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“Back to Basics Bagger” After over two decades in the motorcycle industry I decided it was time to go back to the roots of customizing. Over the years I have gone from bolting on items to stock motorcycles to taking the stock bike and cutting up the frame stretching and raking pulling motors apart rebuilding […]

S&S Cycle opened their doors in 1958. At that time, the performance motorcycle business was a lot different. George Smith figured out how a few lighter parts could make a bike go faster and everyone wanted them. Soon he was rebuilding stock engines into drag strip monsters and setting new records at Bonneville. Tuning a

Reprinted from Drag Specialties Magazine I No. 09 — 06Over the past year or so lots of magazine featured customs have one thing in common. Dig deep into the specs listed with those features and you’ll find that the frames are coming from Jesse Jurrens’ Independent Cycle, either the swingarm-style Lowlife or the rigid Hardlife.

Bandit and the King with D&D tested Pure Duals. I got a shot at an Australian run and a brother Down Under bought a used Road King, so I’d have something to ride. The least I could do would be to shoulder a massive box full of D&D pure duals and climb aboard a plane.

Cycle Source Magazine instilled this product with the Product of The Year Award and it deserved it. This brake system revolutionized motorcycle braking forever and afforded the custom industry wheel design appearance enhancement like never before. It’s amazing, but now it’s up to you and builders world wide to install and test them out for

When ya need to get away quick, and ya can't rely on your kicker, here's a solution. We all look for advice and experience where we can get it, right? Here is another tech by one of our faithful readers who took it upon himself to improve on an earlier design without breaking the bank.

This chapter covers the final elements of installing the cam case gears, the top end, the pushrods, rocker boxes then hot testing the engine and packaging it for shipment back to your dealer. Let's get rolling.Here's a Link to Part I, for reference: Part I, H-D Reman ProcessHere's a Link to Part II, for reference:

We head into Kerry's Head Works Shops for this next segment. Here's a link to the first Chapter, in case you missed something: The Reman First Chapter This weapon gauges the bore in the head after the valve guide is removed, to determine the guide size needed during the Reman process. Us old builders avoided

Hey,This is a quicky life-saving tech. One company makes wheel spacer kits. If you don’t have a lathe or one next door, you’re fucked when setting up new wheels or a new bike project. Doherty is a sponsor of 5-Ball racing, and here's a Doherty Wheel Spacer on our 1940 Bonne Belle Flathead. You will

There’s a rumor that over one million Swingarm Shovelheads still roam the highways. I say, “Bullshit.” Let’s count ‘em. That’s beside the point here. Ben Kudon, the marketing directors of Rivera/Primo came up with this hair-brained scheme. “Let’s fix all Shovelheads,” Ben said. “We can do it for a decent price and give Shovelhead riders

Bikernet was faced with an interesting challenge recently. We try to help anyone and everyone in the industry, so when a starving bike builder came to us, because he couldn’t pay the rent, we reached out. He had a 1998 Dyna Glide basket case and needed to sell it quick. We made it available to

“Heel Hammer” Shift Levers (patent pending)There’s this monster of a madman in New Mexico who came up with this heel/toe shifter for custom applications. At first I thought, “I’m an outlaw, building a rigid. What the fuck can I do with this?” So it hung around a year, just shinning on one bench or another.

We caught up with Nick just after Daytona Bike Week 2007. “It was way down,” Nick said of the attendees, “But our new products got a lot of attention.” Since it was a blast of new stuff we decided to give them their own feature and Nick promised to send us more as they come

The Bikernet Board of directors assigned me this article at the last editorial meeting. “It’ll be a good one,” Snake said while guzzling his third beer during the meeting. His nerves were shot easily if there was an sharp edge to the story or conflict. “Don’t mind him,” Renegade said. “You’ve been assigned a simple

I can’t wait to replace this shot with a photo of EZ and this bike from ten years ago. What a wild man.My name is E.Z. (really, my initials). The photo is current, having been taken early in October. That’s me, on my scoot. Built ten years ago around a 96-inch S&S package, with a

From time to time Bandit tosses something on our milk crates and asks us to evaluate the part or service. We received this locking device from Kirk for our Bonneville Assalt Weapan, and it seemed like a decent notion. Ya see, our BDL engine main or sprocket shaft nut came off during a pass at

Click here for ad info. The frame sitting in Kent’s paintbooth. Five days ago I was looking at a frame, two tires, and what seemed like a million different parts sitting around my bike project. I stood there in Lucky Devil’s shop, mouth agape, hopelessly wondering if there was any way we would finish in

Editor's Note: This is a chapter out of a recent Wolfgang book by Tim Remus. It's an amazing chapter. You get to see a Donnie Smith Bike from start to finish. I learned a lot. If you want more, there's info at the end on ordering the book or click on any Wolfgang banner to

Concept drawing by Christian Dotson for the build. 17 months ago I dreamt up an idea to build a bike for my brother who seemed to like vacationing in Iraq…well, kind of. My younger brother, Joey, has fought overseas since 2002 and has been everywhere from Afghanistan, Bahrain, Africa, Kuwait, and Iraq. The best part

So you’re flippin’ through your favorite scooter mag and you’re “oohin and ahhin” at the steel beauties inside, but did you ever think about what the inspiration was behind some of the killer lines on todays chops? Of course not, unless you’re a metal fabricator yourself or you’re on acid. Today’s metal fabricator has become

Click to see morefrom Lucky Devil The Lucky Devil Metal Works shop pool. Never mind the babe.Inspiration can come in many ways, in this situation it came while installing the clutch cable during a small dress up job. One of our customers brought in a truckload full of parts to get powder coated to completely

We have two connections to have an Auto Clutch installed. Either Kirk Taylor, who helped with this tech or Lee Clemens. Lee and Brenda are celebrating 35 years in the biz, with Departure Bike Works in Richmond, Virginia. I'll make sure Brenda watches what Lee's doing.Mr. Phillips of Grandeur Cycles contacted me when I mentioned,

I can’t figure out how old Berry is. He’s been racing and testing engines for a long time.I walked right into Panhead heaven, Accurate Engineering, and talked to Eric at the front desk. I introduced myself, and said I was there to seek an answer to a question from Bandit…..I could tell right away I

I have been using gas caps and kickstands from Mat Hotch Designs for quite some time, even before Lucky Devil was up and running so when the news came around about their new flush crossovers I was already interested to see them and give them a try. I always jump at the chance to chop