Editor’s Note: Our author, Louise Ann Noeth (aka “Landspeed” Louise), is a long-time SAH member and a two-time SoCal Chapter Valentine Award winner. The following is a fresh version of her article summarizing racing at Bonneville in anticipation of its centennial, now from the perspective of actually having reached that centennial. The entire […]
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Editor’s Note from the Week Magazine, November 10, 2014: Mexico has finally released a former Marine who was jailed for eight months after crossing the Mexican border with loaded guns in his car. Andrew Tahmooressi, 25, had recently moved to Southern California from Florida and said he took a wrong turn out of a
1200 MILES SOUTH OF THE MEXICAN BORDER Read More »
Letter from a Marine Veteran: While I know some may read this and think I am being passive aggressive, I am not, I struggle to see, and understand why people do not understand things the way I do. Especially if they are non-military. It’s hard, it really is, and when I bring
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(Mitchell, SD) November 5, 2014 – The Helping with HorsepowerTM Bike Rebuild Program is helping the Abbott House Celebrate their 75th Anniversary! Forty young women from the ages of 9-17, all residents of the Abbott House in Mitchell, South Dakota, worked alongside volunteer facilitators – Klock Werks’ Laura Klock, Karlee Cobb, and Jennifer
Helping With HorsepowerTM “STAR” Motorcycle Raffle Read More »
We all jump into a professional paint job sooner or later. It’s a mystery to most of us, an expensive mystery. As a young builder I hated to let any of my parts out of my rickety garage, even for an hour. I rebuilt engines, brakes, welded frames, rattle-canned my sheet metal, and if
Wallet’s Paint Guide Read More »
There’s this shop in Houston run by the Devil and the lovely Holly who danced with puppets at the Houston Renaissance fair, half naked, while the Devil and I discussed this chopper. Everything about Kent Weeks, the Devil, Holly, and their shop nestled in a residential district surrounded by tall chain link fences and snarling
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Here is a Johnny Mac Bobber featuring Betty Joanna, Ms. Strip Club Choppers. This is a new line of bobbers from Johnny Mac’s Chopper House. This is why: We are taking doner sportsters, stripping them down, putting them on a Craftech frame, and using all original Indian Larry Parts, tank, fenders, handlebars, risers…
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If there was an award for the most Amazing bike builder on the planet Dar would be a major contender. He wouldn’t win it for building some spindly, art object, board track racer and winning the AMD World Championship, although he has already won several AMD awards. Don’t get me wrong, art objects are
Dar Holdsworth’s Second Navy Bike for Rolling Thunder by Darwin and Brass Balls Cycles Read More »
Norio, a key player at Kustom Fab, actually relocated here from Japan. From the first day that I met him, much has changed. When Norio first arrived here in the islands, he opened a shop in Oahu called Phoenix Cycles. It was during a time that the whole “Chopper” craze was nearing
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