Favorite Bikes From The 2024 The One Moto Show

Call it a moto-themed quinceañera, or call it the celebration of a decade and a half of two-wheel madness, but either way we knew that the 15th edition of Portland’s The One Motorcycle Show was gonna be one for the ages. From a humble beer-fueled collection of random vintage and handbuilt bikes scattered around a ramshackle warehouse in north Portland to its current riverfront digs at the hulking Zidell Yards Barge Building, The One Show has evolved into a multiday hootenanny far bigger than founder/coffeehouse master/chief janitor Thor Drake imagined at the time. To quote: “We started out with no idea how we’d pull this off, let alone what might happen afterward. It’s hard to believe how this has all come together!”

For the fourth year running, the ginormous Barge Building hosted hundreds of fascinating builds, with everything from vintage Panheads to MotoAmerica racers to clapped-out minis and everything in between. In addition to the usual beers and bands, you could find the trippy helmets of the 21 Helmets art display, the Direct Current electric custom sub-show, and this year a full slate of flat-track races from Milwaukee’s Flat Out Friday gang.

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In keeping with tradition, closing-day ceremonies had Drake crowning the top builders with handcrafted custom-made trophies—in the form of axes from Shwood Eyewear—denoting the various One Show categories, with MidCity Mike Aldridge snagging the coveted Champ of Champs prize. Our favorite category, though, had to be the Polished Turd award, given to bikes that “started ugly” but ended up pretty. Check out that bike as well as some of the rest of those bad boys below.