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This is an interesting one, out of Southern California. He’s a builder who has focused, for the last eight years, at bringing out the very best in stock bikes. Bogart is a Sr. Designer for AT&T, which means he designs a good deal of the company’s advertising–that’s substantial. Bogart’s first Fatboy. He rode bikes most

Looking at my computer screen this morning seems to require more effort than ever before. My life has been turned upside down with job craziness, bike-breakdowns, new-car fever, bitching wife, and ranting editor. It seems every direction I turn is prepping me for a smack in the mouth and the only thing I can do

The Beast in all it’s glory. This bike started life as a stock Road King. This Road King project started out innocently enough; it was one hell of a nice day and I was working in the shop with the roll up door open when a guy pulled up on a bone stock ‘04 Road

We received this brief feature from Alexey Mikushev from Russia. He doesn’t speak English, so had to rely on computer translator software, which is crude as best. Here’s a tad about the man nicknamed Simpson and his wild engraved bike. I’m sure we’ll hear and see more about his bikes in the future. He obviously

Editor’s Note: This is a mystery sled. As you will see it has function, heritage and obscurity. This story was written by Bill Stermer, in 2004, for some unknown magazine and we can’t find the owner, who once resided in the same port town as Bikernet.com, Wilmington, CA. Just a few blocks away he threatened

We recently discovered a wonderful connection to the European custom bike scene, Ela Dutch. She’s a photographer and roams all over the world sending us features on some of the finest bikes on the planet. We graciously thank her for her immense support. Here’s the latest, a Netherlands bike and a babe plastered to the

The Retro-Modern Cyril Huze Tribut Bike started out life as a 2006 FXST Softail Standard. I took the bike apart completely. I sent the frame, swing arm, oil tank, fenders, gas tank and other pieces out to be stripped of everything. Then, they go to the polishers for polishing, and then to the plater for

Christian Dotson holding the trophy he won in Hollister, 2007.I remember sitting in front of my computer perplexed by the strange and mysterious motorcycle that had appeared on my computer’s 19” flat screen. Beautiful, clean, yet very strange. ”Swingshot”. The first bike ever built by Dotson Design. The picture was followed by a small excerpt

I think she’s got you beat on form, beauty, and for God’s sake, tan! Not long before I started this bike project I was talking with a friend about what a Frisco style chopper was. That got me thinking about back when I was growing up in the bay area. Growing up in Oakland and

”What the hell?” I shouted. “Watch your mouth,” Dorothy “Troll” Marino, barked from the back of the shop. A hush fell over the 1,600 square foot facility, and I immediately knew who was boss and Grandma to 16 Trolls. From that point on I spoke with deep respect and admiration. I’ll try to explain. I’ve

I unfold my best English. Lucky enough the young Belgian understands me. We’re in the middle of Belgium’s nowhere on a dusty large cattle-farm far away from towns and villages. I ask him if we could shoot a bike and a girl on his grounds as location. He looks a little puzzled because I’m all

Hey, I you’ll see below, I was inspired to write this Chica story. I ran into the man at a show and told him he had to buy me lunch so I could interview him. I haven’t been able to reach him since. I’ve sent e-mails and left phone messages. I wish I was delivering

Roger Goldammer is no stranger to the world of wild custom bikes. The front of his shop in Kelowna, British Columbia is crammed full with lathes, milling machines and a huge CNC machine. Roger takes his equipment and his work very seriously. He does not follow trends in custom bike building by building the expected

Here I am again, head pounding, eyes bloodshot, in dry mouthed hangover hell. Bandit just finished screaming at me about having to wrestle with his underlings, Renegade and Wrench, over going to lunch with Layla and Sin Wu. He was red-faced mad and not in any mood for excuses. It seems having to build a

Duane Ballard is no stranger to the custom bike scene.Having made custom hand tooled seats for Biker Build-Off winners Hank Young, Cole Foster and Greg Westbury to name a few. Duane knows how to put a bikes “look” together. Duane is also an aficionado of 1970s pop culture. He's been building model cars and collecting

It’s almost universally recognized that “the birth of the American biker” occurred during the infamous Gypsy Tour in Hollister, California, during the Fourth of July weekend in 1947. Hollister ’47 seriously affected not only the motorcycle culture but the entirety of American society as well. (See the history piece by Bill Hayes in Special Reports.)

Seven time world champion Formula One racer Michael Schumacher expresses his reaction to surprise present from friends on the occasion of his retirement from racing.Baseball players have their stats based on their batting average and runs, basketball players have their average points per game, but when it comes to Formula One race car drivers, it