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people write stuff like F&%# off or F-you. Well, my mother had just
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“Of course, I realize everyone doesn’t like this style. I’d rather
have a bike that some people hate than one that looks like every-
thing else. Also, I don’t care much
about prizes, but it was a big
thrill to get compliments from
the big names in the business.
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realize how much work my friends
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A few weeks after the show,
we went to visit Richard in his
hometown Norrköping for this
photo shoot. He suggested the
location himself, the area where
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do their training. Fire in the hull!
Richard turned on the gas for us
to make some really awesome
pictures possible.
It was ten years ago that Richard sold his T-23 hot rod and
decided to build a bike. As you can tell, the whole idea was to create
something unique that would really stand out in any crowd — but
not necessarily a crowd-pleaser.
Richard started out by making a bunch of sketches and blue-
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around the oil tank are supposed to look like eyes. He matched the
frame to a 5"-over pair of forks
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Moheda, Sweden. Then he needed
a pair of wheels.
“There was one model of
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used to make, but they had been
discontinued so I made my own
replicas of that particular model
out of big expensive lumps of
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outer part of the wheel rims are
from BBS in Germany.
The wheels were made a long
time ago, back when a 230 mm
motorcycle tire was the widest