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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

It was hard to imagine, when we stood in front of the garage doors, starring at a pile of boxes, that somewhere in there, somehow, a custom bike lurked. As it developed, except for a non-existent nut or bolt, the CCI Goliath kit was complete. The chromed quandary, could a novice builder, an average American

“Here's some new shots of Bree, the naughty schoolgirl. If you can get pastdrooling over Bree, there's one of our bikes with a cool devil chick in redpainted on the tank,” Said John Covington, president of Steed Muscle Bikes. She's straddling one of John's Steed 300-VM AppaloosaChoppers. Bree has straddled plenty of Motorsports modeling and

Hang on for this feature. This poker hand will take you from the bare shotgun frame to big-titted babes posing on the finished monster at the Smoke Out. Plus the owner of the shop and the builder, fabricator from Bitter End Old School Choppers wrote the story.Bitter End Old School Choppers is a chopper/machine shop,

I usually shoot features on hard chopped Harleys. They're my main course meat and potatoes. Long front ends and chopped frames with tons of chrome flashing in the sunlight. Every once in a while I run across a tasty morsel to temp my palette. I call 'em dessert, all fancy, done-up with a cherry on

Here's a bike feature that tells itself, which is often the best kind. The owner actually spelled out his lurid story from a school teacher and chopper enthusiast to ultimately, in his future, a bike builder. His bike recently won best of show at the second annual Choppers Only Show on the island of Oahu

Following his dramatic successes with ‘Hot Climbing’ at last year’s European Championship (second) and World Championship (third), Belgian builder Freddie ‘Krugger’ Bertrand scored big again in this year’s European Championship with fourth place for a second board-track style custom called ‘SpeedBowl’. I’ve admired Freedie Krugger’s style and engineering, his use of the new and look

I discovered the first 300/300 bike in Sturgis. Reminded me of when we ran big tires on the front and rear of bikes in the ‘70s for the fun of it and a different design. Here it was the first beach ball front and rear bike and I’ve been chasing Branscomb and Bob Page for

You must be a hard core Harley-Davidson rider if you bought a brand new motorcycle in 1980 (when Harley-Davidson was owned by AMF) and you’re still riding it today, everyday. Joe Radnich bought this AMF Shovelhead 25 years ago, and massaged it into the road eating configuration you sere here. Joe handles all maintenance and

Rick, the US Choppers master.The variety of builders growing up around the planet is expanding daily, but only a few have the touch. They garner the ability to form metals, machine parts and select components that deliver a sense of oneness with the machine’s design. Rick, from US Choppers in Santa Ana, California, has the

It looks like a radical big twin chopper packed with a monster, gasoline munching monster S&S motor. It should sound like a Patriot Missile and set off car alarms just sitting still. But forget those earplugs and don’t bother stopping at the gas pump, just look for a wall plug and some 110v juice. Believe

Here’s a fine looking Knucklehead from an old school builder who dumped his ol’ lady and opened his own shop in Lake Elsinore, California two years ago. “I got this motor in 1969,” Algie said of his roadworthy Knuck. “I haven’t run it all these years,” but he held onto it for the perfect chassis.

February 05. On a long night trip back home, I urgently need to fill-up gas and myself. Next exit is a truck stop (even on the road, not necessarily the best food destination). On the other side, surprise: the waitress is extremely young and hot looking. Must have no Hooters in town. Don’t know why,

For those who haven't followed the build, Lucky Devil 001 is the first manufactured production bike from the house of Mr.Devil. They have been slow to turn in the final material on this build, but there’s good reason and here it is, at last. After the long and arduous process of becoming a licensed manufacture

The master, Roger Goldhammer.The second annual AMD ProShow in conjunction with the Custom Chrome Dealer show was held in Las Vegas the weekend of November 18th-20th, 2005. Billed as The World Championship of Custom Bike Building the event is sponsered by American Dealer Magazine (www.amdproshow.com) is a well-respected trade magazine published by Robin Bradley out

Lexi ain’t exactly a Goblin, but what the hell.On a beautiful day in Hawaii, what started off as just another local barbeque, somehow turned into another impulsive but creative bike build. After throwing around ideas with Discovery Channel’s Chica and throwing back a few beers, we were able to come up with another awesome bike

A classic Roth shot from the ‘60s. Extended front ends were the rage then.Justin Schilling, of Two-Bit Choppers, recently completed this Buell conversion for a customer, Randy Carlson, out of Bend, Oregon. “Of course Bend is ground zero for BMC,” Justin said, “and Randy was actually good friends with many of Big Mike's crew, so

Cole Foster and his Bride-to-be, Susan.I’ll begin this rant with a clear definition of the story direction. If you know me, you know a clear definition ain’t possible, but I’ll give it a shot. I believe that Cole Foster of Salinas Boys Customs, Salinas, California is one of the very best at what he does.

This super-clean, sleek, stylish, one-off custom from Pyrotec Customs, Alton, Illinois, won second place in it’s category at the Louisville, Kentucky show in August, 2005. The Horse Power Promotions show was sponsored by Bikernet.com and HOT BIKE. This bike wasn’t picked up to be featured in the mag, but the Bikernet Staff loved John Beck's

”Something wicked this way comes,” Snake, the Bikernet shop drunk said and ran for the bar.” I didn’t know what to think, staring at my computer. I attempted code and edit all the new Buell models for 2006, but my computer sparked and whined like a bad wire on my ’48 Panhead. A messaged jumped

Trying alot of odd ball shit here .Motor is assembled but has stroker jugs that are 3 5/8-inch punched .010 over. They had real thick bases for the studs in the cases but I had to trade them for the correct length jugs. Take a look at those stock forward controls. Here is a fine

Creativity is an interesting condition… The masses see it as some sort of divine endowment. Many of the afflicted believe it to be a cruel burden. Most are convinced, you either have it or you don’t. I couldn’t say for sure if any of it’s true or not, but I can certainly tell you it