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FROM LEFT:
Rob Morrison, Eric Zarn and April Morrison, of High Plains Custom Cycles.
GREG LINDSTROM FLATHEAD BEACON
CUSTOM CHOPPERS, When you look at High Plains Custom Cycle’s scratch-built chopper glistening in the summer sun, you could be forgiven for thinking it was made by a few old grizzled garage pros. In reality, the stretched- out custom motorcycle is the first offering from a new Bigfork-based
LOCALLY CRAFTED
High Plains Custom Cycles starts turning out handcrafted motorcycles in the Flathead Valley | BY JUSTIN FRANZ
company, headed up by Eric Zarn and Ron and April Morrison. Although the company is currently being run out of their homes, Zarn and the Morrisons have big plans for the business and hope to grow into a new space once orders start to roll in. They said their biggest selling point is price. While most custom choppers can cost nearly $90,000, High
Plains Custom Cycles plans on keeping their prices to a third of that.
“We want people to know that they can have one of these bikes and not have to pay $90,000,” Ron Morrison said. “If you can dream it, we
can build it.”
2014 HIGHLANDER CROSS COUNTRY FLATHEAD VALLEY YOUTH RUNNING CLUB
Coached by local High School Cross Country Athletes from FHS, GHS and CFHS.
PREREGISTRATION at both Three Rivers Banks beginning Tuesday, August 26th. Three Rivers Bank at 552 North Meridian Road OR 233 East Idaho Street. Registration forms online at www.ThreeRiversBankMontana.com.
LATE REGISTRATION Tuesday, September 16th, 5:15-5:30pm. Practice to follow at Lawrence Park. FREE This program is free for all youth of the community, kindergarten through eighth grade.
CONTACT Jesse Rumsey, 406-212-7358, [email protected]
or Amanda Beach, 406-755-4271, [email protected]
Sponsored by
Helping You Financially Around Every Bend of Life.
SEASON
STARTS Tues., 9/16