly built, a labour of
love that took five years to complete. It is owned by
his brother Ben who states that during the build he
was just the apprentice. But what a result! Of course,
when you take the road less travelled you find many
Sometimes you just shake your head in amazement ...