Icarus

Many people who attended the 2016 Two Wheel Sunday event will remember the bike "Icarus", which attracted a lot of well deserved attention when it was kindly lent for display at our BlueCircle booth, as shown in the above photo along with builder Jack Burrows.

The cool thing about all the attention was the fact that the build wasn't even finished yet, and Jack had many ideas and major ambition to get every detail right on his labour of love. And indeed he did, over the course of another two years, getting this rolling piece of art refined with the just the right finishing touches.

Eventually the bike went on to be much admired in many other places too, like the 2017 Kickstart competition here in Calgary, then in Portland this year, winning the "Overall Vibe Of The Show" at the One Moto Show.

Jack sent me these fantastic photos, taken by photographer Jon Macdowell (?), so you can see how Icarus looks when all finished up.

Fast forward to May 2018, where Icarus made the long journey south, all the way down to Carmel, California to be a part of the Quail Motorcycle Gathering.

Needless to say, Jack's creation turned a lot of heads thee too and earned many accolades. Actually, Icarus won two awards at this iconic event, taking the "Industry Award" and "Modified Custom". Not sure how often a bike wins two awards but that's pretty amazing! Way to go Jack!!