Invited Builders of Born-Free 16 (2025) Part 3

For sixteen years, Mike and Grant have invited the world's best motorcycle builders to Orange County, CA, for the Born-Free Show. This year, the awesome collection of hand-crafted machines was as good as ever. The weather even cooperated, and instead of being sweltering hot, it was pleasant the whole weekend. Our resident photo master, @geoffkowalchuk, arrived early Saturday morning and snapped some photos of each of the Invited Builder bikes before the crowd arrived. There were so many killer machines that we had to break this up into a three-part series. Please enjoy the inspiration...

Wes Hoke

1978 H-D Shovel
@nuumetal
Echo Park, CA

Todd Asin

1965 H-D Panhead
@smallcitycycles
Boise, ID

Slim

1970 H-D
@slimsfab
Yucaipa, CA

Shai Malka

1947 H-D Knuckle
@shais_garage
San Fernando Valley, CA

Ryan Grossman

1946 H-D Knuckle
@3gknuck
Agoura Hills, CA

Russell Mitchell

2008 H-D FLSTC
@exilecycles
Agoura Hills, CA

Rod Mangles

1948 H-D Panhead
@rodzum
Australia

Rich P. Miflin

1969 H-D Shovel
@richpmiflin
Philidelphia, PA

Reid McClearly

1968 H-D XLCH
@macspeedcycles
Riverside, CA

Randy "Detroit" Hayward

1948 H-D Panhead
@detroit_antique_motorcycles
Detroit, MI

Neil Zarama

1959 H-D Panhead
@arrowchoppers
San Francisco, CA