Bike Features

“You’re the storywriter…my story is a common one,” said Dan Bergman from Mesa, Arizona. Bandit gave me the assignment to write this feature, but I wanted to buy a six-pack of Coronas and chase a bubbly blonde named Coral around the shop, while he was picking up parts at Bennett’s Performance in Long Beach. I […]

Two unique designs from Minnesota’s newest custom bike venue, The Shop. Here at Bikernet.com, we are always looking for new and exciting bikes that are built with one thing in mind; riding. Bandit sent me some info on a couple of bikes built in Minnesota by a relative unknown to the custom motorcycle world, Billy

My amigo, Tom “The German” Steinbacher, of Demon’s Cycle South wanted ta show the world what kinda eye candy ya can build without takin’ out a second mortgage, or drainin’ the crumb snatchers’ college fund, so he bought a used 2005 Sporty, an’ like Phoenix risin’ from the ashes, (Hell, I didn’t even know the

The author and builder, Kevin Brooks. To understand the Bike you must first know the two parties involved, I am The builder and conceiver of its whole, the man who twisted the steel and gave life to its thundering heart, who saw a means to an end, to reach its owner’s, desired results. My history

This is a follow up to the chopper drawing article that was published about a year or so ago. You can find it through this link: http://www.bikernet.com/garage/PageViewer.asp?PageID=778 Jerry Blanks commissioned the drawings from me, in the first article. He owns a carpet company but was interested in starting a new venture called So Cal Hot

Lisa, the model, www.lisaangeline.com, called me before the shoot. “What’s up with the green bikes on Bikernet?” I didn’t have a good answer. I asked her, “Are your peaches sweet?” Now days when you read an article about a bike build it reads like a service manual documenting how this was machined and that was

Here’s a group of Central Coast Bikes. There was a time when bikers, bike builders, and even charity rides wouldn’t get the time of day from the networks. Hell, we could all catch fire and they’d ignore us. We were considered rapists on motorcycles, drug dealers and crazed violent maniacs. Yeah, so what? Maybe they

Bikernet is proud to bring you the winning bike from a recent biker build-off competition from the Veterans Rock & Roll Ride (VR&RR) to support military charities in our on-going effort to support our troops during our Bikernet Year of the Veteran. VR&RR Inc is a non-profit company that owns and operates the motorcycle rally

It’s been well over a decade since the old Soviet Union, also formerly known as “The Evil Empire” fell. A lot of changes have been happening behind the once Iron Curtain. Most of the world’s new millionaires are Russian and former KGB agents are now living in Brooklyn and plying their skills in other ventures.

This is going to be a good one for several reasons. Dave is one of the last of a breed, a Sinner member who wears a silver embossed Sinner’s belt, black demins, black shades and a black racing jacket with a full faced helmet (white), like a sport bike rider. He’s the essence of today’s

That’s green, but why? I caught a break here. I was able to interview the owner, Tom Eilek, and the builder Jon Fox, from The Shop in Minneapolis. Hell, they tried to pass me off to a guy who wants to shoot an ex-Easyriders model with the bike, but they never brought up the color

This is a tough story to tell, perhaps the toughest I’ve encountered since, well, it happened to me. I won’t go there, at least not here. It would take volumes and the summer’s coming. I don’t want to spread mass depression through out the Biker Universe. Matt and his brother’s story is sad enough to

Why a 1948 Panhead? Well, why a blonde, brunette or a redhead? Because when something catches your eye and you just can’t live without it, you don’t give up until it’s yours. We’ve all, “been there and done that.” It’s 1971, I’m sitting in a Winchell’s donut shop eating a dozen peanut-covered donut holes like

Lucky Bastard from Lucky’s Speed Shop in Chandler, Arizona is lucky again. I could learn something from Don Yates. He’s got class. “I’ve reattached the spec sheet on the bike. I sold it and wanted the new owner recognized if possible,” Don told me. “Also wanted to remove a gratuitous ‘for sale’ in the comments

“Attach is the spec sheet and my ramblings on about the build,” said Mike Tomas, the boss of Kiwi Indian. “It’s probably more like a diary, but if I pass this along to you it might help with your story and give you some insight or ideas. I like to keep things professional in terms

I recently discovered a Triumph chopper builder in our LA Harbor hood, so we rolled over to Earl’s digs at 786 Miraflores in San Pedro. Here’s the rest of Earl’s contact info: Cycle Art by Earl (310) 218-2979 Earlsbikes.net Earl is a classic craftsman who almost exclusively builds custom rigid-framed Triumphs. “I trade stock shit

So what the hell? No Stripper (mine left town) & Jack Daniels Hurricane Care Package? Shit man, I even had to buy a Honda! At least it’s just a EU 2000 generator, I can use it with my photography. Here are a few shots from Cut Throat Customs out in Humble (a little north). Daniel

This is one of the best board track configurations I’ve seen to date. In some respects the colors are ’90s Cadillac, yet it’s true to board trackers from the ’20s without fenders and pipes so short they’d fry the pavement. “The color came from a ’30s hot rod,” Ralph Randolph said. “It’s pure art deco

Jason McCudden, the builder of this military Stinger Softail hails from Buffalo, the second largest city in New York. He stayed when most of his high school pals hit it to Charlotte, NC, where the jobs headed. “I can run into more friends in the Charlotte Sports Bar than I can in a local pub,”

Click Here For Todds Website Todd Silicato is and interesting enigma in our industry. He carries on like a lot of builders would prefer–the backwoods artist hiding in a cave. He’s the master behind lots of builders, but stays in the Shadows off Bolsa Road in Southern California where he can tinker and be left

“Fuck old school. I’m a real old guy. What looks vintage is vintage. Really!“ Albert laughs. He’s a 67 year old biker. This story will cover his saga first, then about his ride. Al experienced the first years of his childhood in WWII-destroyed River-Rhein-Area in Germany in the early ’40s. This industrial region was a

This is the centerpiece of a chopper with a very interesting story. I love to see the way a bike changes a man from the inside out. My buddy Mike started riding rockets such as Suzuki’s famed GSXR. He had ridden an Intruder, A GSXR, a TLR, a Hyabusa, and finally he graduated to a

The quintessential shot of a man and his hand built machine. This is a story of a guy who built it exactly the way he wanted it, and he’s loving every second of it. I had a plan in my early twenties to build a V-twin based motorcycle that wasn’t already seen scootin’ around town

I’ve got to tell you something. I’m having a problem typing. I burned the tip of my right index finger welding yesterday, and it smarts to hit an N, J, or Y. Actually, Y ain’t bad, but M kills me. But we have a mission. I need to get this story across. If you live