By Lulu

27 years and counting…Midwest Motorcycles celebrated another year in February, and the birth of a new enterprise for 2021. “Heavy Eddie” Kastrul, owner of Midwest, has always lived motorcycles. Starting as a child on dirt bikes he knew early that motorcycles would be his life. Becoming a certified Harley mechanic, he began working in Chicago for Harley-Davidson. Ten years ago, Heavy “made the best decision of my life” when he moved to Florida to be with in his words “the love and support of my life” (Christine). Heavy went to work for BMW and eventually joined forces with Dan Johnson the founder of Midwest Motorcycles to run the Daytona store. The two agreed on a plan for Heavy to buy out the entire Midwest enterprise which includes the Sturgis location. Originally the first Midwest was in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They were the original Harley motorcycle rental business in 1991. Mr. Johnson had four locations: Minneapolis, Myrtle Beach, Sturgis, and Daytona Beach. With changing demographics, they closed Minneapolis and the Myrtle Beach location. Midwest does bike rental, motorcycle sales and service. They will sell your bike on consignment too. And service includes tires! The Sturgis location is 1844 Junction Avenue and the Daytona Beach store is at 444 N. Beach St. The store in Daytona is open six days a week from 10a-6p. Closed Wednesdays. Check out their website at MIDWESTMOTORCYCLE.COM.

Always wanting to get more involved with “the build”, Heavy met Scott Foxx, a world class builder who had moved to Daytona from Indianapolis in March 2020, and a partnership was forged. Scott’s unique builds have been on six covers and in more than 25 spreads in Easyrider Magazine. His creations have won Easyrider’s Best in Show 10 times…9 times in a row. Scott has built bikes for Sly Stallone, Billy Joel, and Frank from American Pickers. He also built the Lucas Oil bike that was displayed at the Colt’s stadium for years. His creativity certainly sets him apart from most. He has more than 300 builds under his belt since 2004, and just finished his latest in time for the Midwest Motorcycle Show at Beaver Bar in February. What started out as Pro Streets and Trikes with a Frisco, Board Tracker and Chicago Typewriter design; have evolved into unique bobber style bikes. He has always used Brad Bole for paint and Jerry Meek as his machinist on his winning creations. Scott has a motor vehicle manufacturing license which makes the builds able to be financed and insured. As a five-year-old child, Scott started BMX racing and still does. He is proud of one of his sons that holds the world record for being the youngest BMX racer at three years old. The BMX racing taught him motorcycle builds from the ground up.

So here is the good news. Scott is working with Heavy from Midwest to create one of a kind custom Bobbers with an affordable starting price of $15,000. Living in the Daytona Beach area his current fabricator is Bronson Mounce and paint can either be done by Brad Bole or Chad Chambers. Call Midwest or stop in and check these guys out 386-257-6265.