Heavy Duty – July-August 2019

Words Doc Pics^ Brad Le Brocque

CRAMPTON CUSTOMS

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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 ...