Think you’ve got what it takes to compete with the best builders around? Simply enter your bike into one of five competition classes –

Free Style: 

Any motorcycle frame configuration or drivetrain combination. Your imagination and resources are the only restriction. Must run, turn and stop. Cash prize of $5000 for overall winner, $2500 for each series winner, and only $150 to enter.

Modified Harley:

Must have Harley manufactured frame and engine cases. Frame must maintain stock configuration so neck may not be cut to rake or stretch. Modified swingarms kits, fat tire conversions and weld on hard tails are acceptable .  Cash prize of $3000 for overall winner, $1500 for each series winner, and only $100 to enter.

Performance Custom:

Race inspired styling with performance enhancing engine modifications. Any motorcycle frame configuration and drivetrain combination. Judging will be focused around engine and handling modifications. Drag racers, stretched out sport bikes, Bonneville racers and highly modified sportbikes.   Cash prize of $2000 for overall winner, $1000 for each series winner, and only $75 to enter.

Retro Mod: 

Any modified bike, with any drive train on any chassis configuration that is 25 years or older. Great class for older Harley's where the frame was cut to rake or stretch as well as a class for Café Racers from the Ton-Up era.  Cash prize of $2000 for overall winner, $1000 for each series winner, and only $75 to enter.

Modified Street Class:

This is a non Harley Davidson street class for cruisers and mildly modified sport bikes. Must have Major OEM ie; Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Polaris, Triumph etc manufactured frame and engine cases. Harley is not allowed in this class. Frame must maintain stock configuration so neck may not be cut to rake or stretch. Modified swingarms kits, fat tire conversions and weld on hardtails are acceptable. Cash prize of $2000 for overall winner, $1000 for each series winner, and only $75 to enter.

Rules:

Addendum to Rules Effective for Each Show:

Entry Deadline – You may enter up till 2:00pm on the opening day of the show except for New York which will be at 10:00am

Notification of Entry – You will be notified through email with specific show information if you are accepted. Please bring your entry between 9:00am and 2:00pm the opening day of the show except for New York which will be noon to 5:00pm on 1/17/13 or by 10:00am on 1/18/13.

Atlanta
Charlotte
Chicago
Dallas
Indianapolis
Long Beach
Michigan (Novi)
Minneapolis
New York City
Ohio (Cleveland)
San Mateo
Seattle
Washington DC

For General Inquiries: Contact Daniela Juarez at daniela@ultimatebikebuilder.com

Featuring the world’s leading customized bikes and offering the largest prize purse of any builder competition on earth, the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show Presented by J&P Cycles offers you direct access to the foremost custom competition on the planet. Check out jaw-dropping designs, unbelievably exact engineering and painstakingly precise paint-jobs in this premier head-to-head motorcycle matchup. You’ll even have the opportunity to meet the artists, get their autographs, take pictures, and then voice your opinion to help decide the winner.

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Featuring the world’s leading customized bikes and offering the largest prize purse of any builder competition on earth, the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show Presented by J&P Cycles offers you direct access to the foremost custom competition on the planet. Check out jaw-dropping designs, unbelievably exact engineering and painstakingly precise paint-jobs in this premier head-to-head motorcycle matchup. You’ll even have the opportunity to meet the artists, get their autographs, take pictures, and then voice your opinion to help decide the winner!