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Strange mysterious e-mails flashed onto my screen with images of this sharp Cyril Huze Panhead. At first I didn’t know what the hell was going on. The return address was Accurate engineering, but the bike was signature Cyril Huze. At first I was told I had a sharp feature for Bikernet Readers, then the bike […]

This story is about a Menlo Park, California, industrial coating shop that started three generations ago, in 1966, with Bob Simpson’s granddad. We’ll cover what they did throughout the history of the shop, info on the bikes and which bitchin’ coatings do what. Not bad for one stinkin’ bike feature hammered out on the Monday

No jive, New York City or Manhattan, as is the case for Nick Genender, of New York City Choppers, is a heaven on earth. We have this notion of NYC as the ultimate crime capital, teaming with druggies, homeless and narrow streets. Old tenement buildings crumble while the traffic screams past, fulla shouting drivers, and

The two builders and their teams met in Two Harbors Minnesota on Tuesday (6/13/2006) in preparation for the ride that started at the Split Rock Lighthouse just north of the rock, on Wednesday morning at sunup. The lighthouse is approximately 100 miles south of Canada on Lake Superior and very scenic. Oh YEAH! It was

It was a really warm morning in Cave Creek Arizona when I was to meet John Shope of SSinster Choppers with the Copperhead 2 and my model, Chainsaw Chelsea, to shoot a feature for Bikernet.com. You can find that feature in the Girls Of Bikernet section, in Bandit’s Cantina. If you’re not a member, you’re

This feature deserves a special award. Twin Club MC is one of the oldest and most respected motorcycle clubs in Sweden. It was founded in Norrtälje in the autumn of 1969. For 34 years, since 1974, Twin Club MC produced the biggest and most prestigious Custom Motorcycle Show in all of Scandinavia. Builders from Sweden,

Fabricator Kevin Verkest is the well-known “Sultan of Steel”.At his shop in Clinton Township, Michigan, Kevin takes hunks of steel and turns them into fantastic parts and accessories for just about any type of bike. This year, Kevin was chosen to be one of the builders in the Horse Magazines “CHOP OFF 2006” at the

Here’s the deal, stirred up a couple of weeks ago with one shot of the above motorcycle, based on a seven-cylinder Rotec rotary airplane engine. Rumors spread quickly and we received another shot of an inline 8-cylinder airplane-based, rotary-engine motorcycle. Of course I contacted my rare-motorcycle guru, Don Whalen, of Sierra Madre Motorcycles in Pasadena,

When my amigo, Tom “The German”, told me that his company, Demon’s Cycle South, had just finished a new project bike, I figured it’d be special. I’ve seen their work before, and I’ve never failed to be impressed, but this time they’ve outdone themselves. Not only that, as you can plainly see, they got the

The finals for the Official World Championship will be held during Sturgis Bike Week in the United States later this year (August 6th-8th). The European and World Championship program, includes endorsements of approved national affiliate events around Europe and elsewhere. It all comes together this year in Sturgis. We’ll bring you the final report and

We have all seen them, upsets. An upset can take a stale situation and breathe fresh new life into it like the sound of a V-Twin roaring to life for the first time at 5 o’clock in the morning. Epic battles comparable to boxing’s Ali-Foreman, Tyson-Douglas. Or take a subjective sport like bodybuilding where just

Rollin‚ Sixes Choppers was formed by family and friends and is run by family and friends. We are third generation bikers who know our way around the shop. We are real bikers who build real bikes for bikers who love to ride. We specialize in custom builds that people can truly afford and also in

Damn, the bikes coming out of this industry are amazing, and Gard Hollinger is one of those builders who dazzle me every time I see one of his bar blasters. No wonder Saxon chose Gard as their custom bike and accessory designer and he was the co-star on the Build-or-Bust television series. But let’s back

I recently had the pleasure of judging a Canadian show, along with Master Builder Chica, Sweden’s Peter Jonsson, from MCM magazine, and Canada’s own top builder Tom Langton. We reviewed Canadian Championship of Bike Building contestants during Labor Day Weekend in Wembley, Alberta. Spending a weekend in the vast Canadian prairie together helped me gain

Roses have a special place in many cultures. They are beautiful to see and to smell, but they do have sharp thorns, sort of beauty with a bite. There are red roses given on Valentine’s Day, the famous yellow roses of Texas, but black roses hold a very special place in magic and mysticism and

Here’s an original springer photo from the Bob T. Collection. This Halibrand Special started life as a brand new 2006 Springer Softail. I use the Springer as the platform for building Specials because it’s the only way I can get the black and chrome motor on a base model. I completely re-fit the springer front

This wild Indian custom built by Carl Blake of Black Hawk Customs, out of Waterloo, Iowa is an interesting mix of old and new. Carl was kind enough to tell us his story: I built my first custom chopper from parts gleaned fromthe California swap meets when I was in second grade. My father and

As a boy my dream was to own a Harley.I got that chance when my nana past away 7 years ago.She never wanted me to get a bike because her Grandad was a daredevil & she use to say I was just like him. The original. I brought the bike Trader & looked through it

This sweet Panhead had quite a life. It tooled around the San Francisco Bay area in the 1960s and was chopped in true “Frisco” style by its original owner back in the day. When it’s owner passed away, the bike was left to Bones, the owner’s riding buddy. The bike was torn down in 1988

I started building a bike for two reasons: I needed something new to ride, and I didn’t want bike payments. I had an idea of what I wanted. I liked the looks of the bare bone choppers, with no gimmicks. I like long springer front ends, and I like fat back tires (to an extent).

Click on the image for the Indian Larry Legacy Website. Keino built this sign for Larry’s Birthday in 2004. This story will hit home with old school die-hards and young guys still dazzled by metal flake dust. This bike started with a set of 4.25-inch Evo flywheels and rods. “Here’s your next bike,” Indian Larry

The KRV5 Tracker is a creative collaboration between motorcycle designer Roland Sands and racing legend “King” Kenny Roberts. Roberts’ had the idea to utilize one of his KRV5 engines for something other than the MotoGP track. Sands’ was looking for a build project that would challenge and inspire his creative talents. With knowledge of Sands’

Roger, the master behind Hawaii’s Kustom Fab pointing out where Darren fucked up the rear fender alignment. How does a bunch of beach going, wave catching, pineapple eaters, come up with calling their latest project “El Toro?” Well, I guess it all started with the man we built the bike for, “Da Bull,” aka Mel.

Scott’s been featured in every bike mag under the sun. So he decided to give us freaks at Bikernet a shot. Whatta ya tink? Can we do the job of Easyriders or even the Horse. Can we hold our own against the Robb Report Motorcycle magazine, American Iron or Hot Bike. Fuck no, we can’t.