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J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom
Bike Show Winners – Long Beach
The winner of the first round of
the 2018-2019 J&P Cycles
Ultimate Builder Custom Bike
Show (UBCBS) at this season’s
Progressive International
Motorcycle Show (IMS) at Long
Beach, California, was Brandon
Holstein of The Speed Merchant,
who won $1,000 for his 2018
Harley-Davidson Fat Bob.
Now in its ninth year, UBCBS is
an elite-level custom motorcycle
builder competition featuring
more than 400 motorcycles, and
with more than $100,000 cash
and prizes awarded across the
IMS tour, the largest prize
package in the United States.
The competition will be held at
all seven stops on the IMS Tour
with the winners moving on to
compete in the championship
round taking place February 17
in Chicago, Illinois.
Freestyle Winner: Brandon Holstein of The Speed Merchant
Freestyle:
Winner: Brandon Holstein of The
Speed Merchant - 2018 Harley-
Davidson Fat Bob, featuring a
handmade aluminum tail and front
cowling on the Harley-Davidson – a
first prototype billet aluminum
swingarm with mid controls and triple
trees.
Runner-Up: Shaun Ruddy took
home a plaque for his 2018 Chop
Deville custom motorcycle,
featuring a fully handbuilt tracker.
Freestyle Runner-Up: Shaun Ruddy
Custom Retro Winner: Anthony Robinson of
Anthony Robinson Gasoline & Coffee
Custom Retro:
Winner: Anthony Robinson of
Anthony Robinson Gasoline &
Coffee took home $750 for his 1966
Triumph T-100, hosting a 500 motor
engraved with an open primary belt
drive.
Runner-Up: Michael LaFountain
and painter Geoff Giamarco of
Michael LaFountain and Raccia
Motorcycles received a plaque on
the 1974 Honda CB750,
highlighting a custom tank, seat and
instrument panel among other
custom-built features.
Custom Street: Modified
Harley-Davidson:
Winner: Jon Schroder won $500 for
his 2007 Suzuki GZ250, featuring a
custom-made tail, seat, fly screen and
pipe.
Runner-Up: Jay Losa received a
plaque as runner-up in the Custom
Street competition. Winner: Eric Bennet of Bennett’s
Performance Inc. took home $750
and a $250 Harley-Davidson gift card
for a 1977 Harley-Davidson
frame. The water-cooled engine was
the front engine out of the Jammer
Streamliner that set the AMA record at
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Custom Retro Runner-Up: Michael LaFountain and painter Geoff
Giamarco of Michael LaFountain and Raccia Motorcycles
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