Getting the project off the ground was not easy, because Johan spent months just debating on the type of frame to use. Dimitri finally said, “Johan, you have full carte blanche.” Dimitri wanted to use a Le Mans style frame with a Goldammer fork and Rick’s wheels. “Goldammer makes great front ends and Rick’s wheels are fantastic, so I was able to fulfill the owner’s request in...

  Tony had been building chopper style customs rather frequently and he was looking forward to building something that wouldn’t be considered a chopper. “My wife was also encouraging me to build something other than a chopper to show some more creative diversity,” Tony said. He got lucky with this bike because the next guy to approach him about a ground-up custom build said the...

  Lendell “Kebo” Keeble had never ridden a bike with bags or a fairing although he had been riding for years. In 2003 Kebo’s nephew let him borrow an Ultra Glide for a lengthy ride. Kebo liked riding the bike so much he decided that a bagger would be his next bike. A month or so later, Kebo purchased a 2003 FLHT Electra Glide Standard Anniversary model. “After I had taken my first...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #63, August 2008. SPECIFICATIONS Owner: Matthew Huntley Dynamic Choppers: Epic Photos by Horst Rösler An epic undertaking usually means something that is large in scale with costly production characterized with adventurous struggles to...

  Many builders get ideas for future bikes at shows, sometimes from what other builders are doing, sometimes from an innovative part, and sometimes from a friend who happens to be the owner of Independent Cycle Inc. “I had used a couple of his frames in the past, but when I met Jesse Jurrens in Myrtle Beach he showed me his new three-inch, drop-neck LOWLIFE frame and talked me into...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #52, Nov-Dec 2006. SPECIFICATIONS Bike Name: Warhorse Owner: King Dayrit Year / Make: 1995 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Classic Fabrication: Full Throttle Motors Assembly: Full Throttle Motors Build time: Six Months Engine:...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #53, Jan-Feb 2007. SPECIFICATIONS Bike Name: The King Owner: Sidney Smith Year / Make: 1996 H-D Road King Build time: 18 months Engine: 2002 100″ RevTech Cases: RevTech Flywheels: RevTech Rods: RevTech Pistons: RevTech...

  The brilliant silver FLHRCI turned out to be a good choice as Kevin’s a big guy and it fit him well. “I wanted a nice riding bike, I enjoy an all day ride,” said Kevin. But like most H-D owners, stock was only good for so long and his wife was probably painfully aware that all those parts catalogs lying around the house were a portent of things to come. “I rode it while I worked...

  Paul Quirini of Johnston, Rhode Island, is out to change that with his custom Road King. It does seem a bit strange to need a touring bike when the state you live in is only 37 miles wide and 48 miles long, but Paul’s got his reasons. “Three years ago in St. Thomas, my wife and I passed a T-shirt shop where one caught my eye,” said Paul. “It had a cartoon drawing of a Road King...

  Buying a new ’07 Deuce and modifying it straight off the showroom floor are the actions of a guy who knows what he wants. Needless to say it was a memorable purchase for the dealership, and according to Kevin Decker, the general manager of Horsepower H-D in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, “John walked right into the store and picked out a pearl white ’07 Deuce and paid cash. Then he...