Steve wouldn’t have it any other way as he’s just a guy with a taste for extremes even in a custom world where extreme is just a starting point. Take his CBX six-cylinder chopper you can see (and hear!) in this video for instance, there can’t be too many CBX-powered choppers floating around in the world, but he’s got one and it’s a pip. Might not be your cup of tea, but you have to give him credit for just daring to take what’s now considered a modern classic and chopping the living hell out of it. Although this isn’t the first time there’s been a motorcycle chromed (and polished) to within an inch of its life, just chroming out a trike is almost like chroming two bikes at once. Somewhere there’s a plater with a new Caddy that owes it all to Steve.

 

   Now none of that chrome talk is meant to be disparaging in any way, more people probably love chrome than don’t so there’s always an attraction to shiny metal for a lot of people. It’s just one of the many, many custom motorcycles Steve’s made over the years and sooner or later, many builders have gone the blinged-out route just because. Once you’re committed, you might as well go all the way whether it’s chrome, paint, powder coating, or whatever. One thing an all chrome trike will do at any show is attract a crowd and that’s a good thing for a builder. If you can’t get ‘em to at least stop and look, you’ll never get a chance to sell and, theoretically, that’s what owning a shop is all about.

  

    What Steve’s created here is a completely chromed frame with an always tough and good looking Frankenstein Trikes’ rear end. Frankenstein’s solid rear axle kit is a thing of beauty as far as I’m concerned and would look spectacular under a ’32 Ford hot rod as well as a trike. It looks like a million, but doesn’t cost it. The highly show-polished 110-inch RevTech engine is almost hard to see in its eye-ball searing shininess. In bright light, you’d almost have to wear welder’s goggles to keep from being blinded. Breaking it up a bit is the cut and mesh flames on all the fenders that add a bit of metal graphics to the mix although I gotta admit they do kinda defeat the purpose of fender coverage. But, then I think about how I wouldn’t ride this bike in the slightest chance of bad weather just so I wouldn’t have to clean it.

 

   So, I’m right back where I started. Steve Stirewalt’s built himself a great showcase for his company that shows trikes as being more than just a substitute for two-wheels. It’s a show shocker that will get customers into Steve’s shop where his expertise in trike conversions surely helps pay the bills. Nothing wrong with that. Just because a person rides a trike doesn’t mean they have to settle for less when it comes to customs and this trike clearly shows you can have the bling along with practicality.

 

    For more info on Dirt & Street Cycle’s custom trikes and bikes, click on http://www.dirtandstreetcycle.net/.