Bike Features

You can bling your car. You can bling your Chihuahua. You can even bling your teeth, so why not bling your bike? Well, we’ve been doing it for a hundred years what with all kinds of nickel and brass then chrome and polished aluminum. And then there’s the paint job where it’s easy enough to […]

“You're the storywriter…my story is a common one,” said Dan Bergman from Mesa, Arizona. Bandit gave me the assignment to write this feature, but I wanted to buy a six-pack of Coronas and chase a bubbly blonde named Coral around the shop, while he was picking up parts at Bennett's Performance in Long Beach. I

Two unique designs from Minnesota’s newest custom bike venue, The Shop. Here at Bikernet.com, we are always looking for new and exciting bikes that are built with one thing in mind; riding. Bandit sent me some info on a couple of bikes built in Minnesota by a relative unknown to the custom motorcycle world, Billy

The author and builder, Kevin Brooks.To understand the Bike you must first know the two parties involved, I am The builder and conceiver of its whole, the man who twisted the steel and gave life to its thundering heart, who saw a means to an end, to reach its owner's, desired results. My history lives

This is a follow up to the chopper drawing article that was published about a year or so ago. You can find it through this link:http://www.bikernet.com/garage/PageViewer.asp?PageID=778 Jerry Blanks commissioned the drawings from me, in the first article. He owns a carpet company but was interested in starting a new venture called So Cal Hot Rod

Lisa, the model, www.lisaangeline.com, called me before the shoot. “What’s up with the green bikes on Bikernet?” I didn’t have a good answer. I asked her, “Are your peaches sweet?”Now days when you read an article about a bike build it reads like a service manual documenting how this was machined and that was bored

I often feel like a basketball player during the final game of the season, when I start a bike feature. I’m pumped to share a passel of info about the bike, the girl, the builder, the owner, their dog and the naked chick in the window next door. I’m dribbling like crazy trying to make

Nash Motorcycles, based in Vancouver, Washington, is the home of 150 inches of rain annually and the highest suicide rate in the country, or was that Seattle? The Nash clan runs the show with a pile of brothers and Taber Nash’s wife Jenna. The older brother Trent also has his own business, Knucklehead Clothing, but

It’s interesting, some companies are growing and running strong whereas some of the most talented guys in the industry are struggling. Some are masters at marketing while others are masters at style and stay clear of the limelight. Gard is one of the latter. When it comes to design and fabrication he gets the job

The “W” series 45 cubic inch Harley Flathead motor has been around since 1937. It was very reliable but slow as molasses in January. Decades ago, the legendary Randy Smith came up with the idea of mating the top end of a 900cc Ironhead Sportster to the bullet proof Flatty's lower end. The result THE