Once you get over your initial shock of “What the hell is that thing?” you’ll see the builder really spent some time working on it and it ain’t no rat bike. The engine is very nicely detailed and sports a set of racy Keihin CRS smoothbore flatslide carbs with velocity stacks. The largely-fabricated drop seat frame appears to have only the stock VIN-bearing neck intact is about as...

There have been many rumors going around that each Tropical Tattoo show was going to be the last as these events cost Willie a lot of time, effort, money, and lost business for Tropical Tattoo, but this event is just too damn good and a bucket load of fun to go away. Roadside Marty did his usual great emceeing job and kept things fun for both show entrants and attendees. Even...

By J. JOSHUA PLACA {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=919|imagecategories=0|} As we ride the Earth looking for the next great, undiscovered biking destination, it somehow occurred to us to think outside the yellow lines, way out. Comic Con International, a gargantuan gathering of the TV, film and print sci-fi industry and its following herds of super hero and horror...

Story by Johnnie “Mr. JW” Woods, Photos by Mr. JW, Rupe, & Mitch {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=896|imagecategories=0|} Alexandria Bay, New York, or Alex Bay or ABAY, as it is referred to by most northern New Yorkers and those familiar with the area, is a quiet sort of quaint village on the St. Lawrence River about 30 miles North of Watertown. I think one could...

Story by Sedrick “Mitch” Mitchell, Photos by Mitch & Dave Hayes, Videos by Patrick J. Hughes {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=875|imagecategories=0|} Video 1 Video 2 As the thousands of motorcyclists rolled across the Memorial Bridge in our nation’s capital, their first sight of pride and patriotism stood in the middle of 23rd Street at the intersection of...

By J. JOSHUA PLACA {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=855|imagecategories=0|} The old mining town of Jerome, Arizona, was once declared by the New York Sun to be, “The wickedest town in the West,” for its lewd public drunkenness, barroom brawls, gambling, general lawlessness, and wanton women. We couldn’t think of a better place to hold a motorcycle rally. The “Billion...

Lori Maudlin has been a friend of mine since forever and before. A genuine biker par excellence. She used to ride an Ironhead Sporty with a front end that stretched into forever. No starter except her foot powered starter pedal. Despite some serious health problems with both her and her Ford van she had a cheery outlook when she showed up at Willie’s Old School Show with a...

Marvin Estes has been riding motorcycles since he was four years old. He’s 49 now, so when he offered to let me ride on the back of his beautiful ’96 Dyna Wide Glide, I felt that he’d probably had enough experience for me to agree. I knew he was responsible. He’d told me about how, for years, he made his monthly child support payments without fail, and when his son turned...

Story and Photos by Jack Cofano   {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=771|imagecategories=0|} I tend to see hundreds of bikes a year in my travels and due to an extreme case of CRS (Can’t Remember Sh#t) I don’t always have a good recollection of the various technical aspects of the custom builds I see. Being a very visual person, the thing that I do remember about a bike...

Perhaps you caught that tidbit about this being a production bike and it actually is. It’s hard to believe that this isn’t just a far-out one-off, but it’s slated to be reproduced in numbers up to 250 if things go right. The basic design was worked out completely on paper and computers before a cutting machine or any welding ever began to take place. Sergio’s innovative aluminum...