Builder Sam Baldi debuts his latest creation at the 2013 Grand National Roadster Show and brings home the top prize - for the third year running!
We started building this Bike about a year and a half ago. Jimmy Todorovitch built the entire bike in his garage as he did with our other two bikes. He did all design and fab work and did everything by hand while some of the machine parts were done in my shop. The bike was supposed to be unveiled at the AMD show in Sturgis last year.At the time I really had no direction on what to do about the Paint Job. Every bike I have ever done before I always knew what the paint job was going to look like...not this one. Alberto at Onextreme...my painter had some great ideas but nothing took hold. 2 weeks before the show we had a tragedy happen in our family. My oldest daughter lost our first grand daughter in pregnancy. We were all devastated and bike building was not so important anymore. My wife Dawndra told me she had gotten a charm for our "Lost Angel" and it hit me like a ton of bricks. We were going to name the bike Lost Angel and it would be dedicated to our grand daughter. Everything changed and the bike did not make it to Sturgis.
It had to be perfect and became possibly the most important thing I've ever done, and everybody got on board. Alberto came up with a logo and things just started to fall into place.
| From left, Dawndra, Sam Baldi (Owner)with builder Jimmy Todorovitch and Painter Alberto Ahumada. "Lost Angel" also won Best display, Best Engine, and Best Engineered Awards!! |
| Jimmy and Sam with the trio of "America's Most Beautiful Motorcycle" award winners. |
