Click here for more photos Barber Vintage Swap, Race, and Show – Part 1 Story and Photos by Rodent I’ve been meaning to get to the Barber complex for years and this vintage event gave me the perfect opportunity as it was on the way within a short detour to Biketoberfest. With the future of the motorcycle industry tied to the economic...

  Yank the headlight off this bike and you’d swear this was a fast ‘70s quarter-miler, just a lot better finished. From a side view, few customs look this simple, open, and airy. This is truly a Motor-cycle, with the motor, two wheels, and a tank dominating the visuals. The Santee Gooseneck double-downtube frame sits low and long and provides the category defying style with a 3”...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #60, March 2008. SPECIFICATIONS Bike Name: Orange Sunshine Owner: Terry MacCampbell Year / Make: ’97 Mutant Buell Fabrication: Jim Bortles/ Carolina H-D Assembly: Jim Bortles (Carolina H-D) Build time: 9-months Engine: 1200cc...

  A fine example of this thinking is our feature bike Dirty Sanchez with its roots based on a tired Buell Lightning X1 that was just taking up space around George’s shop. “It was really ugly, dripping oil all over the place,” says George. “I was like, ‘Let’s build something out of it, something for the shop.’ ” So it was that one more Buell became reincarnated as a cool custom that...

  The builder of this bike, Mickey Holcomb, owner of Groovey Street Customs, acquired many of the main components from a guy who used to work for him. His former employee built the ’37 Knucklehead motor over a number of years with the intention of building a bike around it. Time passed and he got married, leading to a bun in the oven and the need to move into a larger house for his...

  Being located so far out of the custom motorcycle mainstream kinda leads me to believe that Aldo says screw it and just makes everything for his bikes, as I doubt there’s a local shop to get parts from. One look at the spec sheet boringly (so to speak) shows seemingly everything is fabricated in his AQG shop. Like his frame for instance, the double-downtube gooseneck rigid was a...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #60, March 2008. SPECIFICATIONS Bike Name: ThorTueuse Owner: Blackcrow Year / Make: 2003 Buell XB9S Fabrication/ assembly: Pumpa Choppa Build time: 14 months Engine: 2003 Buell XB9S Cases/ flywheels: Stock Buell Rods: WL...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #61, April/May 2008. SPECIFICATIONS Owner: TT Cycles Year / Make: 1965 Triumph TR6SR Fabrication: TT Cycles Assembly: TT Cycles Build time: 10 weeks Engine: Triumph 650cc Cases: Triumph Flywheels: Triumph Rods: Triumph...

  Last year a customer, Scotty Blakely, approached Marty about a custom build using one of Snake Alley’s Saturday Night Special frames. The gentleman wanted a bike that wouldn’t be mistaken for stock, something with larger than standard dimensions while maintaining correct proportions. The problem was that he wasn’t able to justify spending 50-grand or more for a bike that only...

Click here for more photos 1967 Triumph Bonneville Story by Mark Barnett, Photos by Rodent Rodent and I were walking out in front of the store one Saturday towards the hamburger stand when what should appear but this killer old 1967 Triumph bobber. We quickly cornered the owner and moved the bike over to the porch area outside my office to photograph it. It...