Mike Spinelli (Philadelphia)- The bike was inspired by seeing an old skool trike in The Born Losers, the 1967 movie that introduced the world to the Billy Jack character.

The build started with a lowrider stretch cruiser frame in which I removed the back end.

I sketched out the rear end trike assembly and sent it to an engineer who put it on his CAD and welded up the assembly.  I had the assembly welded locally and added the 2 reinforcing flat steel bars.  The ½” thick hubs and 5/8” axles were also built by a guy who did similar work for a member of Atomic Zombie.  Tires are 245/55/16 Bridgeton motorcycle with American Racing Torque Thrust 'D' 16X8s in a 5X4.75 Chevy bolt pattern.  Front wheel is from Husky Bikes with a Sturmey drum brake.  Seat is vintage Wrights from England.  Apes are custom built by BR Bars out of 1.25” steel.  I added the bolo cord leather-wrapped grips that are threaded thru the bar ends.  Bars and fork were painted with Steel-It stainless steel spray coating.  Shifter started out as the standard Sturmey OCC chopper stick shift, in which I cut off the top portion and welded the bottom slotted portion to a piece of aluminum stock which I bent and drilled out.  Shift knob is Shrunken Head.  Gearing is a Sturmey 3 speed trike gearbox.  Paint is candy purple powdercoat.