Bike Features

Super hot NorCal custom bike builder Bryan Shimke — owner and operator of TPJ Customs in Lodi, California, is in-route to Sturgis, SD to deliver his latest innovative two-wheel creation.Last year in Sturgis at the prestigious AMD bike show Byran opened a lot of eyes by placing 10th with his badass entry. Just as importantly, […]

Dave Bozzie is a second generation motor builder who makes quite a stir in the motorcycle world. From fast daily riders to unique land speed record bikes, Bozzie Performance Customs puts radical, performance and classic machines. The double-Evo you see here is called “Wild Thing”. Wild thing was built in 2006 as a result of

Johnny Gil’s, La Ruca, a Texas custom worth a second look. Sturgis 2008 was a fantastic event in many eyes. Bandit's Brouhaha proved to be as successful, as much as it was stressful. People staggered out of the show shaking their heads wondering if they’d ever see another show like that again. According to Bandit,

This is Rev 1, the first in a series of customs built around the Revolution motor at Wonder Customs in Wichita Falls, Texas. We at Bikernet pride ourselves on bringing many aspects of the biker lifestyle to the computer screen for our faithful readers. While we have tried to look for the uncommon street machine,

There's something more to riding a chopper than any other motorcycle in the world. There are economical deviates who buy low cc metric bikes to get to work on a dime, save space, reduce air pollution and make a gallon last for a month, but not us. Custom motorcycles, bobbers, rats, choppers, and hot rod

I feel a surreal opportunity overhead, kinda like a cloud of marijuana smoke wafting across a room after the first pungent hit. Ryan Reed, 33, the shop foreman at SO-CAL Speed Shop in Pomona, California, doesn't realize how important this motorcycle is to our lifestyle. It represents the pure Softail, but in addition, it symbolizes

Million Mile Harley-DavidsonFormer Wisconsin State Senator, Dave Zien, completed his 18 year journey and record breaking attempt by accumulating one million miles on his 1991 FXRT. Zien and his entourage rode into the parking lot of Hal’s Harley-Davidson, New Berlin, Wisconsin, amid the cheers and flags of over 300 enthusiastic well wishers. Left to right:

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 who

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 that

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.