2011 Iron & Lace
Custom Bikes & Centerfold Model Calendar
Featuring the top bikes of the 2009 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show
and the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building
and the beautiful FastDates.com Calendar Kittens
sponsored by Mikuni American

Ken's Factory Wins 2009 Performance Machine Best of Show!
July 19th 2009, Long Beach, CA - Not satisified with his last year's 1st Place Pro Builder award and the cover of the new 2010 Iron & Lace Calendar, Kenji Nagai / Ken’s Factory, Japan, flew back for this year's 2009 Calendar Bike Building Championship with his all-new bike "1903" to take Best of Show. Awarding Ken (standing in the middle wearing sunglasses and holding the PM Best of Show trophy) with the lion's share of $86,000 in cash and awards is from left: Ted Sands / Performance Machine, Elizabeth Nicole / singer songwriter actress and host, FastDates.com Calendar Kittens Apple and Melody.

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Jim Gianatsis photographed Kenji Nagai's 2008 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show winner for the for the 2010 FastDates.com Iron & Lace Calendar and Website with models Rachel and Sabella in his studio the day after the Calendar Show.

Four 2009 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show winning bikes featured in the 2011 Iron & lace Calendar
The weekend features many of the world's top Pro and Amateur street bike builders in attendance to compete in the Performance Machine Calendar Show Bike Building Championship with a bulging purse of $86,000 in cash and awards. There are 10 individual classes for American V-Twin and Metric Street Custom, Performance, Classic, Bobber, Chopper and Sportbike motorcycles The coveted Performance Machine Best of Show Trophy is awarded for the top overall bike at the Show and includes a $3,000 cash prize, an additional $7,000 in product awards bringing the total awards to $10,000 overall, plus the winning bike and builder receives an editorial bike feature in Iron Works magazine and the Iron & Lace Calendar photographed by Show producer Jim Gianatsis.

Taking home the coveted Best of Show award was Kenji Nagai from Ken's Factory in Japan. ?Kenji wasn’t satisfied with his 1st Place Pro Builder award at the 2008 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend, which also garnered him the cover of the 2010 Iron & Lace Calendar.

Kenji returned for the 2009 Calendar Bike Building Championship with his all-new bike "One Eyed King" to take Best of Show. Calendar Kitten Melody Schuster was there to help award him the trophy and posed with his bike the next day for this year’s calendar. www.Kens-Fasctory.com.
In USA contact Jonathan Kluvery 310-749-2026.

?Chris Flechtner's
SpeedShopDesign.com retro bar hopper took 1st Place in the Iron Works Magazine Pro Class at the
2009 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend. Posing with Chis' bike is the ovely Stefanie Blase who provides full service attention at the Iron & Lace Garage.

Todd Silicato picked up a really big $5,000 Award Certificate from Ted Sands, Kari Kimmel and the Calendar Kittens for the Best PM Equipped Bike at the Show. Todd also taught Calendar Bike Buiding Seminars both days of the Show.

?Previous 2008 LA Calendar Best of Show winner Jim Guiffra of AFTCustoms.com returned to the 2009 Calendar Show to premier this red hot Honda based custom “LowLA” built by the bike savy AFT Model Agency girls to win 1st Place Metric Custom.

Performance Machine also offers is own trophy for the Best Performance Machine Equipped Bike with a $5,000 product award from Performance Machine products going to ?a black Bar Hopper from Ron Simms / www.RonSimms.com.

Posing with the Simm's bike is Beautiful model Mosh.
www.the Moshroom.com

The bike “Rooster” features a 1959 Panhead engine with a Shovelhead top end fed by a Mikuni HSR Carburetor. Ron built it as a tribute to since departed Hells Angeles buddy named Rooster who rode a similar black Panhead years ago. Ron built “Rooster”specifically to make its world premier at the 2009 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show and this year’s Iron & Lace Calendar.