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Upfront, I want to say Bikernet has an open-door policy. We’re always looking for cool bikes to feature, from all over the world. We’re not holding back or exclusive to Biker Build-off stars. If it runs and is a terrific example of whatever style, we’ll feature it. That includes, bobbers, rats, choppers, dressers and race […]

I met quiet, unassuming Christian Dotson at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona a couple of years ago. His long, odd-looking, silent gray fellow-colored custom was stuffed in a dank corner, as if passed over for general competition. He was new to the game. The young man entered his first custom bike to appraise

Today’s doom and gloom outlook on the economy seems to have gripped the United States like an epidemic with no cure. While some have decided to hide themselves in a protective shroud of denial while others refuse to spend a dime unless absolutely necessary; then there’s the bikers. While the economic black cloud may have

It’s interesting, spending time with builders, their latest rides and their lives. Many times recently I’ve heard, “Motorcycles, cheaper than therapy,” and, “Motorcycles are the cure for insanity.” There’s something about two wheels, like biplanes soaring along the pavement, unobstructed by society’s sounds and restrictions. Scotty grew up in Southern California, mostly in Huntington Beach,

“I liked the notion of the vintage ’30s, H-D Peashooter single,” Roger Goldammer said. “The first effort with a single cylinder was a styling exercise.” Roger, is a clean, good-looking bike building mastermind. His first single, Trouble, was a challenge to develop, yet it won several custom motorcycle competitions. “I like to evolve and change

Nyla’s Diary Friday, February 6, 2009 – 10:30am. My day started early, 5:00am to be exact. I had to get Bandit and Doc Robinson from Heavy Duty Magazine in Australia, to the Long Beach airport for the annual pilgrimage to the V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati, Ohio. We’ve had the most beautiful weather the past week,

This is another Bikernet first, a full bike feature on a running but unpainted chop. Could it be that the owner is hoping for a feature shot at the Horse or Cycle Source? He didn’t want to blow his first bike feature opportunity just on Bikernet. “That’s not it at all,” said owner/builder Michael Boen.

Roland’s girl can save stock Softails. Leaning up against a scurvy bar in the Badlands I overheard one biker say to another, “Those rich fucks, like Arlen Ness…” I listened to his complaining, finished my Jack and ordered another one. I looked across the bar at the mirror behind the bottles of booze and wondered

Riding a bike can be one of the most relaxing and rewarding experiences a man or woman can participate in. From the very beginning of motorcycles, there have been women who rode. Viewed as cavaliers, many women riders were put into the same category as women smokers; wanna-bees who didn’t know their place. Thankfully, times

A picture of a Danny Franssen designed Bobber built on an Evolution Softail. I must confess to a horrible sickness I have been afflicted with since I was a small child. It seems there is no cure, and I am hopelessly doomed to die suffering from the incredible malady that currently has no medical cure.

Several years ago, when Discovery Channel was exploiting the bike builder as a conquering hero and reaping monetary benefits off of his back, Indian Larry was finally getting his just due. People around the world were being introduced to one of the premier bike builders as well as a first class human being. Sadly, in

“My wife wanted something legal,” said Todd Silicato of Todd’s Cycle. Todd is a nondescript builder’s builder. He’s not a celebrity type. He’s a biker who works his ass off building anything from modified stock bikes to world-class customs and billet products, to speedway racers, and now he’s tempted to roll to Bonneville. He’s also

Maybe it smacked you at a local bike night, maybe it occurred at a bike show, or maybe you were out for a ride. We all run into bikes that stick in our brains like the first touch from a gorgeous woman after a hazardous tour in Iraq. In this case, “Peckerhead,” the motorcycle, slapped

Click on any image in this feature for a chance to win this beauty. Have you ever wanted to roll on the throttle while riding down the twists and turns of a back country road on a pure American classic — say a pristine 1947 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead? Easy question, right. What if I told you

US Choppers is alive and well. Rick Krost, the boss, knows business. He has a degree in finance, but his heart belongs to vintage motorcycles, so he designed something new that would make new shit look old, the US Chopper Board Track Chassis. He focused his love for vintage bikes and built a frame configuration

People work for it, people steal for it, people dream of winning it, people sell their bodies for it, folks killed for it, people sell their souls for it, and songs have been sung about it and in these days of legal thievery and corporate greed, the world spins on it ! You all know

On the way to a motorcycle photo shoot starring his recently award-winning bike build; a funny thing happened to Pat “Mongo” Kelly. He was aboard his daily ride, or should we say a road-ripping terror that passes for a street bike. In truth, it is a highly modified 2005 Harley-Davidson Dyna FXDXI Super Glide Sport.

I ran into Ross Suderno at the Grand National Roadster show a couple of years ago. His bike was a standout for several reasons. As it turns out, we share a lot of biker- linked history. He built a bike for a giant Los Angeles black weight-lifter in the early ’70s and I featured two

Interestingly, when this Ironhead Sportster motor went down the line at Harley-Davidson’s Engine Plant in Milwaukee some time in 1967, carbon fiber hardly existed. Sure, it was back in the 1950s that the first carbon fibers were developed for use on missiles, but they were primitive compared with today’s product. And it wasn’t until the

Editor’s Note:This Departure Bike Works feature came via many motorcycle talents including the Departure crew, Michael Lichter, Wayne Scraba and the American Iron Magazine Team where it was originally published in 2009. Thanks guys. Richmond, Virginia’s Departure Bike Works is a busy but low-key place. The truth is, the entire low-profile, relaxed atmosphere is by

Editor’s Note: We looked at 2009 as the Year of the Sportster, due to the economy in the USA, and because we ran into a vast assortment of rigid framed Sportsters at the Smoke Out this year. It was a strange year, but good for Sportsters, then this one landed in our laps from a

Here’s a strange one from the Sheriff in Sweden. As it turns out these shots were taken in Finland. The Sheriff shoots bike features and events all over the world. He’s one of those guys who never sleeps unless he’s resting on a trans Atlantic flight. When we quizzed him for the tech chart or

Mid fall of 2007, I picked up a rusty old 1968 Triumph TR6C with the idea of doing a quick bob-job and selling the bike. The profits from the build were destined to help support a few Children’s Charities I help out through my TBearWear T-shirts.As we all know, no good deed goes unpunished, so