Post and Images by Jack McIntyre

The Indian Larry Block Party was just a week ago, September 20, 2025, and I’m already looking forward to the next one. This year I decided to take my wife, who has known the folks at the shop for many years, but never attended the Block Party. We arrived a bit later than normal, around 1:30 pm, and immediately realized that we’d have to park a bit from the party, almost a mile to be exact. Brooklyn has become so popular, as we walked to the shop, we saw events everywhere, block by block, young people, old people, all races, it was so cool.

Image wise, it was really tough to shoot anything close up, the crowd was larger than I had EVER seen before, so I sent my drone up for a moment (the cops were not happy about that), but they allowed me to get a few pics. The rest, well they are what they are. A few of the shop, the front where the party & vendors were, and a cool bar or two where we settled down for some food & drinks. But first, a little about the man himself…

About Indian Larry

Indian Larry posing with engine in original motorcycle shop

Indian Larry was a born and raised New Yorker who discovered his passion for mechanics at a very early age. He drew inspiration from motorcycle clubs of the ‘50s and ‘60s, artist Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, and clothing designer Von Dutch. Larry was a skilled machinist, metal sculptor, and master motorcycle mechanic who developed his own signature style– a blend between classic choppers and hotrod race bikes built to rip through the streets of NYC.

Indian Larry’s rise in popularity began during the late ‘90s/early 2000s. He was featured in Motorcycle Mania with Jesse James and most notably starred in four episodes of Discovery Channel’s Biker Build-Off series, in which his personality and uniqueness translated to people across the world. His resume also includes winning a number of custom bike shows, television and movie features, and countless magazine spreads.

Indian Larry’s passing in August, 2004 was a tremendous loss for the motorcycle industry and everyone he touched. His vision and craftsmanship lives on in his incredible motorcycles, such as Wild Child and Daddy O. The goal from day one was to see Indian Larry’s name in lights, and after his passing, we wanted to push even further to keep Larry’s legacy alive. His impact on the motorcycle world is undeniable, and he has remained an icon to this day.

#INDIANLARRYFOREVER

Indian Larry doing a burnout with the Greasy Monkey motorcycle

Indian Larry riding the Daddy O motorcycle on a highway

Indian Larry lighting a torch next to a twisted down tube frame

Now, the Block Party is also a benefit for the amazing work that Bobby & Elisa Seeger do for ALD Newborn Screening, and more. Learn more about their sone Aiden, his battle with ALD, and what they had to go through. Please begin with this paragraph and give if you can, with all of the craziness of Government now a days defunding important research, it’s more important than ever that we all help out as best we can.

AIDAN’S STORY

Aidan was having some vision problems starting in late March of this year. 1st grade in PS 154 in Brooklyn, he was doing really well in school. The only problem was reading and writing really close to the page. Our 1st ophthalmologist visit resulted in 20/20 vision. Next we took Aidan to a pediatric ophthalmologist, who also said 20/20 vision and explained how sometimes when children are learning to read and write they may have a tendency to read and write close to the page and they have to be reminded not to. Not convinced we pursued a retina specialist, as we realized he was having depth perception issues. This also resulted in no problems. Our pediatrician then recommended a trip to the neurologist to rule out anything else. On the physical review by the neurologist, he felt there was nothing wrong with Aidan, but ordered an MRI to make sure. This was June 1, 2011. We received the results back the same day and the neurologist explained it could be this disease called ALD, because of the white matter found on the MRI. We never heard of this disease, nor did we know what this meant. On some explanation by the neurologist we were devastated, he said we needed a LCFA blood test to confirm and the results of this wouldn’t be back for 10 days. TO READ MORE, AND IT’S IMPORTANT TO DO SO, CLICK HERE.

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