Video: Portland's Holiday Customs is your American Chopper antidote

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We wouldn't blame you if you recoiled from every video about [motorcycle](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/motorcycle/) builders you saw. After all, *American Choppers* has effectively conditioned each and every one of us to think stitching together custom bikes involves more drama than your average episode of *Jersey Shore*. But, as Jared Johnson of Holiday Customs so eloquently illustrates, real life building as all about crafting something that isn't "just a bolt on situation." Even better, the shop focuses on crafting accessible bikes for the masses instead of $25,000 bits of unobtanium. It's clear Johnson wants his bikes to be ridden, not sheltered in someone's forsaken garage.

Sunglasses maker [Shwood Eyewear](http://experimentwithnature.com/category/01-videos/#.USUndaWKJZ8) turned its attention to Holiday Customs for the latest in the company's *Experiment With Nature* video series. The clip succinctly sums up what we love about bikes, wrenching and, fittingly enough, wrenching on bikes. You can check out [the video below](http://www.paklinks.com/2013/02/19/portlands-holiday-customs-is-your-american-chopper-antid/#continued), and be sure to head over to the [Holiday Customs site](http://holidaycustoms.blogspot.com/) for daily dose of drool-worthy metal.

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