No less of a motorcycle legend than Mondo Porras of Denver’s Choppers calls Rich Pitoniak “Shovelhead Rich.” A lifelong biker and machinist by trade, Rich is a long time mechanic and passionate gearhead out of Westfield, Massachusetts. “Painkiller” is the name of Rich’s dazzling 1967 Shovelhead chopper seen here, a bike he’s owned for 25 years.
The scooter has been reincarnated a few times in different frames, but when Rich started his business, Pitoniak’s Custom Cycles in 2004, he wanted to build a bike to be a calling card for his shop. And what a calling card! Painkiller was created in the style that Rich likes best; a classic old school, less-is-more chopper.
This story is from the December 2020 edition of Born To Ride Southeast Magazine.
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NEFARIOUS JAMES
RESPECT & HONOR STARTS AT HOME
CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIALTION
I was thinking about some of my riding experiences, both good and not so good, and wondered how I was able to keep from killing myself.
DAVE NICHOLS
FROM THE HELM CHOPPERTOWN LIVE AT THE CHEROKEE BLUE RIDGE RUN
SPYKE AND MIKE
MOTOFEST MADNESS
SPYKE AND MIKE
BIKER RODEO GRAND MARSHALLS, SPYKE & MIKE
NEFARIOUS JAMES
GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNIN’!
A FATHER'S DAY TRIBUTE
“A SPECIAL ONE INDEED”
BORN TO RIDE KIDS
CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION
Letter from the Editor DAVE NICHOLS FROM THE HELM
THIS ONE’S FOR THE DADS OUT THERE
HONORING THEIR COURAGE AND SACRIFICE, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
My Uncle *Gee' was my dad's father figure in his life for many years because his father worked many hours. He came from Italy and worked with marble but than later became ill and couldn't do much with my dad. That's when Uncle 'Gee' stepped in and helped my dad in life as a father figure. So in this month of June. as a special Father's Day tribute, we would like to honor my Uncle "Gee' Fidel Galletti who was a real WWII war hero pilot who flew B-17s. Most of all, he was my dad's hero This story is courtesy of The 390th Memorial Museum and my cousin. Marie Gallletti, Mitchell.
