Bike Features

Japanese builder Suicide Customs scored a convincing first place in the 12th AMD World Championship at ‘Intermot Customized’ at Cologne, Germany, October 10th to take the coveted title of AMD World Champion of Custom Bike Building.   Voted for by the competitors themselves, this is the third time that a customiser from Japan has taken […]

The rebirth of the Indian Scout and introduction of the Scout Sixty delivered a fresh breed of powerful middleweight cruisers to the industry. And Kuryakyn’s new Sprint collection designed by John Shope of Dirty Bird Concepts takes the aggressively styled platform to a whole ’nother level.    Kuryakyn incorporated the entire Sprint collection, the first

  Indian Motorcycle’s launched its new Scout FTR750 flat track race bike at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The event is the latest milestone in the historic return to professional flat track racing for Indian; the Scout FTR750 represents Indian Motorcycle’s bid to return to AMA flat track racing. Exciting!     The Indian Scout FTR750

Over the years since they started the J&P Ultimate Builder Shows inside the IMS Expos, we have had the pleasure of giving a Cycle Source Award to a number of builders who displayed their works throughout the country. One such build was the hot little Triumph you see here. We found this little gem during

Once upon a time there was a bike built called the Shrunken FXR. Keith “Bandit” Ball, of Bikernet and other assorted fame, built it. By a stroke of good fortune the bike became mine through the generosity and trust of Keith Ball. This bike was my daily commuter for a handful of years. It was

      Introduced May 11, the Indian Chieftain Dark Horse is a blacked-out hard bagger that will provide riders with a starting platform; a plain canvas mounted over around a massive V-twin powertrain with two wheels. Although this menacing bike could be used ‘straight out of the can’, riders might see it as an

  For more than half a century, Sonny Nutter has been leaving his competition in the dust, on and off the track. In the process, “Sliden’ Sonny” bagged a ton of stories, and one of many focuses on racing at the famous Ascot Raceway located in Gardena, CA. “The place opened in ’57 but at

  As the newest member of the Dark Custom lineup, Roadster combines modern performance and retro-inspired styling with premium suspension components, an air-cooled 1200cc V-Twin engine and a profile reminiscent of vintage racing motorcycles from the 1950s and 1960s.   The 19-inch front and 18-inch rear Offset-Split 5-Spoke cast aluminum wheels were designed specifically for

Indian Motorcycle has just released details on its new 2016 Indian Springfield. Named after the birthplace of Indian Motorcycle, the Springfield was designed to offer classic styling blended with modern technology. In short, it’s here to deliver a healthy mix of touring comfort and urban versatility. The Indian Springfield can be quickly converted into a

I bought the donor 2003 H-D 883 Sportster on December 31, 2010. On the next day, January 1st 2011, I began tearing it apart and started the reverse engineering process. I measured the parts I would keep and design around, like the engine, frame and a few others. The unneeded parts were donated to a