Mitchell shop wins 'Biker Build-Off' competition

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) A custom creation from a Mitchell motorcycle shop has won a television show competition.

Brian Klock and Todd Snedeker are co-owners of Klock Werks Kustom Cycles of Mitchell Their team of builders beat a team from Indianapolis during a recently aired episode of Discovery Channel's "Biker Build-Off." The Klock Werks team constructed a custom bagger also known as a road sofa which is a bike with a fairing to block the wind for the rider and saddle bags.

The teams drove their custom motorcycles on a 700-mile trek from Des Moines, Iowa, to Sturgis, where the bikes spent a week on display at the town's annual motorcycle rally.

After the Sturgis visit, the Klock Werks team continued west to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and set a land-speed record for a bagger-style motorcycle.



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