Chris Roberts had two overriding passions: his infant daughter and motorcycles. When a robber tried to steal his bike earlier this month, he couldn't stand by and let it happen, friends say.
Roberts worked for Confederate Motor Co., a boutique motorcycle builder located first in Baton Rouge, then Abita Springs, then in the Central Business District for three years until Hurricane Katrina blew in a side wall and the roof collapsed. The company moved to Birmingham, Ala., and Roberts commuted daily from Huntsville, Ala., where he had moved with Jeanette Kelly, his longtime girlfriend and the mother of his child.
Former work colleague and motorcycle designer J.T. Nesbit called him a "master craftsman."
Before working for Confederate, Roberts was a "dedicated rat biker," former supervisor Brian Fitzhenry said.
He would "piece together his personal bike with whatever he could find to make it work," he said.
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