Flynch

Once upon a time in the mid-nineties, there was an article on a bike in Iron Horse magazine (not to be confused with the off-shoot magazine The Horse). Iron Horse magazine was the modern chopper magazine of the time, years before everyone saw Jesse James on Discovery Channel, back when choppers were still dirty and NOT welcome at many motorcycles shows.




Personally, I thought nearly all issues of Iron Horse magazine which had David Snow as the editor pretty much fucking ruled. Then there was this guy named Flynch who wrote for the mag as well and built this 4speed swingarm framed shovel HFB, Hell's Fuckin' Belle:
This was some years before we starting seeing this similar style being done overseas (and influenced many stateside to do the same). I mean, I ain't saying Flynch "made it up" or some shit like that, English Don had done something along those lines with the Babylon Taxi (especially after the tall apes were taken off of it). But man, back then and still today, originality really made this bike stand out. Tight package, swing arm mounted rear fender, sprung solo seat, homemade foot controls out of round stock, etc.
It's still stuck in my brain. Lines were being crossed, cultures were starting to clash and ever so slightly mix. This wasn't biker-bro stuff, I didn't know what it was but it felt pretty punk.
So I don't mean to be magazine scanner guy, you don't see too much of that going on here at COC, but I just thought I'd throw this up because Flynch been popping his head up again around these parts. Hi Flynch!