Two years ago Robin Bradley, the publisher of American Motorcycle Dealer (AMD) magazine, kicked off the World Championship of Custom Motorcycle Builders competition. It began with Robin’s relationship with Custom Chrome and a massive dealer show in Europe. Oddly enough AMD and the World Championship is based in the UK. That’s where the vast worldly […]
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Back of mirror. In fall of2002 I was entering my senior year at the University of Cincinnatichasing a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering tech. To graduateeach student is required to take a problem or project from start tofinish along with attending your regular classes. This meant not onlydid I have to come up with an
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Departure Bike Works, based in Richmond, VA is like heaven for a custom builder. Boasting such amenities as a professionally staffed full service department, in house engine facility, frame table, full machine shop, salvage motorcycles, and one of the largest selections of new and used parts on the East Coast, there is virtually no end
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GERMAN cruiser specialist Thunderbike of Hamminkeln in Germany was the clear winner of this year’s Official European Championship of Custom Bike Building, presented by Custom Chrome Europe at their 2006 Dealer Show at Mainz in Germany. (We will feature the first place winner here, followed by second tomorrow and so on for ten days, if
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I interviewed Brad, the Exile employee who built this bike, and my mind was torn in a flurry of misdirected thoughts. I rode to Harold’s Bar and stumbled through the door into the dank biker saloon. “Sheila, I’m becalmed is a sea of treachery,” I slurred. “I need a pot of rum to fill my
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Fifth place was taken by Krazy Horse Cycles from the UK, with their ‘Zeroesque’, an Ironhead Sportster homage to the styling that emerged from Shinya Kimura’s Zero Engineering in Japan. Other trends now clearly seen through the Official European Championship have been the growing popularity and quality of ‘retro’ styling, and, conversely, the continuing development
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Bandit gave the entire staff books on grammar, spelling and punctuation. Whatta mess that caused. Every grammar book handles the topics differently. We couldn’t get it right before, and now we argue about the varied grammatical codes and still get it wrong. That’s not the case in the world of metal work. You either get
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A long time self-confessed bike nut, Glenn remembers riding back in the day when dodging dinosaurs rather than Volvos was the biggest on road challenge. Well maybe I am stretching things a bit, but he’s been riding a long time. Glenn told me, “I bought my first bike when I was thirteen and paid for
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This is a story of love, budgets and practicality. Terry Lee, the boss of Envy Cycles and Street Walker Exhaust, has been designing and building custom motorcycles for over three decades. Bikes are still at the core of his soul, but the bills are predominately paid with sale of 80-100 sets of Street Walker exhaust
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This journey started at Space Coast Harley-Davidson, March 2024, one sunny Saturday morning, where I test rode and bought my 2023 FXST Softail Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Years ago, I owned a Sportster and recently have been riding one, but I felt it was time to go to a Bigger bike, so I did. While I had been
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It’s been 14 years since I did Ladies Day Out, a local Treasure Coast women’s ride. From 1999 to 2010, the girls got together and we rode out in support of a local animal shelter. Then I got a real job and put the photojournalism on the back burner. Still rode when I could, supported
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A good old fandango, kicking-up some dust Texas-style in Fredericksburg. If you’re into motorcycles, chances are you are also into old ones. There’s no better way to snatch a weekend full of antique and vintage two-wheel machines than an AMCA (Antique Motorcycle Club of America) meet. Problem can be some of the AMCA meets are
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Hey, Every week has a vibe. I started to watch a Jerry Lee Lewis documentary and he mentioned something I’ve felt a few times in life, pure Nirvana. He said he encountered BB King in a blues joint and listening to the blues and R&B tunes made him feel as if he had died and
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Editor’s Note: Enclosed is a post by Dave Arthur called “Buy an electric car, go to prison.” It’s first rate shit from an original Satans Slave. I asked him if I could send it to you. He said not a problem. This dude’s a first rate communicator and totally with a 1%er genuine article disposition
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Hey, This has been a massively exciting week. While the bros party in Daytona under summer-like skies, we struggle to stoke the fires of freedom in the cold northwest. Our governor sliced away regulation while other states attempt to reenact helmet laws that harm more than they protect. The news is interesting, let’s hit it:
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The first thing you notice about the 2024 Can-Am Ryker is of course that it is advertised as a “three-wheeled motorcycle.” For those who love and ride motorcycles, there is no such thing. You got one wheel too many to call it a motorcycle. The name Ryker is not of Biblical origin nor
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Hey, I’m lost today. I have two property deals floating in the wind and an agent who wants me to sell low and buy high. Most agents do. They just want to seal the deal and move onto the next one. It’s tough to hold the line. On the other hand, everything rides on the
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Editor’s Note: The Sturgis Museum and Hall of Fame curation committee recently received the opportunity to vote in and display this historic collection of bikes. They will be on exhibit in the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum during the rally. If you know of a bike or bikes that need to be considered for introduction into the
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The 30th annual Platinum General Services event, proudly presented by the XDA, took on a bittersweet tone this past weekend at the Maryland International Raceway. As engines thundered against the backdrop of spring skies, the event unfolded with a poignant undercurrent, marking the first race since the passing of XDA co-owner Chris Miller. Miller’s absence
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Editor’s Note: I’ve done this a couple of times with various air cleaner systems. Fortunately some of the covers are aluminum or stainless and can be cut, modified, or beat on, and then polished or rattle-canned for a terrific finish. But there are a myriad of aftermarket systems available from K&N, S&S, Performance Machine, you
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Today is Earth Day, a day on which we are taught to feel guilty about our allegedly destructive impact on Earth—above all from our mass-use of fossil fuels. But note that Earth, before we started impacting it on a large scale through the use of fossil fuels, was long a terrible place for the
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Editor’s Note: Here’s another story written about a 1999 Road King Larry Luckey inherited from his father. His father bought the bike new, and Larry wrote this tight tale about his modification. He did a helluva job. Riding the same bike day after day for many years can be both a blessing and a curse.
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Hey, I’m confused constantly, but that’s nothing new. I started to think about a girl I knew. It started to drive me nuts. Like something happened to her. You know the vibe. I even tried to find her, nothing. WTF? I just hope she’s okay, healthy and happy goddammit. It’s trying to snow this
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Episode 1, April14, 2024, of the new A&E series about the Hells Angels should have been called the Jay Dobyns Show. Jay Dobyns was or is an ATF employee. The ATF’s job is to commit more crimes against Americans than the Hells Angels could possibly commit against Americans if they had help from the Transformers,
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