Indian Larry - Dave Nichols

Indian Larry Desmedt is best remembered for his remarkable custom motorcycles, wild tattoos, and his love for building and riding rolling art, including the Indian motorcycle he rode ceaselessly through New York that gave him his name. Written by the two people who knew him best, this book is full of photographs documenting a uniquely colourful life, from his humble beginnings to international stardom in the world of custom bikes, from his life as a petty criminal doing bank robberies, prison time, spiral into heroin addiction, and his rebirth in 1994 as the spiritual bike builder revered by so many riders and builders around the world - and running through it the all the love of hot rods and motorcycles that finally bought him happiness, making this a book sure to appeal to any chopper rider, custom bike enthusiast.