Bike Features

   My Dad loved motorcycles. From Honda trail bikes to gold wings to CB750’s, I remember motorcycles were always a part of our family. A 1978 Honda Trail 70 was my first two-wheeled entry into the rough and tough biker world. It was an all black model with a chrome package and the folding ape […]

Joe Cool is a bike with a tragic story behind it, but as with disasters some good comes along. Joe Cool’s name comes from a charter boat. Two fugitives who hijacked the crew and ended up murdering the four-crew members contracted the boat. Joe Cool ran out of fuel and was found floating twelve miles

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is excited about the newest addition to its collection of motorcycles – the BIC(r) Flex 4(r) Chopper designed and built by Orange County Choppers. The bike, built in 2010, sports an S&S 100-inch motor, Baker 6-speed transmission, and OCC custom wheels. The motorcycle was built to help

When I was just a pup, one of my earliest memories was riding on the tanks on my dad’s old 80-inch flathead. It was stripped down for speed, and dad used to race the old clay track at Cotati with it. I guess it would be called a “bobber,” but back in the early ‘50s,

   Video by Gearhead, Inc.: http://www.youtube.com/user/machone351cFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/GearheadInc There are many talented builders in the American custom V-twin scene, but there are few that can tune a motor perfectly, and then competitively ride the bike themselves. Todd Silicato, owner of Todd¹s Cycle in Huntington Beach, California is one of them. Just before he opened his own

Editor’s note: Jon Yip reached out to us recently with another drop seat dresser example. He photographed and wrote his own feature, and did a helluva job.–Bandit There seems to be no limits to what can be done to Baggers these days. From the high-end custom builders to the unlimited number of aftermarket parts available

Editor’s Note: Our 5-Ball factory racer was feature in Heavy Duty Magazine in Australia recently. It’s the largest selling custom bike mag Down Under. The story and the photos were handled by the amazing Smilin’ Doc Robinson, the longtime tech editor. I’ve left the story alone for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.–Bandit Many interesting and colourful

  This month’s ride is a 2007 Harley-Davidson FLTR belonging to TerenceWest of Manteca, Calif. Outlaw Dynas and pimped-out baggers have beenall the rage for a while now out in Cali, and this Road Glide is aperfect example of the latter.It’s not too over the top, yet it definitely stands out in acrowd. High bars,

Editor’s Note: I’m under the gun writing a couple of stories regarding Victory motorcycles and our ride from New Orleans to North Carolina, a 1000 miles on the Long Road to the Smoke Out 12. I asked Caleb Owens if he would sketch out a handful of notes to help me launch his killer bike

AUTHOR’S NOTE: For a year or more, I’ve wanted to build a low budget British-style “Café Racer” because it looked like fun, and I’ve always liked that style. A couple of weeks ago, I dragged home the rattiest, nastiest, most bedraggled piece of… Anyway, it was an old ’81 Yamaha XS 1100, and it was