Four years ago, Christian Newman turned up at the Born Free show with a Knucklehead chopper, and left with the People’s Choice award. He’s had an open invitation to the show ever since, but he hasn’t accepted it—until now.
Born Free 12 kicks off tomorrow, and Christian’s pulled out all the stops with his latest entry: an eye-popping turbocharged Harley-Davidson chopper. And in case you haven’t figured it out by looking at it, this bike is almost entirely scratch-built. Heck, even the motor is mostly custom.
Born in Texas but based in Buffalo, NY, Christian’s a full-time mechanical engineer—designing mining equipment during the day and building bikes after hours. “Almost all of the other hours,” he quips. He’s been at it for just over a decade now, and is about to launch a small boutique parts company.…