Bike Features

It looks like a radical big twin chopper packed with a monster, gasoline munching monster S&S motor. It should sound like a Patriot Missile and set off car alarms just sitting still. But forget those earplugs and don’t bother stopping at the gas pump, just look for a wall plug and some 110v juice. Believe […]

Here’s a fine looking Knucklehead from an old school builder who dumped his ol’ lady and opened his own shop in Lake Elsinore, California two years ago. “I got this motor in 1969,” Algie said of his roadworthy Knuck. “I haven’t run it all these years,” but he held onto it for the perfect chassis.

February 05. On a long night trip back home, I urgently need to fill-up gas and myself. Next exit is a truck stop (even on the road, not necessarily the best food destination). On the other side, surprise: the waitress is extremely young and hot looking. Must have no Hooters in town. Don’t know why,

For those who haven’t followed the build, Lucky Devil 001 is the first manufactured production bike from the house of Mr.Devil. They have been slow to turn in the final material on this build, but there’s good reason and here it is, at last. After the long and arduous process of becoming a licensed manufacture

The master, Roger Goldhammer. The second annual AMD ProShow in conjunction with the Custom Chrome Dealer show was held in Las Vegas the weekend of November 18th-20th, 2005. Billed as The World Championship of Custom Bike Building the event is sponsered by American Dealer Magazine (<http://www.amdproshow.com/>www.amdproshow.com) is a well-respected trade magazine published by Robin Bradley

Lexi ain’t exactly a Goblin, but what the hell. On a beautiful day in Hawaii, what started off as just another local barbeque, somehow turned into another impulsive but creative bike build. After throwing around ideas with Discovery Channel’s Chica and throwing back a few beers, we were able to come up with another awesome

A classic Roth shot from the ‘60s. Extended front ends were the rage then. Justin Schilling, of Two-Bit Choppers, recently completed this Buell conversion for a customer, Randy Carlson, out of Bend, Oregon. “Of course Bend is ground zero for BMC,” Justin said, “and Randy was actually good friends with many of Big Mike’s crew,

Cole Foster and his Bride-to-be, Susan. I’ll begin this rant with a clear definition of the story direction. If you know me, you know a clear definition ain’t possible, but I’ll give it a shot. I believe that Cole Foster of Salinas Boys Customs, Salinas, California is one of the very best at what he

This super-clean, sleek, stylish, one-off custom from Pyrotec Customs, Alton, Illinois, won second place in it’s category at the Louisville, Kentucky show in August, 2005. The Horse Power Promotions show was sponsored by Bikernet.com and HOT BIKE. This bike wasn’t picked up to be featured in the mag, but the Bikernet Staff loved John Beck’s

”Something wicked this way comes,” Snake, the Bikernet shop drunk said and ran for the bar.” I didn’t know what to think, staring at my computer. I attempted code and edit all the new Buell models for 2006, but my computer sparked and whined like a bad wire on my ’48 Panhead. A messaged jumped

Trying alot of odd ball shit here .Motor is assembled but has stroker jugs that are 3 5/8-inch punched .010 over. They had real thick bases for the studs in the cases but I had to trade them for the correct length jugs. Take a look at those stock forward controls. Here is a fine

Creativity is an interesting condition… The masses see it as some sort of divine endowment. Many of the afflicted believe it to be a cruel burden. Most are convinced, you either have it or you don’t. I couldn’t say for sure if any of it’s true or not, but I can certainly tell you it

Following his dramatic successes with ‘Hot Climbing’ at last year’s European Championship (second) and World Championship (third), Belgian builder Freddie ‘Krugger’ Bertrand scored big again in this year’s European Championship with fourth place for a second board-track style custom called ‘SpeedBowl’. I’ve admired Freedie Krugger’s style and engineering, his use of the new and look

This is the second bike built by Kustom Fab in Oahu, Hawaii we’ve featured. We’ve Sponsored and attended all three Choppers only shows in Hawaii, and I believe that Roger And Darren Ho have won the coveted Best of Show awards at each event. This is also another opportunity to bring you a feature from

Fourth place went to Vaclav Vavra whose ‘Breakin’ the Rules’ backed up his fifth place in the 2005 Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building held in Las Vegas in November last year. This bike is a machining work marvel, another low mechanical looking motorcycle from the future. It’s set up as if motorcycles (and

Third place went to Charly Gregoire of Red Baron Choppers in Belgium for ‘Revenge’, a transverse mounted V-twin, finished throughout in aluminum and stainless steel. It had been a hot tip for Euro champs honours ever since the bike took ‘Best in Show’ on its debut at MotorSale and a Class Win at the Belgian

Second place went to custom show newcomer Stellan Egeland of SE Service from near Stockholm in Sweden. Stellan got a huge ovation from the crowd attending the awards ceremony for his remarkable Flathead engined drag-race inspired ‘Esox Lucius’ (Pike). It was only the second bike built by the hot-rod specialist, and it won admiration throughout

By: Darren ho Fusion I’m just a biker who found a living in the motorcycle press side of our industry, thanks to the big bastard Bandit. Some call me a writer others a hack, so when a talented builder, craftsman, designer, engineer volunteers to write his own story, I’ll head to the bar and let

California Customs has built the fine ride you see on this page. The company has a long history of creating one-off customs. They describe it best on their website. Here’s a brief history to give you an idea what they are all about: CALIFORNIA CUSTOMS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1991 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS

It was a cold and rainy Ohio afternoon and Old School Jeff, a Sucker Punch Sally partner, was dreaming up his next bike. It had to outdo the bikes he’d built before, represent the company, and it had to be ride-able. Jeff’s deadline, to have the bike finished by the Big, V-twin expo, but distractions

Portrait by Sara Liberte I met Johnny Chop when he was working at Chica’s shop in Huntington Beach. I pulled up in my old Ford Police Interceptor on air bags with straight pipes, laid it down hard and back-rapped the pipes. It made one Hell of a loud thud when it’s frame rails slammed the

Bandit, I’ve been meaning to write this story for at least 2 months. I finally got off my dead ass and got it done this evening. I made an attempt at the proper coding for the website. Hopefully, you won’t have to do a ton of “fixin” to it. My uncle restored a 1940 Indian.

The Carlini name took hold in 1969 in Detroit when Tony had a small shop and worked his ass off to build a wild name in the industry. The crazed psychedelic Italian from the tough motor city streets made a name for himself quick. He became a Hamster, moved to Laguna Beach, California, designed the

Editor’s Note: You’ve seen the “American Iron” feature. Chris Maida, the editor, asked us to reshoot it, but we kept the original shots near the Wilmington, Califa, Port of Los Angeles rail road tracks. Just happened that a train rolled past in the middle of the shoot. Enjoy.–Bandit I just did the Old School bit