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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

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

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

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,”

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

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

Upfront, I want to say Bikernet has an open-door policy. We’re always looking for cool bikes to feature, from all over the world. We’re not holding back or exclusive to Biker Build-off stars. If it runs and is a terrific example of whatever style, we’ll feature it. That includes, bobbers, rats, choppers, dressers and race

I met quiet, unassuming Christian Dotson at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona a couple of years ago. His long, odd-looking, silent gray fellow-colored custom was stuffed in a dank corner, as if passed over for general competition. He was new to the game. The young man entered his first custom bike to appraise

Today’s doom and gloom outlook on the economy seems to have gripped the United States like an epidemic with no cure. While some have decided to hide themselves in a protective shroud of denial while others refuse to spend a dime unless absolutely necessary; then there’s the bikers. While the economic black cloud may have

It’s interesting, spending time with builders, their latest rides and their lives. Many times recently I’ve heard, “Motorcycles, cheaper than therapy,” and, “Motorcycles are the cure for insanity.” There’s something about two wheels, like biplanes soaring along the pavement, unobstructed by society’s sounds and restrictions. Scotty grew up in Southern California, mostly in Huntington Beach,

“I liked the notion of the vintage ’30s, H-D Peashooter single,” Roger Goldammer said. “The first effort with a single cylinder was a styling exercise.” Roger, is a clean, good-looking bike building mastermind. His first single, Trouble, was a challenge to develop, yet it won several custom motorcycle competitions. “I like to evolve and change

Nyla’s Diary Friday, February 6, 2009 – 10:30am. My day started early, 5:00am to be exact. I had to get Bandit and Doc Robinson from Heavy Duty Magazine in Australia, to the Long Beach airport for the annual pilgrimage to the V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati, Ohio. We’ve had the most beautiful weather the past week,

Click on the banner to reach Chica directly. The feature bike coach:Hey, this feature with Panhead Richie is an opportunity to let anyone know what we need to put a quality feature together on Bikernet. I like build shots, but first and foremost we need top quality shots of the completed bike, from both sides,

This is another Bikernet first, a full bike feature on a running but unpainted chop. Could it be that the owner is hoping for a feature shot at the Horse or Cycle Source? He didn’t want to blow his first bike feature opportunity just on Bikernet. “That’s not it at all,” said owner/builder Michael Boen.

When you think of a custom Bobber, you usually think Harley. I used to also but there has been a growing demand over the past few years for shops that build and customize Harley’s British cousin, the Triumph. Triumphs have been in the limelight for decades. Ever since Marlon Brando rode in on one as

Roland’s girl can save stock Softails. Leaning up against a scurvy bar in the Badlands I overheard one biker say to another, “Those rich fucks, like Arlen Ness…” I listened to his complaining, finished my Jack and ordered another one. I looked across the bar at the mirror behind the bottles of booze and wondered

Super hot NorCal custom bike builder Bryan Shimke — owner and operator of TPJ Customs in Lodi, California, is in-route to Sturgis, SD to deliver his latest innovative two-wheel creation. Last year in Sturgis at the prestigious AMD bike show Byran opened a lot of eyes by placing 10th with his badass entry. Just as

Riding a bike can be one of the most relaxing and rewarding experiences a man or woman can participate in. From the very beginning of motorcycles, there have been women who rode. Viewed as cavaliers, many women riders were put into the same category as women smokers; wanna-bees who didn’t know their place. Thankfully, times

Dave Bozzie is a second generation motor builder who makes quite a stir in the motorcycle world. From fast daily riders to unique land speed record bikes, Bozzie Performance Customs puts radical, performance and classic machines. The double-Evo you see here is called “Wild Thing”. Wild thing was built in 2006 as a result of

A picture of a Danny Franssen designed Bobber built on an Evolution Softail. I must confess to a horrible sickness I have been afflicted with since I was a small child. It seems there is no cure, and I am hopelessly doomed to die suffering from the incredible malady that currently has no medical cure.