Ultimate Builder winners in Cleveland

Jesse Bassett's winning build was based on a 1965 BSA Lightning 650cc.

Last weekend saw Cleveland host the latest of the World Championship program Ultimate Builder affiliate events at the Progressive Insurance sponsored IMS series.

The Freestyle class win was taken by Jesse Bassett of The Gasbox (who collaborated with Huey Schwebs of Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Co on their 2007 World Championship entry) with his 1965 BSA Lightning, with Bill Steele of Steele Kustoms second and fourth.

Bill took his second place with 'Fascinator', a stunning automatic transmissioned billet springer high-tech meets old-style lowrider with which he scooped fifth place in the World Championship in 2006.

Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Co took third with 'Sicpup' their World Championship Modified Harley class fourth place bike from 2009, and were also awarded fifth place for Huey Schwebs' board tracker.

The Harley-Davidson sponsored Modified Harley class win was taken by Bob McAreavey with his daily rider, a customized 2001 FatBoy; he denied Jason Bochniak a third successive Ultimate Builder class win for his Freedom Cycle customized 2006 H-D Deluxe 'Phoenix', which finished runner-up.

In the Performance Custom Class, the win went to Jamie Luczak, Luczak Enterprises and Motioncraft, with a 2006 Hayabusa; second and third were taken by Perry Paugh with a pair of Dougherty Motorcycles customised Kawasakis - a Z1 in second place, a ZX11 in third.

The 'Ultimate Builder' series now moves on to Minneapolis this coming weekend (February 4-6), followed by Chicago (February 11-13) and then Greenville Sc. (February 25-27) before the finals at Daytona Bike Week, March 9-12.

For full details of classes, prizes and entry contact Bob Kay or Jeff Najar at Biker Pros, Tel: 919 383 0500