What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “Las Vegas?” No, it’s not colossal buffets with shrimp piled up to the ceiling or brainless dancing fountains of water, it’s gambling. Gambling is what makes the lights stay on and the casino hotels grow in size beyond all comprehension. It’s the lifeblood of the community whether anyone wants to accept it or not. Gambling doesn’t always have to be frowned upon or viewed as some sort of a sickness. It can be a life-changing good thing. Take Paul Stewart’s story for instance.

Paul Stewart had been building customs in his garage one at a time and enjoyed what he was doing. Unfortunately his parts suppliers wouldn’t give him a price break because he wasn’t a legitimate shop, which cut into making any profit. They told him, “If you don’t become officially licensed and in a commercial location, we’re not going to sell to you anymore,” said Paul. Just about broke, he took a course of action that could be a lesson to us all. Paul said, “I started my current business with $50. I had a chance to start a business with this or go gamble. I went and gambled.” So how’d that work out for him? “I turned the $50 into $6,000 and bought a bike, pulled it apart, rebuilt it, the bike went into a couple of magazines. Sold it, bought another bike, same thing again, another magazine . . . did it again. It snowballed into what it is right now.” What “it is”, is the company he started in 1993, Dynamic Choppers located in, where else, Fabulous Las Vegas.

Dynamic Choppers builds customs all over the spectrum, from $15,000 to $150,000. Paul’s production bike, Ruthless 360, is geared to appeal to someone looking for the far out glitz and glamour of a 360 tire bike but at a reasonable cost. No TV theme prices here, but one kick-ass custom that will cause people to gawk. It’s a radical ride that you can actually ride. “I’ve got a local guy that doesn’t ride it anywhere but around town. In two years he’s got 30,000 miles on it. He rides it every day,” said Paul.

Ruthless uses a beautifully curved, single downtube rigid frame with a 38-degree rake and dimensions of 6” out and 4” up. A muscular looking, American Suspension Dragon chrome springer fork always reaches your destination well ahead of you. Hanging out there is one of Tight Customs tasty Classic series wheels covered in Avon rubber and sporting a, serious for a springer, HHI front brake. “We try where ever we can to use the highest quality components,” said Paul.

This model comes standard with a 100” RevTech breathing through the ubiquitous 42mm Mikuni carb drawing air from a Wimmer 90-degree Super Sucker air cleaner. Stock internals guarantee reliability, so no foolin’ around there. A Crane ignition is in charge of the pyrotechnics and the resulting explosions are broadcast by the stylishly short Dynamic Choppers exhaust. An enclosed chain primary keeps any bell-bottom wearing 60s refugees safe as it transmits power to a 5-speed Baker RSD tranny. Chain drive rotates that 360mm wide hydrocarbon polymer donut by Vee Rubber mounted on a 13.2” X 18” TC Classic rim. An Exile Sprotor does its best to stop the rotation of this object that has the spinning mass of one of those new class of planets found just outside our solar system.

Dynamic blends the flowing lines of the fuel tank into the thick tubing of the frame and forms a classic “S” curve for the dropped seat. As for the location of the crucial oil tank, I’ll just quote Paul, who said, “Can you find it?” Letting the basic design speak for itself is an understated black powdercoat finish. Sweet Jeebers, there’s not even a semblance of graphics in sight. Don’t you fret though, there are lots of Dynamic options in this department and I’m sure your taste and your wallet will probably have a little chat over that when the time comes to order. The seat is a product of Dynamic Choppers and is well padded as well as stylish, check out the Up Close sidebar for more info.

Paul uses his own brand of mid-apes on integrated Dynamic risers that mount super-clean Climax hand controls by Custom Cycle Control systems of nearby Henderson, Nevada, are internally plumbed and lend a high quality, show appearance and blend the springer right into the bars like they were cast as one item. Pro-One’s airy forward controls keep that area looking open and blend in nicely. An elegant Adjure headlight watches the road ahead while a Dynamic Choppers LED taillight keeps those pesky SUV’s and tuner cars at bay.

So if you’ve got to be the phat-est custom owner on your block, but you don’t have a bank account to match, do yourself a favor and check out the fattest-tired, reasonably priced bikes at Dynamic Chopper’s website. The drivetrain and style options are staggering. Don’t let your location be the overwhelming factor in buying your dream bike. “The majority of my customers aren’t even in state. Last year at least eighty per-cent were from out of state and half of them I never even met,” said Paul.