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STREETWALKER EXHAUST & ENVY
CYCLE CREATIONS
I
started building Custom motorcycles in 1969, thinking I
could make a paying career of it.
By 1974 it was painfully obvious to
me that for a multitude of reasons that I was not destined
to be a creator of custom motorcycles, so I left that dream
and went on with my real life. I was never too far from
the two wheeled world, choosing a career in the Automobile
Industry that carried me to the position of General Manager
of an Automobile Dealership, a position I have worked at
for 12 years.
In 1999. 30 years after I got out
of the custom motorcycle field, I picked up a copy of Hot
Bike Magazine at a local Walgreens and my passion for customs
was re-ignited. I quickly purchased a 1998 Custom Softtail
built by a "name" shop for a big corporation, to be used
as a contest give away, from the eventual winner of the
contest, who was thoroughly disenchanted with the custom
because he couldn't go more than 20 miles without the bike
breaking or something falling off.
With
250 miles on this dream bike, he put it up for sale, because
he couldn't find anyone who could or would fix the bike.
I bought it, and on the way home it broke leaving me stranded
by the side of the road. So I took it down to the bare frame
to re-assemble it only to end up putting all new sheet metal,
different wheels, rotors, brakes, front end, seat, new wiring,
bars, forward controls, custom paint not to mention the
96" motor that replaced the stock 80" motor.
I was hooked again and before that
project was finished I was already dreaming of my next custom
that I had begun building in my mind.
"A
5" stretched custom softtail frame with a big motor, dual
carbs, air suspension, wild sheet metal, billet wheels,
left side drive, lots of chrome" and that's how "Envy "
was born.
It took me about 10 months off and
on to build "Envy". I did the fabrication, welding, assembly,
molding, paint and wiring all myself and I wasn't finished
with "Envy" and I was already dreaming about my next project.
" A rigid frame right side drive, 250 rear tire, even bigger
motor, say maybe 121 or maybe 131, radical rake, maybe 47
degrees, long front end 14 or 16 over, of course radical
sheet metal, maybe turbo charged, yeah why not?
It can be a curse or a burning passion,
and when you catch the custom bug.
It can be a fleeting encounter or
last a lifetime, and even go dormant sometimes, for say
30 years, but once you catch it, you never really get completely
over it.
Terry Lee
Envy
Cycle Creations
Envy Cycle Creations
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