Dec 22

Flotspotting Bike Bad-assery, Part 1: Chris Flechtner’s Beezerker

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Seattle-based designer, maker and Coroflotter Christopher Flechtner runs Speed Shop Design LLC, a design firm “dedicated to the design of all things fast.” Flechtner’s wicked-looking Beezerker motorcycle just won both the People’s Choice award and First Place in the Freestyle category at the 2011 Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show Seattle.

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The Beezerker’s tank and seat area consists of hand-beaten aluminum, and it’s safe to say Flechtner’s comfortable working with metal: In addition to holding degrees in metalsmithing from both Cranbrook and the Massachusetts College of Art, the designer studied antique sword restoration in Japan.

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