The second year of MOTOBLOT brought together thousands of motorcyclists, rockers, hot-rodders, musicians and more. With a killer line-up of bands and an always-interesting variety of motorcycles, cars and trucks, this annual Chicago event continued its reputation as one of the Midwest’s best motorcycle-centric shows. Watch our video summary below…
MOTOBLOT Chicago has rounded the corner on its second year. Once again, it lived up to its billing as one of the Midwest’s best bike shows, featuring top-notch music, quality vendors, a hot rod show and a pin-up contest. Saturday’s outdoor festival on Fulton Street was rich in motorcycle culture; here’s our photographic summary of this vibrant scene…
Tony Prust’s northern Chicago shop, Analog Motorcycles, has maintained a solid and steady presence in the custom motorcycle realm and garners much attention on the web. We wanted to share his latest build, the Continental Scout featured on BikeEXIF, but dig a little deeper into the mind behind the machine.
It was killer. It was happening. The inaugural MOTOBLOT in Chicago was a success. The guys behind the event simply recognized the organic evolution of Mods vs Rockers Chicago and tailored the new venue accordingly. Here’s a look through our lens for just a taste of what MOTOBLOT was like…
UPDATE: See the event photos and video here.
You may have heard about Mods vs Rockers Chicago evolving into what’s now called MOTOBLOT (June 13-15th, 2014). It’s a motorcycle event we’ve attended for years and it hasn’t let us down as an opportunity to see unique bikes in a cool city, put on by great hosts. Larry Fletcher and Martin Cimek have created a vintage-bike juggernaut in Chicago with the help of their Ton-Up Chicago cohorts and assembled cast of Rockers. Here are 10 of our own reasons why we’ve attended for years.
The guys at ICON Motosports have high standards for design. They love to make things work well AND look good (in their words: “go fast, look flash”). Spanning many genres of motorcycling, they have a way of turning heads with their builds that make modern hipster bikes look painfully pedestrian. There’s a gnashing-of-teeth quality to their bikes, like these featured Team RAIDEN Triumph Tiger 800XCs built in collaboration with Motoworks Chicago.
