Jerry Covington

Jerry Covington
Jerry Covington
Residence Woodward, Oklahoma
Nationality USA
Occupation Custom motorcycle builder
Website http://www.covingtonscyclecity.com/

Jerry Covington is a custom motorcycle builder and owner of Covingtons Cycle City.

Background

Psychedelic by Jerry Covington

Jerry started building custom motorcycles (choppers) in the early seventies and founded Covingtons Cycle City in Woodward, Oklahoma in 1993. He has become well known in the motorcycle industry as one of the top custom builders for his clean designs and high quality custom motorcycles, and has appeared in numerous TV shows Including the Discovery Channel's Biker Build-Off series,[1] Carlos Mencia's Mind of Mencia,[2] and Corbin's Ride On.[3] Jerry has also been featured in several custom motorcycle related books including "Art of The Chopper",[4] and "Top Chops".[5] Jerry's one of a kind motorcycles have won many awards, have been featured in dozens of magazines, including Easyriders, HotBike,[6] and Street Chopper,[7] and have been photographed by Michael Lichter Photography.[8] Jerry has built motorcycles for celebrities such as comedian Carlos Mencia, musician Sammy Hagar, and race car driver Billy Boat.

Press and publicity

Magazine Covers

Magazine Articles

Books

Television appearances

Awards and accomplishments

References

  1. Turbo: Biker Build-Off, Discovery Communications
  2. Film.com
  3. Locate TV
  4. Zimberoff, Tom (2003), Art of the chopper, MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 9780760315729
  5. Nichols, Dave; Lichter, Michael; Lane, Billy (FRW) (2005), Top Chops: Master Chopper Builders, MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 9780760322970
  6. "Old-School Looks... At An Old-School Price", Hot Bike
  7. Kelly, Howard, "Covingtons Challenge Two Bikes for Friends", Street Chopper
  8. Michael Lichter Photography Blog
  9. Speed TV Books
  10. Drate, Spencer; Salavetz, Judith; Mardikian, Alex (2006-11-15), Art of The Bobber, ISBN 978-0-7603-2531-5
  11. Discover Oklahoma
  12. Oklahoma Horizon
  13. www.woodwardnews.net
  14. AMD Championship

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