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Started in October of 2006, this motorcycle came about as the result of attending the AMD Canadian Custom Motorcycle Championships in Alberta, August of 2006. The klub was invited to this event and during the event, a major motorcycle parts manufactuer donated the frame to the klub with a challenge of building a custom motorcycle. The klub took that challenge and 36 months later, "The Betty Bobber" was completed. The name for the bike came from the AMD show promoter, Belt Drive Betty, aka Rene Charbonneau, who made it possible for the students to attend this event.

Betty is a a Nu Skool Bobber style motorcycle with a 1950's Hot Rod theme. Her paint is inspired by a 1957 Buick Roadmaster and the wide white walls, dice nuts and pinstriping are all part of the theme.

Specifications:
Motor: 114 Merch Fatso
Horsepower: Around 148 bhp
Torque: Around 178 ft lbs
Transmission: 6 speed Ultima
Primary: Ultima Pro Street 3 1/4 inch open belt with Barnett Quiet Clutch
Exhaust: 2 1/4 inch Big Growl "Shot Guns" with Crime Scene Chopper Retro Exhaust Tips
Bars: 12 inch Baby Apes
Risers: Trick Factory Customs
Grips: Avon Grips white "coke" bottles
Controls: BDL (Belt Drives Ltd)
Wiring Harness: Ultima Chopper Harness
Headlight: Small, round, lights up, with a "Bug's Eye" insert
Front-end: Various Harley Davidson parts but it's a wide glide
Brakes: Front- Performance Machine 4 piston caliper; Rear- Exile Cycles Sprotor Kit
Tires: Both 16 inch Avon Tyre Gangster Wide White Walls
Wheels: Late model Harley Davidson 9 spoke "Wagon" Wheels
Gas Tank: modified by Bike Klub Harley Davidson Fat Bob
Oil Tank: Bike Klub Tear Drop
Fenders: Front- Invisible Rear- Bike Klub wide ribbed special
Seat: Corbin
Gauges: Autometer
Forward Controls: Hard Body
Frame: 55 inch standard rear tire, 30 degrees of rake, zero stretch
Paint: Goguen Custom Painting
Pinstriping: Corie "LowShow" MacKinnon, Pinstriping by LowShow

In March of 2009, Betty won the Donnie Smith Chopper Class Challenge (DSCCC) the first time a Canadian team travelled to the St Paul, Minnesota show and they brought home the two highest honours of the IronHorse Magazine Overall Winner award and the IronHorse Magazine Technical Merit award for best built high school motorcycle. This competition pits high school program from North America against each other in a friendly and fair competition. This is the only known competition of it's kind in the world and it is held during the Donnie Smith Bike Show, one of the mid-west's largest motorcycle shows hosted by Master Builder Donnie Smith. Betty was also entered in the open class of Hard Tail Custom and won 3rd Best Overall in a field of 9 Master and Pro builders, quite an accomplishment for high school kids!!

Click Here to see Betty's Build Gallery!