New year's Bigtwin

Time is flying by when having fun! Bigtwin announced the contents of the januari issue on their website. A lot of cool stuff! On the front page Geert's Sportster Walz style from Belgium. We shot the bike at a airport! And of course part #1 of the Bigtwin Bikeshow 2010. Then we have the no-nonsence shovelhead of Jeroen. Satin-black all the way. And what about John's Indian high-neck chopper? also satin black! But Ria & Rinus do it different, check out the feature about the airbrush-bikes! Another two nicely painted bikes are those of the 'Vlaamse Motormaddammen'. And last but not least: the ever changing Honda Shadow from 'de Zeeuw'.

John's Indian highneck

Today everyone in Holland is bicycling "Dauwtrappen", as that's the tradition on "Hemelvaartsdag". But I went toe Coevorden to visit John, the man behind the little bikeshop of Bike Parts Coevorden. He finished this highneck with a modified Indian engine. It isn't only a showbike, but a real mile-eater too!









































Tried a new set-up today. One 500 watt studio-light, full power, with softbox, pretty far away from the bike to avoid bike white spots. Plus that with two speedlights. The studio-light with umbrella results in a smoother fall-off of light at the asphalt and so it's a less 'flashy' image than with bare lights... something I wasn't really happy with, the last few dark rainy weeks...

Indian... from the archives

I photographed this Indian last year for BSH magazine. It's built by L&L choppers!