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ike many, Brock Bridges started riding dirt bikes when he was young at around 8 years old. Bridges inherited his love for two wheels from his Grandfather and his Dad. At an early age, Brock learned about Hot Rods, fabrication, and motorcycles. Brock told me that his entire family was into drag racing and hot rods. He actually started out with a love for those cars. He fondly recalls working on them with his Dad in their twocar garage at home. At just twelve years old, he learned to weld in that home shop. He quickly realized that motorcycles were smaller and took up less room in the shop, so
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he built his first street bike, an old BSA, at the age of 16. He modified the frame by building the entire back half, made new sheet metal, and painted the bike himself. Within the next year or so, he was building his first Harley, and he was definitely hooked. Of course, Brock is now a Union Ironworker and builds bikes on the side. ridges said he always loved the 70s style Chopper and knew he needed to build one. After building several smaller bobber and lane splitter style bikes, he decided it was time to tackle his dream and push his limits. The first pieces of the puzzle were
