Tech

All the major basic elements are in place and now we need to get our hands dirty. This is where the builders at Brass Balls Bobbers come into play. We have the Paughco Frame platform, the engine from RevTech, the transmission from Bikernet.com, and recently Keith Horschel, from Jay Brake, supplied the brakes, hand controls, […]

  Contrary  to popular belief, you can’t judge a tire by its cover. Researchers and most  experts agree that along with tread depth and proper tire maintenance, tire  age is also crucial to your safety on the road.   This  tire was bought as new — it has never been on the road — but

“I want to do wheelies,” said Frank, my son, about his 2002 Dyna Glide. We recently stepped up his 88-inch twin cam performance package with a 97-inch kit from S&S including a Screamin’ Eagle billet cam plate, the high performance oil pump, Zipper’s Thunder Max, and a Bub Exhaust System. His blacked out Dyna was

I get a kick out of JIM’s tools selection. It’s as if JIM is Santa on some creative haven mountaintop marijuana lab. The staff sits around one of Bandit’s Panhead desks and passes a torpedo-sized doobie packed with the latest mind altering, creative juice expanding green recipe. Big Jim sits back in his chair and

Every project has a twist, and this is no different. First off, Kent Weeks, the master fabricator at Lucky Devil’s MetalWorks in Houston, Texas, can do anything. I mean, anything. And this is a tiny, but astute example. This bike belongs to Jeppesen Farrell. Jep’s dad is the owner of Farrell’s Frameworks. He is also

Life is nuts, or is it just me? Fortunately, we have motorcycles and women to chase. And this year became the year of the Evo, the FXR, and the mudflap girl. I’m scratching the back of my head and wondering how to kick off this build for 2011. There’s a lot on the plate this

In July of 2007 S&S published a release about the acquisition of Flathead Power. Suddenly many old school aficionados held their breath in anticipation of access to a long awaited, refined product line. A longstanding customer-vendor relationship between S&S and Flathead Power helped facilitate the deal for S&S. Senior Manager of Race and Customer Services,

After facing a couple of awkward incidents where I was forced to scramble off my 2009 Harley FLHTC quick and push it backwards to escape soft ground situations I started thinking about the new Baker Reverse Gear. I live in Florida, and patches of slippery sand surround me. Usually reverse systems are used on three

Shorai’s LFX Lithium Iron batteries contain prismatic cells that have no lead, no acid, and don’t create explosive gasses during charge, as traditional lead-acid batteries do. You can mount them anywhere and in any position since their contain no liquid; something that custom bike builders will appreciate. Compared to lead-acid, Shorai LFX lithium batteries are

For the last chapter click here: http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=8770 Every bike build is an adventure. It takes a brother from an explosive divorce to the open road. It could drag a rider from a stock Sportster to his first ground-up bobber. Hell, I’ve seen riders start choppers, grow long hair and beards, lose their 9-to-5 jobs, get