Charlie’s ’51 EL Charlie’s a wild man with a long flapping gray beard. At 65 he screams through the black hills of South Dakota on and 1946 Knucklehead trying to out run the winter. He hit a rusting, riveted guard rail recently, shattering his leg, which was pinned but wouldn’t heal. The doc pulled the […]
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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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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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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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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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Game Over Cycles, a custom bike company from Poland, presents its latest custom motorcycle, inspired by James Hetfield of Metallica and his 1936 Auburn 852 Boattail Speedster “Slow Burn”. Designers from Poland built the custom bike as a sister vehicle to the classic car belonging to the famous musician. The body lines of
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Editor’s Notes: First, this is one of the most spectacular articles refuting Climate Doomsday I’ve read in 2023. We are living in a time of extreme proliferation of content. Most folks can’t read a couple of paragraphs on Facebook without moving on to something else. We need info direct and to the point. Daniel Nebert
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Way back when men were men and sheep were afraid and political correctness had yet to rear its ugly head, motorcycle riding was the venue of a select crowd of rough and ready men and even few rough and ready, excitement craving women. Most motorcycles in America in the early 1950s were no
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Roy Martin of Roys Toys Customs recently headed up Build Team 13, comprising an elite group of veterans and first responders to build a ground-up custom bobber. Crystal Hess’s Motorcycle Missions is a 501(c)3 non-profit focused to help Veterans and First Responders with PTS(D). Roy donated his shop and provided mentorship to build a one-of-a-kind
click on the images to zoom-in This past weekend, at the Barber Vintage Motorcycle Festival, Indian Motorcycle debuted a custom Indian Chief like never before. From cruiser to racer, the RT-3/4 custom Indian Chief was designed by Noise Cycles and brought to life by Zach Hindes. Have a glimpse of
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This gets more bizarre by the week, or year, maybe decade. We published Part 1 not long ago, but perhaps this is part 1. Although, if you read the first episode, you will encounter the long back story behind a brother, a veteran who had a chopper dream through many stages and years.
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To say this project has a long story is quite an understatement. Miracles two, we have all stayed friends and loosely in contact over the years. During this long, drawn-out period there are so many memories, kids, work, life and the madness that comes from it all, haha! Like so many things in life, it
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I answered the phone without checking caller ID, always a mistake. It was Marilyn Stemp with the world-famous Flying Piston Benefit Breakfast. I have been invited to modify a Strider balance bike, the kind that young kids can push with their feet and learn to balance. I don’t have actual builder talent but what
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You’d think a town named Washington Court House and a shop named Court House Custom would both contain staid and conservative attributes, like an old Carnegie Library or a shop fulla bridal dresses and fine crystal. Not so kimosabe. Court House Custom is in Washington Court House, Ohio which is located centrally between Columbus, Dayton
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Not sure where to start. I was working in a bike shop on Imperial Highway, US Choppers in 1970 to support going to Long Beach City College. I was into my first Shovelhead after I sold my 1969 XLCH, and perhaps my fourth bike build after the Sportster, a bent Triump 650 and a 45
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We had the opportunity to share the latest custom motorcycle build by Carey Hart, freestyle motocross legend and custom bike builder. Hart customized a 2022 Indian Chief Dark Horse for The Walking Dead and The Punisher star, Jon Bernthal. Hart channeled his high-performance, motocross background in the style and design of the bike, with classic,
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Richie Russolello was working in Kansas and meet with some Veterans building a memorial with no support. As he talked to them, he made a promise to help them, and their mission to honor veterans and wounded warriors who came home and needed a helping hand. When he was young, Richie wanted to join the
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The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum is unlike any motorcycle museum on the planet. It’s based around the history of the Sturgis Rally and follows several racing endeavors. But the rally evolved into chopper heaven and so did museum displays with exhibits from many of the great chopper builders of our time, including Arlen Ness, Billy Lane
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I’m reaching out to share a cool custom motorcycle built by Japanese bike builder and Brat Style founder, Go Takamine. Go customized a 2022 Indian Super Chief Limited for X-Men and Mad-Max: Fury Road star, Nicolas Hoult. In true Go style, he took a clean, minimalist approach to the build – adding vintage
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Sam Burns sends me images several times a week. One time, not long ago he sent me some shots from a builder in Europe. I could never put it all together to create a feature. But just the other day he sent me a serious batch of shots of this Sportster project in an old
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This cool chopper was built in Zodiac’s workshop. Zodiac is now 52 years old and is a manufacturer and wholesaler of custom and replacement parts for Harley-Davidson and American V-Twin motorcycles. 1969 is the same year of the movie Easy Rider, with arguably the most iconic chopper; Captain America, starring in it. “But it’s also
This is a follow-up to our article on Long Fork Run at Sweden Click Here to check out the Long Fork Run photo feature. South Side MC…South Side Mc is a club started in 1988 by 5 people (drunks…) who wanted to wrench with bikes, drink and party. It’s been a club where
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The Crocker motorcycle has long been known as “The Holy Grail of Motorcycling” due to its rarity. It also carries the nomenclature, “The Duesenberg of Motorcycles,” due to its hand built high-quality, and finally “America’s Superbike,” due to its performance. Three titles suggesting strongly that no other machine has reached such a
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Kirk Taylor’s L’il Cha Cha was among the very first class of Tiny Strider Customs, a program of the Flying Piston Benefit that supports All Kids Bike – an organization that’s on a mission to teach every kid how to ride a bike as part of kindergarten PE class. Here’s how the Tiny
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