Special Report

Dekalb to unveil Anniversary Chopper

To celebrate their 100th Anniversary, Dekalb will unveil at the 2011 Farm Progress Show on Tuesday, August 30 a custom made Chopper designed by Paul Jr. Designs of Discovery Channel’s “American Choppers – Senior vs. Junior.”

Paul Jr. tells Brownfield he wasn’t familiar with Dekalb, but he really liked the logo, calling it a throwback, as far as the bike itself.

“It’s not just about the bike, it’s about presenting the brand,” Paul Jr. said. “I wanted to create a theme that farmers can relate to, that the farmers can appreciate and so in some ways the bike is built as much geared towards the farmers as it is toward Dekalb itself.”

Okay, so the bike IS custom made and themed for Dekalb, but as far as anything else about the bike, Paul Jr. was very careful about saying too much.

“Basically what we took was a style, maybe 1912 and brought it up to 2012, we really wanted the bike to reflect that 100 years of history that Dekalb has created,” said Paul Jr.

But one feature he did share makes the 100th Anniversary Chopper really special.

“One thing I can tell you, that I think is an interesting piece, this bike is running on E85,” Paul Jr. told Brownfield. “Which we thought would be really important simply because the project is geared around corn and the seed, so we figured why not let it run on corn and it runs phenomenal, it really runs nicely on the E85.”

Audio: Paul Jr., Paul Jr. Designs (8:05 MP3)

The Dekalb 100th Anniversary Chopper will be unveiled at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 30 at the Farm Progress Show front entrance. The bike will then be on display in the Dekalb tent #307.