Bike Features

The industry is nuts with production bikes, new manufacturers andone-off custom builders popping up daily. It's terrific for the guylooking for a particular machine. The sky's the limit, and here's astrong example of a custom line bent on performance. John Covingtonhas more than a 15 year history of building bikes. His goal is to build […]

I grew up around old skool bikes. My dad has a policespecial Pan and a high bar chopper Pan, as well as astroked Shovel, a flathead, and two Ironhead Sportsters. It'sbeen in my blood way before the yuppies decidedDiscovery Channel made it cool. I always wanted tobuild a Pan after years of riding on my

“Here is a Bobber that nobody expected me to build,” said Cyril Huze, “Except me and my client, Paul Gren, from Orlando.Graffiti is the first form of Hip Hop. It pre-dates Rap and all the other forms!!! Graffiti is still the only art form where the life span of a work can be as brief

Walter riding the machine. Y'know, reality T.V. is a kooky business. It's a relatively new gig and folks are just now startin' to get 'er figured out. Now, all of us know that SOME bikers and hot rodders are fucking CRAZY, and the Hollywood types have discovered this in a BIG way. Personally I don't

One of my earliest memories is my pop shouting “Hold on, Jes” over the potato-potato-potato of his chopped '57 Pan as he gave my first H-D ride. Much older I remembered pictures of this classic bike. It was bright orange with at least a 16-over front end (sixteen feet that is). One of the old

What's in a name? Even a vivid description of the mythological half-horse, half-man, the Centaur leaves something to the imagination. You might have a Centaur picture in your mind, recalling a panting or drawing published in a old high school textbook. But, no one has really witnessed the mechanical version, in the metallic-flesh, until now.

Roger, Chris and Darren.Everyone has their dream bike in mind but very few people have the vision, let alone the money to make it all happen. But once in a while, a customer comes along that gives builders the chance of a lifetime. My friend Chris was one of these customers. Returning from a Las

Jake and Jerrod Walter are 21 and 22 year old brothers who worked side by side to build this bike, and what a bike it is. Their main business is farming but dreams of cultivating mechanical masterpieces co-exist with corn. They’re from New Berlin, Il., which is approx. 15 miles from Jacksonville, Il. This is

The Steed 200 Pegasus isn't your dad's land yacht bike. The Pegasus 200-TM is the performance Touring Steed. PERFORMANCE, it's just a word to many gear heads. At Steeds we view motorcycles as the ultimate freedom machine. To us, performance means that you can get on your bike, ride it anywhere, and have the confidence

Sometimes you have to head west when the crowd is heading east to find something truly unique. This was the case during Biketoberfest. Rather than joining the bustling throng in Daytona Beach yet again, I headed west to Santa Fe, New Mexico to hook up with Carlos Calles and his Irish Rich/Shamrock Fabrications built Santa