Bike Features

Some guys go through bikes like wives. Others find a bike and keep it for the duration. That’s the case with this classic Triumph Chopper built and painted by Jim Murillo. In 1989, he was married and moved to the sleepy mountain community of Lake Elsinore, California, on the edge of the sprawling city of […]

   My Dad loved motorcycles. From Honda trail bikes to gold wings to CB750’s, I remember motorcycles were always a part of our family. A 1978 Honda Trail 70 was my first two-wheeled entry into the rough and tough biker world. It was an all black model with a chrome package and the folding ape

Joe Cool is a bike with a tragic story behind it, but as with disasters some good comes along. Joe Cool’s name comes from a charter boat. Two fugitives who hijacked the crew and ended up murdering the four-crew members contracted the boat. Joe Cool ran out of fuel and was found floating twelve miles

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is excited about the newest addition to its collection of motorcycles – the BIC(r) Flex 4(r) Chopper designed and built by Orange County Choppers. The bike, built in 2010, sports an S&S 100-inch motor, Baker 6-speed transmission, and OCC custom wheels. The motorcycle was built to help

When I was just a pup, one of my earliest memories was riding on the tanks on my dad’s old 80-inch flathead. It was stripped down for speed, and dad used to race the old clay track at Cotati with it. I guess it would be called a “bobber,” but back in the early ‘50s,

   Video by Gearhead, Inc.: http://www.youtube.com/user/machone351cFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/GearheadInc There are many talented builders in the American custom V-twin scene, but there are few that can tune a motor perfectly, and then competitively ride the bike themselves. Todd Silicato, owner of Todd¹s Cycle in Huntington Beach, California is one of them. Just before he opened his own

Editor’s note: Jon Yip reached out to us recently with another drop seat dresser example. He photographed and wrote his own feature, and did a helluva job.–Bandit There seems to be no limits to what can be done to Baggers these days. From the high-end custom builders to the unlimited number of aftermarket parts available

Editor’s Note: Our 5-Ball factory racer was feature in Heavy Duty Magazine in Australia recently. It’s the largest selling custom bike mag Down Under. The story and the photos were handled by the amazing Smilin’ Doc Robinson, the longtime tech editor. I’ve left the story alone for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.–Bandit Many interesting and colourful

  This month’s ride is a 2007 Harley-Davidson FLTR belonging to TerenceWest of Manteca, Calif. Outlaw Dynas and pimped-out baggers have beenall the rage for a while now out in Cali, and this Road Glide is aperfect example of the latter. It’s not too over the top, yet it definitely stands out in acrowd. High

Editor’s Note: I’m under the gun writing a couple of stories regarding Victory motorcycles and our ride from New Orleans to North Carolina, a 1000 miles on the Long Road to the Smoke Out 12. I asked Caleb Owens if he would sketch out a handful of notes to help me launch his killer bike

AUTHOR’S NOTE: For a year or more, I’ve wanted to build a low budget British-style “Café Racer” because it looked like fun, and I’ve always liked that style. A couple of weeks ago, I dragged home the rattiest, nastiest, most bedraggled piece of… Anyway, it was an old ’81 Yamaha XS 1100, and it was

I came across this bike at this year’s Easyriders Show in Charlotte. I was impressed with the tight lines of the bike. As I read the info from the show poster, I saw that the owner, Eric Stein was a local, so I left my business card and the next day I received a call.

The concept for this bike developed as I went along. The bikewas the one I had originally planned to do for Bikernet. I mentioned to Bandit over a year ago that I wanted to do a frame with norear axle adjustment. That was a challenge, probably the most difficult thingI’ve done. My intentions at that

  I have had an overwhelming response to this bike everywhere I take it.It will be in Mike Lichter’s Journey Museum during Sturgis.I want to ride it out there this time completed (last year it was in flat black primer),but that’s not going to happen. Rolling Dice Footpeg Turnsignals Devil Doll, Turned All Upsidedown Everything

I’ve often heard, and truly believe, that building your own motorcycle from the ground up is a “biker’s rite of passage.” I haven’t been able to pin down the origin of the statement or if it has a notable person attached to it, but they couldn’t be more right. This Evilution was born of a

This is a good one for several reasons: First, it’s an FXR; second, the owner/rebuilder is a friend; third, he’s a master martial arts trainer and no one to fuck with, even if he is old, and last but far from least, is his bike building mantra. He builds bikes like no one I have

As I was sitting at my desk one afternoon, while working at Easyriders, I heard a rumor that the editor of one of our magazines had a Harley- Davidson motorcycle for sale. I had always wanted a Harley since I was a kid, so I hooked up with Mike Osborne the editor of Quick Throttle

      When I first got the call from Bandit telling me to check out this bike, I was less than enthusiastic. I have been especially bored with many of the “customs” lately and it seems there has been a shift in the biker genre. The “Dark Custom” movement is in full swing and

Editor’s Note:What you’re about to read is the third installment of the J&P Cycles online series, Readers Ride of the Month, which highlights what the J&P Cycles judges term the most original-looking bike in the bunch for the April 2011. The judges (whom are J&P staffers, select the best bike from photographs submitted by you,

Several out-of-the- country bike builders have recently contacted Bikernet. About 25 percent of our readership ride outside the United States. And we have no objection to featuring the riding styles, events, or bikes from any country. We recently received an e-mail from Craig at Denco Cycles in Surrey, B.C., Canada. Here’s what he had to

I constantly hear someone say, even industry folks, “Choppers are dead.” That’s bullshit. The industry is growing in Europe and Australia. Choppers aren’t dead. The economy in the US almost died, but when it’s back, so will Choppers. But I love the growth in Europe. We were recently contacted by Hogtech Choppers in Sweden with

Typically when one thinks of art, and artists, visions of paintbrushes and canvas come to mind. However, according to Webster’s II new college dictionary, first edition, 2004 the word art can be defined as “a conscious arrangement or production of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a way that affects the aesthetic sense.”

Started with a stock Harley wishbone frame. Somebody else, not us, cut off all the mounting tabs to make a “home made “chopper. Basically ruining the frame for any kind of authentic, antique restoration. The bike was also missing its original sheet metal, tins, and handlebars. We knew going in that this bike was going

I ran into this bike at the Easyriders Show here in Charlotte. This bike caught my eye and I took a closer look. The more I looked the more impressed I was. The bike did not shout at me but slowly drew me in, like a seductive redhead. It kept saying, “Come a little closer.”