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WheelsOfGrace.com | Volume 13 Issue 5 | 15 Indian Motorcycle, in collaboration with Wheels and Waves, commissioned four European builders in December 2021 to design their vision of an Indian Chief for the resurgent Wheels and Waves festival. More than 35 000 people voted for their favorite design and, in combination with a panel of Super-Voters, 'GRIND Machine' by Tank Machine x Rise Designs was announced as the top-ranked entry. Completed in just three months, 'GRIND Machine' made its public debut at the opening of the Artride exhibition during Wheels and Waves on Thursday, June 30, 2022, and was awarded to prize draw winner, Fabien Orquin, on the festival's main stage on Saturday, July 2, 2022. Clément Molina founded Tank Machine in 2015 with a focus on motorcycle design, customization, and the development of Plug & Play Kits. Already well known for his many outstanding customizations of Indian Motorcycle models, his submission for the Indian Chief Design beat strong competition to become the winning concept that would be turned into reality. "I was honored to be chosen as one of four custom builders to submit designs for the Indian Chief," said Molina. As a specialist that loves working on bikes from Indian Motorcycle, I was really enthusiastic about the opportunity, only heightened by the partnership with Wheels and Waves, an event that I enjoy so much." Working from the brief to create a vision of an Indian Chief inspired from the past, anchored in the present, and looking towards the future, Molina teamed up Antonin Bazin from Rise Designs to merge their "Board Culture" into the project and reflect the skate element of Wheels and Waves.'Keep it simple so you can easily work on it and customize it'. C u s t o m I n d i a n C h i e f ' G R I N D M a c h i n e ' R e v e a l e d a t W h e e l s a n d W a v e s A r t r i d e Public debut of the custom Indian Chief by Tank Machine x Rise Designs Awarded to the lucky winner of the prize draw on the main event stage "We were really happy to win and have the opportunity to realize the design, even though it was a big challenge to complete the project in just three months for the Artride exhibition," Molina continued. "But the process was so enjoyable, thinking about the bike, the details, working with different materials like skateboard decks, fabricating new parts and then fine tuning everything. It's a pleasure to reveal the completed bike at Wheels and Waves and to then hand it over to Fabien. It's great to know he truly understands and appreciates the time and effort that has gone into the build. He is the perfect new owner for me – an engineer, an engine technician, and a really good guy." Randomly selected from the thousands of public voters, Fabien Orquin, an automotive engineer from the French city of Rouen, won a VIP trip to the 2022 Wheels & Waves festival to enjoy the event and be presented with his customised Indian Chief. "When I was told I had won, I just couldn't believe it, it was incredible," said Orquin. "I am so happy to know that this amazing motorcycle is going to be mine, especially because it is WheelsOfGrace.com | Volume 13 Issue 5 | 15