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Nick Fredella, a.k.a. “Nicky Bootz”
a.k.a. "Dr. Wilbey Inebriated" has
been around the block a spin or two. Originally from New York City getting his
feet wet at all points in between, he landed in Miami some 25 years ago after
attending the school of hard knocks.
Making his early living working with heavy equipment, welding fabrication.
In between working on race cars, hot rods and restoring old corvettes that
ultimately lead to his passion of working full time with motorcycles, choppers
and customs.
To bring everyone up to speed.....fast forward to Melbourne, Florida. Nicky Bootz was Billy Lane’s right hand man at
Choppers Inc.. He has worked along side
Billy the last 5 years with a job description involving building ground up
customs, dealing with customers and all the vendors, assembly in the parts
department and product development.
Nicky has appeared on 3 bikers build offs on the Discovery Channel with Billy
and the choppers Inc crew, as well as a few solo spots at the Lone Star Biker
Bash, Sturgis, and other events over the last year. Nicky expresses a world of
gratitude for all of the kind words and comments Billy Lane has made on Nicky
behalf in his new book (Chop Fiction) and on television.
Not one to go into things half hearted, his time spent while working at
Choppers Inc. earned Nicky mad respect among his peers, leading up to his new shop
Nicky Bootz Kustomz. Nicky puts it like this.... I’ll be building “hand
twisted rides that you can put your bootz to!” hard core old school style stuff
that he grew up with.
He is a wild man, constantly coming up with outrageous designs on both
motorcycle parts and his custom bikes. He is living his dream in a world that
takes so much talent and respect to survive. Nicky comes from a time where a
hand shake still means something and your word is everything! When you see him
at the next event or show....stop in and talk to him, you won’t be
disappointed!.
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