Another version of the story states that the injury occurred while he was trying to build a skyrocket for the 4th of July.
The contraption exploded taking off the little finger of Larry's left hand. As a child Larry was described as being sensitive and artistic, and "feeling more than most." Ī well-known anecdote about Indian Larry is that as a kid he attempted to build a bomb in his parents' basement in order to blow up the Catholic school. It wasn't until years later that his family learned what had actually happened. When his mother asked about his knuckles, Larry would always just say that he had gotten into a fight. He kept what was occurring to himself, and didn't tell his family what was going on. The nuns would hit his knuckles until they bled and lock him in dark closets. Larry attended a Catholic elementary school where he suffered abuse. Roth, a legendary California artist and hot rod builder, was a big influence on Larry and his style would later bubble up to influence Indian Larry's motorcycle designs. As a boy Larry liked Lincoln logs and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Revell plastic model kits. He wanted his son to follow in his footsteps in the carpentry trade. The oldest of three children, with two younger sisters, Diane and Tina, Larry was described by his mother, Dorothy, as "a good boy, but mischievous." Larry's strict father, Augustine, was a carpenter at United States Military Academy and had built the family's home. He grew up in the Newburgh, New York area including the town of New Windsor. Indian Larry was born Lawrence DeSmedt in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York on April 28, 1949. During this period he built the motorcycles, Daddy-O (known to most people as the Rat Fink bike), Wild Child, and Chain of Mystery. In 2001 Indian Larry participated in the Discovery Channel program Motorcycle Mania II, followed by three different Biker Build-Off programs. His bike, Grease Monkey, was featured in Easyriders magazine in September 1998. He died in 2004 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident while performing at a bike show. Wide acknowledgment of Indian Larry's talent only came in the last few years of his life. He became interested in hot rods and motorcycles at an early age and was a fan of Von Dutch and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, whom he would later meet in California. Respected as an old school chopper builder, Larry sought greater acceptance of choppers being looked upon as an art form. He first became known as Indian Larry in the 1980s when he was riding the streets of New York City on a chopped Indian motorcycle. Indian Larry (born Lawrence DeSmedt Ap– August 30, 2004) was a motorcycle builder and artist, stunt rider, and biker. Old school (1950's–1960's hot rod - motorcycle culture) Kustom Kulture Motorcycle builder and artist, stunt rider, biker
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