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Walter riding the machine.Y’know, reality T.V. is a kooky business. It’s a relatively new gig and folks are just now startin’ to get ‘er figured out. Now, all of us know that SOME bikers and hot rodders are fucking CRAZY, and the Hollywood types have discovered this in a BIG way. Personally I don’t know

One of my earliest memories is my pop shouting “Hold on, Jes” over the potato-potato-potato of his chopped ’57 Pan as he gave my first H-D ride. Much older I remembered pictures of this classic bike. It was bright orange with at least a 16-over front end (sixteen feet that is). One of the old

What’s in a name? Even a vivid description of the mythological half-horse, half-man, the Centaur leaves something to the imagination. You might have a Centaur picture in your mind, recalling a panting or drawing published in a old high school textbook. But, no one has really witnessed the mechanical version, in the metallic-flesh, until now.

Each month we try to bring you an example of the finest custom choppers we can find. Granted December isn’t exactly the best time of year to find sweet street machines roaming free in the snowy Northeast, but a deadline is a deadline. I ran into Dave, Mouse and all the boys from EAST SIDE

Take a sunlit beach and surround it with arching palms, and blooming ruby hibiscus plants and you’re nearing heaven. Then peer into the turquoise waters to the pearly depths that are so warm they call to you in the night. That’s Hawaii and in a deeper sense stock cars and bikes shouldn’t be allowed to

Bob T. on his latest acquisition, a 2003 FLH Standard. Bob T. supplies Bikernet with antique motorcycle images on a regular basis. As it turned out I rode with him in the early ’70s. Through Bob I met his Brother Chris T. who also contributes to Bikernet and produces stickers for Bikernet.com and Jesse James.

Photography from C.H.C. With his nothing-was-left-untouched wizardry, Cyril Huze will go any length to make those few chopper parts look even more minimalist. In a competitive chopper world one of Cyril’s signatures is detail. He takes the time, and whatever talent needed in addition to his own to form each component into some form of

A true Viking Warrior on two wheels. That’s an accurate way to describe Master Leather Smith, Paul Cox’s BERSERKER Panhead. Sporting enough hand carved leather armor and dangerous sharp edges to make Odin and Thor proud, The Berserker blends various Paul Cox talents together. Hell, any Viking would be elated to ride it into Valhalla.

The industry is nuts with production bikes, new manufacturers andone-off custom builders popping up daily. It’s terrific for the guylooking for a particular machine. The sky’s the limit, and here’s astrong example of a custom line bent on performance. John Covingtonhas more than a 15 year history of building bikes. His goal is to build

I grew up around old skool bikes. My dad has a policespecial Pan and a high bar chopper Pan, as well as astroked Shovel, a flathead, and two Ironhead Sportsters. It'sbeen in my blood way before the yuppies decidedDiscovery Channel made it cool. I always wanted tobuild a Pan after years of riding on my

“Here is a Bobber that nobody expected me to build,” said Cyril Huze, “Except me and my client, Paul Gren, from Orlando. Graffiti is the first form of Hip Hop. It pre-dates Rap and all the other forms!!! Graffiti is still the only art form where the life span of a work can be as

No, it’s not a trick of the camera. We’re not squishing down this bike through some chicanery of digital lens/Photo Shop machinations. It is muy limbo low to the ground.The guys at the Garage Co. in L.A. got their inspiration from vintage Bonneville racers…big fat tires, skinny profile, kicked out springer, high pipe, we don’t-need-no

There are many unique things about being an American. Being able to begin your life in humble circumstances and rise to greatness is the pilot light in the furnace that makes up the American soul. You can do anything here. Another part of American culture is that the people who often fully appreciate the American

Roger, Chris and Darren. Everyone has their dream bike in mind but very few people have the vision, let alone the money to make it all happen. But once in a while, a customer comes along that gives builders the chance of a lifetime. My friend Chris was one of these customers. Returning from a

Jake and Jerrod Walter are 21 and 22 year old brothers who worked side by side to build this bike, and what a bike it is. Their main business is farming but dreams of cultivating mechanical masterpieces co-exist with corn. They’re from New Berlin, Il., which is approx. 15 miles from Jacksonville, Il. This is

The Steed 200 Pegasus isn’t your dad’s land yacht bike. The Pegasus 200-TM is the performance Touring Steed. PERFORMANCE, it’s just a word to many gear heads. At Steeds we view motorcycles as the ultimate freedom machine. To us, performance means that you can get on your bike, ride it anywhere, and have the confidence

Sometimes you have to head west when the crowd is heading east to find something truly unique. This was the case during Biketoberfest. Rather than joining the bustling throng in Daytona Beach yet again, I headed west to Santa Fe, New Mexico to hook up with Carlos Calles and his Irish Rich/Shamrock Fabrications built Santa

It was hard to imagine, when we stood in front of the garage doors, starring at a pile of boxes, that somewhere in there, somehow, a custom bike lurked. As it developed, except for a non-existent nut or bolt, the CCI Goliath kit was complete. The chromed quandary, could a novice builder, an average American