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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

A Pause for a Bit of Brit History…As probably the mostly widely recognized English motorcycle, it helped to have a great name. Triumph motorcycles got that down right in 1886 when the company’s founder, a German immigrant to London, one Siegfried Bettman came up with the name change and began building bicycles. By 1902 he

The roar of a jet liner filled the phone lines as I attempted to call Ralph Randolph of Knockout Motorcycles. “What the hell?” Ralph said departing his Airbus A320 in Philly after a six-hour flight from Portland. “I need to get to Hooters for some chow. Call me back.”Ralph is a pilot for U.S. Air,

We’ve all heard of the industry legend, the late Indian Larry. In 1993 he hooked up with a group of other bike builders including Paul Cox and opened a shop Psycho Cycles, and then in 2000 Paul and Indian Larry opened their own shop called Gasoline Alley, eventually changing it simply to “Indian Larry.”Joining them

Steve “Brew Dude” Garn grew up around Harleys. His father had an old '45 Flat Head as his first bike and still rides almost every day at age 79. Steve inherited the passion from his father and has passed it on to his son Chad. Three generations of bike building in one family may well

They were conversation topic number one at the European Bike Week on Faaker See and easily the most photographed product at the entire event. We are, of course, talking about Marcus Walz’s newest project, “TuNero,” which he is conducting in collaboration with the world famous Ferrari specialist “Novitec-Rosso”. The birthplace of this admittedly crazy idea

Damn, Bandit was blamed for another custom. “It’s the truth,” Mike Marquart said during our interview. “Bandit put together an article in VQ Magazine about Vincent history and styling and it inflamed my memory of the first Vincent Black Shadow I saw in ’76. I had to find one.”Mike has a long history in the

“Hell yes, I’m headed to the Smoke Out West in a couple of weeks,” said Kyle Kurkman. I spoke to him about his Radio Flyer bike, built for his 12-year-old son, this last year. He won best of show at Rips Bad Ride in Socal, so I fortunately had the opportunity to see this sharp

A long time self-confessed bike nut, Glenn remembers riding back in the day when dodging dinosaurs rather than Volvos was the biggest on road challenge. Well maybe I am stretching things a bit, but he’s been riding a long time.Glenn told me, “I bought my first bike when I was thirteen and paid for it

My amigo, Tom “The German” Steinbacher, of Demon’s Cycle South wanted ta show the world what kinda eye candy ya can build without takin’ out a second mortgage, or drainin’ the crumb snatchers’ college fund, so he bought a used 2005 Sporty, an’ like Phoenix risin’ from the ashes, (Hell, I didn’t even know the

Why a 1948 Panhead? Well, why a blonde, brunette or a redhead? Because when something catches your eye and you just can’t live without it, you don’t give up until it’s yours. We’ve all, “been there and done that.” It’s 1971, I’m sitting in a Winchell’s donut shop eating a dozen peanut-covered donut holes like

“Attach is the spec sheet and my ramblings on about the build,” said Mike Tomas, the boss of Kiwi Indian. “It's probably more like a diary, but if I pass this along to you it might help with your story and give you some insight or ideas.I like to keep things professional in terms of

So what the hell? No Stripper (mine left town) & Jack Daniels Hurricane Care Package? Shit man, I even had to buy a Honda! At least it's just a EU 2000 generator, I can use it with my photography. Here are a few shots from Cut Throat Customs out in Humble (a little north). Daniel

Jason McCudden, the builder of this military Stinger Softail hails from Buffalo, the second largest city in New York. He stayed when most of his high school pals hit it to Charlotte, NC, where the jobs headed. “I can run into more friends in the Charlotte Sports Bar than I can in a local pub,”

Click Here For Todds Website Todd Silicato is and interesting enigma in our industry. He carries on like a lot of builders would prefer–the backwoods artist hiding in a cave. He's the master behind lots of builders, but stays in the Shadows off Bolsa Road in Southern California where he can tinker and be left

“Fuck old school. I’m a real old guy. What looks vintage is vintage. Really!“ Albert laughs. He's a 67 year old biker. This story will cover his saga first, then about his ride. Al experienced the first years of his childhood in WWII-destroyed River-Rhein-Area in Germany in the early '40s. This industrial region was a

This is the centerpiece of a chopper with a very interesting story. I love to see the way a bike changes a man from the inside out. My buddy Mike started riding rockets such as Suzuki’s famed GSXR. He had ridden an Intruder, A GSXR, a TLR, a Hyabusa, and finally he graduated to a

The quintessential shot of a man and his hand built machine. This is a story of a guy who built it exactly the way he wanted it, and he’s loving every second of it. I had a plan in my early twenties to build a V-twin based motorcycle that wasn’t already seen scootin’ around town

I've got to tell you something. I'm having a problem typing. I burned the tip of my right index finger welding yesterday, and it smarts to hit an N, J, or Y. Actually, Y ain't bad, but M kills me. But we have a mission. I need to get this story across. If you live

After a very successful 2007 AHDRA season, VT Racing has decided to jump into the foray of NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Racing. Valerie, pilot of “The World’s Fastest Panhead”, is looking forward to another competitive year aboard a racebike, earning a living as one of the fastest human beings on earth. During the design phases

Here's a group of Central Coast Bikes.There was a time when bikers, bike builders, and even charity rides wouldn't get the time of day from the networks. Hell, we could all catch fire and they'd ignore us. We were considered rapists on motorcycles, drug dealers and crazed violent maniacs. Yeah, so what? Maybe they discovered

Bikernet is proud to bring you the winning bike from a recent biker build-off competition from the Veterans Rock & Roll Ride (VR&RR) to support military charities in our on-going effort to support our troops during our Bikernet Year of the Veteran. VR&RR Inc is a non-profit company that owns and operates the motorcycle rally