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| "When I think back to 1979 when I joined the business, who would have thought that we would have 50 builders from all around the world building motorcycles to participate in a competition celebrating our 50th," said S&S chairman George Smith. "We've worked hard to make good parts for an industry that has been very good to us and we would like to thank all our customers that have supported S&S all of these years." Judging will be done by the builders themselves, key media members, S&S personnel, show attendees and internet voters. Each engine category winner will receive the cost of their engine back and the People's Choice winner gets a brand new X-Wedge engine. The engines used in this event will carry serial numbers from 1958 to 2008 as a tribute to the 50 years of S&S and represent the only anniversary engines built for the S&S 50th. The 51st engine, serial number 2008, will be used in a special S&S project to be revealed later. The builders and future owners of these engines/motorcycles will receive a certificates and medallions commemorating the pedigree of their specific serial number. "This year?s project is very special because it involved major commitments from 50 different builders from around the world," said S&S president Brett Smith The builders will come from Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Holland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand Sweden and the United States. This commitment from builders all over the world is a testament to the impact S&S has made on the custom motorcycle industry. Using 10 of the S&S P-Series engines for their build will be: Branko Built Motorcycles (Branko), Australia Chica Motorcycle Service (Chica), Japan Cory Ness, CA, USA Central Coast Cycles (Scott Long), CA, USA David Anthony Customs (David Anthony), CA, USA Departure Bike Works (Lee Clemmons), VA, USA Hogtech (Pedar Johanssen), Sweden Indian Larry Legacy (Paul Cox), NY,USA Krugger Motorcycles (Freddie Krugger), Belgium Violator Motorcycles (Piet Hoffman), Netherlands Using 10 of the S&S SH-Series engines for their build will be: Bling's Cycles (Bill Dodge), NJ, USA Cook Custom Choppers (Dave Cook), WI, USA Covington's Cycle City (Jerry Covington), OK, USA Chris Olson Customs (Chris Olson), WA, USA Church of Choppers (Jeff Wright), IA, USA Donnie Smith, MN, USA Hot Dock (Kieji Kawakita), Japan Specialty Parts Supply (Erick Martens), Holland Sucker Punch Sally (Donnie Loos), OH, USA Zach Ness, CA, USA Using eight of the S&S SB-Series engines for their build will be: Ace Café London (Nick Gale), England Engineering and More (Joel Domergue), France Jesse Rooke, CA, USA Krazy Horse Customs (Paul Beamish), Great Britain Odyssey Motorcycles, (Bertrand Dubet) France Michael Prugh Design (Michael Prugh), SD, USA Redneck Engineering (Vince Doll), NC, USA Skeeter Todd, NY, USA Using six of the S&S V-Series engines for their build will be: Arlen Ness, CA, USA Great American Choppers (Darrian Tefft), MI, USA KC Creations (Kim Suter), KS, USA Nicolas Chauvin, France Paramount Custom Cycles (Aaron Greene), NV, USA Revolution Speed (Mike Kamalian), GA, USA Using six of the S&S T-Series engines for their build will be: Bennett's Performance (Eric Bennett), CA, USA Dan Roche, Canada G-Squared Racing (Derek Churchwell), GA, USA Kendall Johnson Customs (Zach Johnson), NC, USA Klock Werks (Brian Klock), SD, USA Strokers Dallas (Rick Fairless), TX, USA Using 10 of the S&S X-Wedge engines in their build will be: AQG Motociclette (Aldo Querio Gianetto) Italy Big Bear Choppers (Kevin Alsop), CA, USA Bourget's Bike Works (Roger Bourget), AZ, USA Dougz (Doug Wozney), WI, USA Fred Kodlin Murdercycles (Fred Kodlin), Germany Jim Nasi, AZ, USA Kiwi Indian (Mike Tomas), CA, USA Orange County Choppers (Paul Sr., Paul Jr.), NJ, USA Road Rage Customs (Ray Pratt), New Zealand Walz Hardcore Cycles (Marcus Walz), Germany To help the builders along on this project some members of the motorcycle industry wanted to pitch in and offer discounts or provide parts at no charge; they are Baker, Chopper Guys, Daytec, Frame Lock, Independent Cycle, JayBrake, Metzeler, Mobil 1, Ness, Paughco, Performance Machine, Pingel, Primo Belt Drives, Rolling Thunder, S&S Cycle and Works Performance. With a field this big and the La Crosse area jumping in to host a three-day festival to support the event, the S&S 50th Anniversary Celebration should be a major event. More information, a schedule of events and hotel and campground information is at sscycle50th.com | 
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