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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

Hollywood is a strange place. Nothing seems real. You could run into a girl dressed like the baddest biker chick in the world, only to find she's never ridden a motorcycle. She just bought the threads at some too-cool, too-expensive boutique. I'm not kidding. I was delivered to the Ralph Lauren Vintage clothes shop on

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

Once in a while, you stumble across a bike that stops you dead in your tracks.That's exactly what happened to me at the Victoria Hotrod and Bike Show back at the end of May this year.I was wandering around the show checking out all the cool rides and not so cool barges, when I spotted

Over the years, I've interviewed motorcycle brothers and sisters all over the world. We are all members of a passionate breed. In each case, specific feature bikes represent vast undertakings in a mission for love, freedom, or artistic expression. To Roy Gregory, this motorcycle represents overcoming a life of alcohol and drug abuse. It was

I have a lot of full custom bikes and love to ride them but when you’ve got that much money and time invested in something it’s hard to take it out and beat it up on a daily bases. When you leave a $50k bike on the street in front of the bar its hard

The man with his creation. Bob Carrillo is the quintessential bike builder: part renegade, part Renaissance man. He is a man of many talents. Trained as a stone mason, Bob's family hails from the East San Fernando Valley area of metropolitan Los Angeles. Bob started riding dirt bikes at a very young age. His grandfather

Lodi, CA~August 24, 2009 – Bryan Schimke, the immensely talented custom bike builder and owner of TPJ Customs out of Lodi, CA and his good buddy Satya Kraus, owner of Kraus Motor Co. from Cazadero, CA, hit the road for Sturgis this year on badass custom steel with a pocket full of optimism and a