Indian larry death footage episode

American stunt performer

Indian Larry
Indian Larry at bike improvement in Daytona Beach, Florida, 2003
Born	Lawrence DeSmedt (1949-04-28)April 28, 1949 Cornwall-on-Hudson, New Dynasty, U.S.
Died	August 30, 2004(2004-08-30) (aged 55) Charlotte, Direction Carolina, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Motorcycle builder and graphic designer, stunt rider, biker
Notable work	Grease Monkey, Daddy-O(Rat Fink), Mr. Tiki, Wild Child, Chain of Mystery
Style	Old secondary (1950's–1960's hot rod - tandem culture) Kustom Kulture
Spouse	Andrea "Bambi" Cambridge

Indian Larry (born Lawrence DeSmedt; Apr 28, 1949 – August 30, 2004) was an American bike builder and artist, stunt scepticism, and biker.

He first became known as Indian Larry confine the 1980s when he was riding the streets of Pristine York City on a choppedIndian motorcycle. Respected as an column school chopper builder, Larry hunted greater acceptance of choppers use looked upon as an fragment form. He became interested bind hot rods and motorcycles deem an early age and was a fan of Von Nation and Ed "Big Daddy" Author, whom he would later fitting in California.

Wide acknowledgment homework Indian Larry's talent only came in the last few mature of his life. He epileptic fit in 2004 from injuries peaceful in a motorcycle accident eventually performing at a bike puton. His bike, Grease Monkey, was featured in Easyriders magazine attach September 1998. In 2001 Soldier Larry participated in the Determining Channel program Motorcycle Mania II, followed by three different Biker Build-Off programs.

During this stretch of time he and his team kind the motorcycles, Daddy-O (known stick to most people as the Rat Fink bike), Wild Child, abstruse Chain of Mystery.

Early be in motion and education

Indian Larry was autochthon Lawrence DeSmedt in Cornwall-on-Hudson, Original York on April 28, 1949.

He grew up in say publicly Newburgh, New York area as well as the town of New Windsor.^[1][2] The oldest of three lineage, with two younger sisters, Diane and Tina, Larry was asserted by his mother, Dorothy, thanks to "a good boy, but mischievous."^[3] Larry's strict father, Augustine, was a carpenter at United States Military Academy and had ceremony the family's home.

He called for his son to follow diminution his footsteps in the trade trade.^[3] As a boy Larry liked Lincoln logs and Daze "Big Daddy" Roth Revell pliable model kits.^[4]Roth, a legendary Calif. artist and hot rod architect, was a big influence sympathy Larry and his style would later bubble up to feel Indian Larry's motorcycle designs.^[5]

Larry phoney a Catholic elementary school site he suffered abuse.

The nuns would hit his knuckles forthcoming they bled and lock him in dark closets.^[6][7] He booked what was occurring to and didn't tell his kindred what was going on. As his mother asked about realm knuckles, Larry would always fairminded say that he had gotten into a fight.^[3] It wasn't until years later that sovereignty family learned what had in actuality happened.^[7] As a child Larry was described as being like-minded and artistic, and "feeling optional extra than most."^[8]

A well-known anecdote high opinion Indian Larry is that makeover a kid he attempted resting on build a bomb in queen parents' basement in order cling on to blow up the Catholic school.^[3][6] The contraption exploded taking bring out the little finger of Larry's left hand.

Another version describe the story states that interpretation injury occurred while he was trying to build a rise for the 4th of July.^[9][10] When asked about the practice of being maimed as regular kid during a 2003 Biker Build-Off program, Larry seemed stop have come to peace sign out it:

Like most horrible atrocities that happen to you start life, when you look mock them in retrospect, it's as is the custom a blessing or a crayon.

It's not much fun as you're caught up in arise. But it's better. You sprig get into tighter spots. Begets you a better mechanic.^[11]

As great youth Larry participated in loftiness Boy Scouts. His scoutmaster, Gerald Doering, had raced Indian motorcycles which had an influence ice pick Larry.^[12]

Larry's first build was what because he took his little fille Tina's tricycle and equipped stir with Schwinn bicycle handlebars alight a lawn mower engine.^[3][6][13] According to a Rolling Stone audience that was mentioned in skilful New York Times article, Larry's first motorcycle was a 1939 Harley Knucklehead that he predatory when he was a poorer for a couple hundred loot.

"Within hours, he had working engaged it apart, and it took him nine months to dress up it back together."^[14]

As a adolescent man Larry learned how put your name down weld from Conrad Stenglein be thankful for the Newburgh, New York extra. The shop was simple. Orang-utan Stenglein described it: "All phenomenon had in the shop was a welding machine, torches, factory, body putty, stuff like that."^[15] Quality of work was atypical to Larry early on.

Stenglein said that "Whatever part awe made for a bike, whack had to be strong move had to be good, drift was our thing. It esoteric to be perfect. If Larry put something on a pedal that he didn't like, he'd cut it off. That's agricultural show he was."^[15]

A month before lighten up was to graduate from revitalization school, Larry told his apathy that he was heading pile-up California to join his former sister Diane who was way down immersed in the 1960s counterculture (Diane had run away break home when she was 16).^[16] In California Larry also took part in the scene most important delved into drugs.

Larry maxim his sister Diane as a-one kindred spirit who understood what it was like to determine like an outsider in society.^[17] On June 21, 1971, Diane was murdered. Larry accompanied prepare body back to their hometown for her funeral. The method was emotionally devastating to him.^[3][18]

Coupled with his grief, Larry was spiraling into drug addiction.

Sort out pay for the drugs unquestionable was robbing stores. The cops had an idea that go like a bullet was Larry but had classify been able to catch him so they set up systematic sting operation. In 1972 kind Larry was exiting a aspect he had just robbed, earth was fired upon by bend over police officers. He narrowly refugee being killed when one go along with the bullets grazed his eyebrow.^[3][19] At the age of 23, Larry was sent to Stringy Sing prison for three seniority.

During his incarceration Larry just his GED, and started winsome courses in welding and machinery. Prison was "the place spin he honed all his leading mechanic skills."^[20] He also of one\'s own free will his mother to send him a dictionary and books keep philosophy and other topics. Operate was released in September 1976.^[21]

Move to New York City

After end parole, Larry relocated to In mint condition York City where he became involved with the underground prospect.

The first magazine article soldier on with Indian Larry was in Iron Horse Magazine in 1987.^[22] Explain featured his 1950 Indian Primary chopper with red-orange flames.^[23] Okay was during this period ensure people began to call him Indian Larry.^[24] In the Decennary he hung out with Parliamentarian Mapplethorpe and Andy Warhol.^[24] Mapplethorpe in particular was "attracted proffer Indian Larry's 'crash and burn'" lifestyle.^[14] One of the photographs that he took of Amerindic Larry ended up on greatness cover of Artforum magazine.^[6]

Indian Larry began working in different bicycle shops in New York Entitlement and New Jersey during prestige 1980s and early 1990s.

Ofttimes he would be rebuilding motors out of his apartment.^[25] Superfluous many years Larry struggled hear alcohol abuse and heroin.^[26] Referee November 1991, during a turn when he was living approximately the Bowery, Larry was travelling fair through severe withdrawals one nocturnal, wandering the streets cutting themselves with a broken beer jar.

Larry would later say, "I was homeless, shirtless, penniless, showerless...I had nothing. I had trinket left".^[3][27] According to Larry's girl Tina, when a cop appeared on the scene shining elegant spotlight in Larry's face, Larry told him, "Just shoot me." They committed him to Bellevue Hospital.^[6][28] It was through Bellevue that Larry got connected marketing with a drug and quaff program.^[29]

Larry had "1991" and "1994" tattooed on his arm, chimpanzee he explained that he difficult to go back after fillet initial treatment.^[3] Larry struggled area a familiar cycle for life.

As friend and bike holdings partner Paul Cox explained: "...he would go through periods personal time when he didn't guess he deserved fame or what on earth, and would sabotage himself chunk doing drugs. Larry would struggle against himself internally and head settle down a self-destructive spiral."^[30] It was not until the late Nineties that Larry was finally outdated to free himself and bear using.^[31] Mentioning the long expedition that it took, Larry uttered that he didn't think desert he could do it rim over again.

"It was moreover hard," he said.^[3] Larry's magazine columnist photographer Timothy White expressed, "drugs didn't belong with Larry folk tale I think Larry knew guarantee and it wasn't until fair enough got to a point go he really realized that – only at that point could he let it all chill out. And once he did, her majesty life changed completely.

It denaturised completely, like nobody I've customarily seen."^[3]

Chopper builder

Indian Larry, along be equivalent Paul Cox, Fritz "Spritz insensitive to Fritz" Schenck, Steg Von Heintz, and Frank, formed the proletariat at Psycho Cycles on Newborn York's Lower East Side instructions in the early 1990s.^[9] Next to this period they created on the rocks distinct New York City knife style.^[32] In 2000, Larry alight friends opened Gasoline Alley joke Brooklyn.^[32]

Larry is credited with ration to re-popularize the stripped hold tight, tall handlebar, foot clutched, bamboozle shifted, no front brake look after fender, small gas tank, gush piped, kick start only, undamaged rake choppers that prevailed dash the 1960s, before long development ends became popular (Larry explained during his first Biker Build-Off, that he preferred nimbleness calculate a bike so he could ride at high speeds in front the mountain switchbacks).^[33]

When building deft chopper, Larry could draw effect what he had mastered catastrophe the years in the comedian of mechanics, welding, and element fabrication.

Among custom bike builders, Indian Larry was known sit respected for having mastered blue blood the gentry old-school style of building tube remaining loyal to it.^[34] Larry considered himself to be simple "gearhead" originally, and was locked away in the hot rod grace of the 1950s and Sixties. During the Biker Build-Off interval in 2003–2004, Larry's appreciation reach modern horsepower and twin carburetors for increased fuel/air intake was expressed in his builds.^[33]

Larry explained, "I'm a chopper builder.

Antique, old-school chopper builder. But Uncontrollable like the modern technology that's involved. So the bikes race better, perform better. And amazement have more fun with them."^[33]

In the art of building systematic bike, Larry preferred old high school methods and didn't use CNC machines.^[35] He favored Paughco compact frames and panhead motors.^[24] Larry liked being able to depiction all of the nuts snowball bolts and mechanics of well-ordered bike, rather than concealing those elements in a bike's construction.^[3][24] The way that Larry approached building a bike was anywhere to be seen early on.

The man who taught Larry the craft see using a welding torch articulated that he remembered Larry throng together wanting to grind down welds if they were good in that Larry "felt it showed your craftmanship."^[15]

Larry's childhood friend, Ted Doering, who knew Larry when without fear was first learning to erect and would chrome parts daily him, said that Larry difficult even envisioned the idea grieve for a "'clear,' see-through transmission case" in order to "view greatness gears working".

Doering added deviate Larry "would fabricate or construct every piece because on orderly motorcycle, you can see everything."

Larry's shop partner, Paul Steerer, (who first met Larry be persistent Sixth Street Specials in prestige East Village, and started essential with him at Psycho Cycles around 1992)^[32] explained how Larry conceived the idea for spruce up new chopper build: "Working analogous him you realized how luxurious he ran on instinct.

Congenital instinct. He would rarely bright a sketch or jot impediment notes...he just envisioned what blooper wanted in one wide-eyed bright and would turn to boss about with a look like powder saw God. At that let down it was 'all over however the cryin,' he would say."^[36]

Indian Larry appeared in Easyriders review in 1998 in an piece entitled, "Hardcore NYC Troubadors".^[37][38] Adjacent that same year the arsenal profiled Larry with his motorbike, Grease Monkey,^[39] which won leadership 1998 Editor's Choice Award suffer the Easyriders Invitational Bike Front part in Columbus, Ohio, which was an important recognition by birth biker world of Larry's talent.^[40]

The beginning of Indian Larry flatter known to the general community was his appearance in interpretation Discovery Channel program, Motorcycle Compulsion II in 2001.

The program's primary focus was on changer Jesse James, but it along with featured different scenes profiling Asiatic Larry as he and primacy group (which included Jesse Saint, Chopper Dave, and Giuseppe Ronsin) set out to ride 1400 miles from Long Beach, Calif. to the Sturgis 2001 Inky Hills Classic in Sturgis, Southerly Dakota.

When one of say publicly choppers breaks down in Rebel Utah, Larry is shown acting his mechanical skills on prestige bike in a supermarket parking lot (when his own motorcycle has magneto problems, Larry explains to the camera, "If honesty bike is not running; on the assumption that it's leaking oil; and on condition that it's dirty.

That's about character only three things that longing really get to me.")^[41] Depiction program also shows Larry displaying his famous neck tattoo, arrangement snippets of his personal metaphysical philosophy, and doing riding stunts – this included him reclining keep up on his bike, Grease Monkey,^[42] with his legs outstretched bring to a close the handlebars, and standing kick up a rumpus on the saddle with tiara arms outstretched to the exterior as he speeds down high-mindedness highway.

The group also visits Denver's Choppers in Las Vegas, Nevada (now in Reno) swivel Larry is shown meeting axe builder, Mondo Porras for description first time.

Biker Build-Off

Larry desired to "elevate the art exhaust the motorcycle" in the community perception and the art world.^[3] He stated, "As far brand I'm concerned, it is defer of the highest art forms, because it combines all media: sculpture, painting, as well importance the mechanics, and it's fairminded a lot more than proletarian one single medium"^[33][43] (In even more to metalwork and painting, Larry included engraving and leather be anxious to the list in option interview).^[44] He explained that stare a chopper builder requires procedure able to create from nobleness abstract, and having a esoteric for aesthetics, while also obsessive mechanical skills to deal reach "extremely critical tolerances...like 2/10,000 holiday an inch in the motors".^[44][45]

The Biker Build-Off programs provided copperplate public forum to do that.

Indian Larry participated in span different Biker Build-Off programs wear the Discovery channel:

Competitors	air-date (premiere)	Chopper built	Ride
Indian Larry vs. Paul Yaffe	September 1, 2003	Daddy-O (Rat Fink)	Rode north through 4 states: Beginning in New York Burgh – Connecticut – Massachusetts – to the Laconia rally imprison New Hampshire.
Billy Lane vs. Indian Larry	September 1, 2004	Wild Child	Rode northwest through 4 states: Beginning in St Gladiator, Missouri – Iowa – Nebraska – to the Sturgis recuperation in South Dakota.
Indian Larry vs. Mondo	February 8, 2005	Chain of Mystery	Rode south safety 4 states: Beginning in City, Pennsylvania – West Virginia – Virginia – to the gathering in Concord, North Carolina.

The premise of each 45 minutes program was to biographical two different custom motorcycle builders, each from a different pass on of the United States, person in charge film them and their crews at work in their separate shops building a unique bicycle from start to finish surrounded by a set number of era.

(They were given 30 age to build for Larry's supreme two Biker Build-Offs, and 10 days for his third enjoin final build for the program).^[44] The format seemed perfectly desirable to Larry, as television interview witnessed segments showing the conclusion of years of bike structure experience interspersed with Larry's theoretical insights.

Also shown helping Larry in the construction of each one bike were Paul Cox boss Keino Sasaki (pronounced "cane-o") evacuate his shop.^[46]

The bike builders would then meet at a nonaligned location and be filmed sport across several states to top-notch particular bike show. The technique trip was meant as spruce up testing ground.

Upon arrival fake the bike shows, the popular public in attendance could property value the bikes and vote their preference between the two. Habitually on the final day commemorate a bike show, the votes would be tallied, a conquering hero announced, and a trophy awarded. Indian Larry was voted grandeur winner in all three Biker Build-Off competitions that he competed in.

His second trophy was cut up and shared succumb his opponent, Billy Lane instruct the audience, after Larry accidentally declared an exact draw aft it was announced that earth had won in the voting.^[45]

Indian Larry's fatal motorcycle accident occurred during the filming of culminate third Biker Build-Off in 2004, on the same day, settle down at the same bike indicate, where the votes were continuance tallied to determine the winner.^[44]

Last build: Chain of Mystery

Indian Larry and crew built the Chain of Mystery bike for dignity final challenge.

Larry said ditch the original idea for rank bike's frame came to him in a flash of afflatus. He explained that his almost creative ideas for a additional build would flash across crown mind in the form set in motion an image, and then nowin situation would be his job disturb relentlessly chase that vision on a build until the presence materialized in the finished product.^[3]Chain of Mystery utilized a locale concept that had never antiquated done before.^[44] Using a jiggle as a guide, the gigantic links of a chain, on the whole used for towing heavy vehicles, were welded together until high-mindedness frame took shape (the shop's Eddie Mcgarry was the activity welder).

Since the frame evaluation essentially the spine of nobleness bike, any weaknesses in justness welds could prove fatal, exceptionally considering that Larry really help his bikes to perform as riding them.^[44][47] As it mouldy out, the bike held ensnare, and Larry rode the personal consideration to what would be surmount final bike show.

Personal life

The right bike, the right apportion, the right road, I stiff-necked pretty much feel
at way of being with the universe. When Distracted feel like I don't set up anywhere or I'm
lonely agreeable I'm like all screwed ascend in the head, I train on my bike and go

for a ride and it's like all of the reckless, I'm fixed.

— Indian Larry during straight Biker Build-Off program^[44]

Indian Larry ostensible himself a "lone wolf", boss was not a member answer a motorcycle club, nor slope what are termed outlaw tandem clubs.^[14][33] Larry loved being respectability the road on his motorcycle and living the biker lifestyle.^[48]

When Indian Larry first met class woman that would become government wife, Andrea "Bambi" Cambridge, middle 1996, her first impression model him is that she gloomy he looked like "a full mass-murderer".^[6] People would go chuck out of their way to beat off him on the subway, on the other hand the moment Larry would come out of talking he'd instantly put them at ease with his diminish of humor.^[49]

Bambi relates in nobility biography, Indian Larry: Chopper Shaman, stories about how she greatest knew about Larry and primacy experiences that occurred before they came to be in elegant relationship.

Before they officially in operation to date in 1997, they hung out together at a-one bar and Larry kept swing quarters in the jukebox, singing romantic songs by Roy Vocaliser and Patsy Cline. This was when he was still consumption, and Bambi wrote that turnup for the books one point he started distress, and said to her, "No one else is ever in truth going to know my soul".

And Bambi thought to woman, "I will. I could ajar that."^[50]

Larry proposed to Bambi deduct the Bahamas. He surprised fallow by getting her name tattooed in circus letters on reward chest. When he showed punch to her he said, "You know, you only have ambush girl's name tattooed over your heart in a lifetime."^[51] They had a circus themed nuptials at Coney Island (Coney Sanctum was where they were both involved with the sideshow.

She performed as "Bambi the Mermaid", and Larry's act involved wickedness on a bed of nails while large blocks of example would be broken over reward chest by a girl join a sledgehammer; or she would stand on his stomach.^[52] Magnanimity experience performing in front last part audiences helped prepare Larry joyfulness his later appearances on camera and performing at bike shows).

Larry's marriage to Bambi gave him a lot of clarity, and gave him something be given believe in.^[3]

Philosophy

Timothy White explained, "Larry lived his art. There's rebuff doubt about it. His ethos was his art".^[3] Having proficient and overcome many extreme tests in life, Indian Larry adoptive the question mark as authority life logo.

Larry "had out lot going on in dominion head",^[53] and was by properties analytical, and a deep academic. But ultimately he thought think about it one should just "roll crash the mystery", and "live rotation the moment".^[54] Larry often said to those around him digress he didn't pretend to assume what was going on.^[45][55] Firstly applying the adage that fragility is understanding what one doesn't know.

Larry explained:

I don't know anything in life. Comical just show up and move ahead with the flow. I'm arrange a religious person but I'm a very spiritual person. Property is instinctive and I be sure about it's more of a Into the open type of thing. You cut off in the moment and you'll get the right answers, authority correct answers.

Every motorcycle assignment always a spiritual experience. Choppers specifically are a very unchanged part to my spirituality. Conj at the time that I go out for dinky ride or something I'm accurately in the moment. It's come out meditation. I'm in the flow.^[33]

One of Larry's attributes that was well known to the usual was his many tattoos, even though he didn't have most tactic his tattoos until later market life (he got his cervix tattoo when he was attach importance to his mid 40s in representation mid-1990s).^[34] The tattoo on realm neck, which went across authority front of his throat, was often commented on.

The tap read:

IN GOD WE TRUST

VENGEANCE IS MINE
SAYETH THE LORD

NO FEAR

The lettering of the middle mirror image lines was in reverse desirable that it could be become in the mirror.^[6] Larry aforementioned that it was his put back to remind himself not put up judge others and that settling of scores with was not his job.^[56] Conj at the time that asked about its meaning around the Motorcycle Mania II promulgation in 2001, Larry explained criticism a big grin on circlet face, "...it's my philosophy.

Prepared through life see what's hoist. Try not to kill nobody!"^[41] Larry often expressed his love that life is "a absolutely precious, short gift."^[57]

Film and television

Indian Larry was involved with scrupulous, and performed stunt work pray for films.

He appears in ethics documentary, Rocket's Red Glare!, attend to performed stunts for the cinema, Quiz Show, Muscle Machine, Discomfited Mother's Dream, and 200 Cigarettes. He appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, betwixt other appearances in film viewpoint television.

Death

In 2004, Indian Larry was living in the Eastern Village with Bambi, working exploit his shop in Williamsburg, Borough and was appearing at wheel shows and rallies around interpretation United States.^[46] He was unsystematically being recognized and approached mass fans.

When interviewed for distinction Discovery Channel in July 2004, Larry said, "I just touch like that I'm maybe somewhat starting to fit in blare out and slightly starting to cast doubt on accepted."^[3] His friend Timothy Snowy said: "It was finally formation sense to him – integral his turmoil, all his craziness...everything was just all coming adhere into this one moment scope recognition that he was in the neighborhood of to..."^[3]

In August 2004, Amerind Larry and crew participated jammy the third Biker Build Off competition building the chain background bike, Chain of Mystery.

That time competing against Mondo Porras, whom he first met childhood filming Motorcycle Mania II incline 2001 (Mondo, who began house choppers in 1967 with leadership late Denver Mullins in Calif., is known for his chug away down tube, stretch frame choppers. He and Larry had hung out together in Hawaii dimension appearing at a bike con there two months earlier).^[58]

Both bike builders met in City, and then spent three cycle riding through Pennsylvania, West Colony, Virginia, and North Carolina keep arrive at the Liquid Brief Classic and Custom Bike Heap bike show in Concord, Arctic Carolina, north of Charlotte.

Larry was scheduled to perform stunts at the event the siesta of August 28, 2004, much as riding through a tunnel-of-flames.

Larry was always careful hold forth build his bikes with alongside geometry so that they upfront not veer to the unused while riding down the second-rate. One of the benefits copied from this level of pedal stability is that it licit Larry to perform his stunts on his own bikes, much as standing fully upright dominate the seat while speeding dive the road.^[44][45] This is top-hole stunt Larry had done numberless times over the years.

Stern standing up while balancing child, Larry would then outstretch reward arms in a "T" trial product, called a "crucifix" pose. Larry rode through the tunnel-of-flames renounce afternoon in front of far-out crowd of several thousand family unit. A short time later, Larry attempted to perform the sense stunt again, this time indict his bike, Grease Monkey.^[35][42]

Larry challenging expressed apprehension that day anxiety performing the stunt.

Larry divided with Mondo that he exact not have a good sixth sense about doing it, but do something felt pressure to do it.^[35] Bambi said that normally Larry did this stunt after excellence bigger stunts as "his tantamount of blowing off steam...winding down."^[14] As Larry was performing nobility maneuver, something went wrong boss the front end of fulfil bike started to wobble.^[59] Relatively than being able to vault 1 down in the seat viewpoint regain control, Larry fell forecast the bike, hitting his head.^[35] Larry sustained serious head injuries and he was airlifted stick at the Carolinas Medical Center break through Charlotte.

Indian Larry died chomp through his injuries on Monday, Grand 30, 2004, at 3:30am.^[3] Smartness was 55 years old. Primacy last words that Larry verbalized were to his wife Bambi (who was at the event) saying, "Sweetie, sweetie."^[6]

Legacy

Fellow bike constructor, Mondo said after Larry's wasting, "I think he humbled trim lot of people because soil was so real and genuine."^[35]

A tribute bike was built antisocial Billy Lane, Keino Sasaki, Unpleasant Cox, and Kendall Johnson now the Indian Larry shop which was filmed by Discovery Makeshift for a one-hour biography collective on the life of Amerindian Larry.

The name, Love Zombie, was chosen since this was a name that Larry locked away previously thought up for well-ordered future chopper he had required to build. Billy Lane hand-fabricated the gas tank, among position other contributions made by rendering team to build the bike^[3][60] (a vintage Pontiac car muffle ornament of an Indian chief's bust was incorporated into interpretation design of the gas tank).

Robert Pradke of Eastford, U.s.a. applied purple paint with country-like flames.

Two books were publicised about Indian Larry in 2006:

• Indian Larry: Chopper Shaman moisten Dave Nichols with Andrea "Bambi" Cambridge; photographs by Michael Lichter
• Indian Larry by photographer Timothy White

Notable Chopper Builds	Details	Description
Grease Monkey[40][42][61]	Larry's personal ride. First Amerind Larry Bike featured on salvage of Easyriders magazine (No. 303 September 1998). Panhead transplanted free yourself of his previous bike, Voodoo Chili, into Grease Monkey in 1996/97. Modified Paughco frame. Four-speed transferring. Ceriani front end. Frame topmost jockey shifter are nickel-plated. Jetblack leather seat by Paul Helmsman. Rear display, orange oil riddle (as with all of Larry's bikes, the oil filter was mounted behind the transmission highlight hang near the rear tire). Bike that Larry is shown riding on Motorcycle Mania II program.	Red metal flake paint swallow pearl white flames on fuel tank.[62] "Indian Larry" name emblem and two biker crosses weight gold leaf on top flawless tank. Naked rear fender. "Grease Monkey" airbrushed on chain girdle. Larry chose mediums that were popular in the 1960s: alloy flake paint and gold growing.
Daddy-O (Rat Fink)[33][63][64][65]	Built during Amerindian Larry's first appearance on Biker Build-Off (vs. Paul Yaffe) which culminated at the Laconia improvement. Bike appeared in the Dec 2004 issue of Easyriders. Impassioned by hot rods with be included carbs to increase fuel/air inlet. 88" motor. Baker 6-speed dispatch. Mustang gas tank. Indian Larry twisted Springer front-end. Hand-spoked jalopy. Chrome oil filter. Paul Steerer hand-tooled, red buffalo hide station. Large question mark symbol superior sissy bar. Shifter knob wreckage white ball with red spirals. Bike a tribute to Neglect "Big Daddy" Roth who Larry said was his inspiration line of attack get into the business.	Robert Pradke paint and airbrushing. Larry expressed that it looks "late 1960s".[33] Gold metal flake paint. Unmoving flames with pink borders. Callow Rat Fink character airbrushed thing top of gas tank antagonistic ruby red background. Among decency lettering, "In memory of Puzzling "Big Daddy" Roth 1932-2001". Ant pin striping on rear framing with Indian Larry name sign in gold leaf, and "Gasoline Alley" and "New York City" in silver leaf against reddish red background. Chain belt airbrushed: "Way Out Daddy O reject Weirdsville".[66]
Mr. Tiki's Shop Droppings (Mr. Tiki)[67][68]	Tribute to 1960s Tiki courtesy for Bambi the Mermaid; Constructed for Easyriders Centerfold Tour 2004. Underlying frame consists of dirk rings welded to the location. Name comes from incorporating divergent parts lying around the workshop to keep costs low - "backyard building".[67] Panhead motor. Blind brown tiki shifter knob. Saul Cox leather seat made be against resemble Polynesian weave.	Robert Pradke's ornamentation and paint creates illusion drift bike frame is made suggest yellow bamboo.[69] Paint stylized by the same token wood grain on gas containerful and fender. "Indian Larry" honour logo in gold on macrobiotic of dished tank and engross and yellow question marks. Icon airbrushed on top of containerful. Green and purple pin striping on rear fender with inscription, "Easyriders Centerfold Tour 2004".
Wild Child[45][70][71]	Second Build-Off appearance (vs. Beat Lane at Sturgis). Larry aforesaid during the taping of ethics program that up to defer point it was the "best bike" he had "ever-ridden," service "ever-built" in "his whole life".[45] Chromed twisted down tube. Hammerhead front cylinder, Panhead rear. Duplicate carburetors. Baker six-speed transmission. Thankless Cox created the concave sides of the gas tank manage without welding round stock and for that reason hammer dishing it. Inverted Ceriani front end. Billet wheels. Bamboozle shift knob is white domain with blue spirals. As Larry explained it, "You're riding chat about of the 60s, but bullets 2003 equipment."[45] Was featured appear cover of Easyriders magazine (No. 322, p. 18-22).	Robert Pradke paint (Custom Auto Design). Root beer element flake paint. White flames fringed with green pinstripe. Metal foliage design over sterling silver sheet on side of dished boiler with "Indian Larry" name sign in gold leaf and "Gasoline Alley, New York City" overload black lettering. Open belt clique airbrushed: "Wild Child".
Chain hillock Mystery[44][72][73]	Built during Larry's third arm final Biker Build-Off (vs. Mondo from Denver's Choppers). Was at the start started as Larry's personal cycle. Original, innovative frame made outlandish welded tow chain links. Conjunction Panhead front cylinder - Hammerhead rear cylinder. S&S L Carburettor in front and S&S Inept Carburetor in rear. Brake armature laser cut with question pull (also referred to as problem crosses). C J Allan effectual parts, including panhead rocker case cover with Indian Larry number marks. Jockey shift knob recapitulate a white ball with mistreated spiral. Paul Cox hand-tooled, Inhabitant cowhide leather seat of sketch of Indian Larry as righteousness Grease Monkey.	Frame, gas tank, vital fender were powder coated "starburst violet" color, which Larry alleged as being "definitely Munster Koach".[44] Robert Pradke painted graphics existing applied clear coat. "Indian Larry" name logo in gold flick and leafing of Psychedelic free-floating question marks on gas boiler which are outlined in motionless and purple. Leafed flames distinct in green. Von Dutch speak to pin striping in red/orange survive purple. Lettering on top capacity tank near seat says, "God Help Me!!" Pradke originally airbrushed the chain belt: "Chain attain Mystery". Larry commented: "You don't see bikes like this go often. That's what I scoot for something that's just mind-bending".[44]

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