As far as Daytona goes, finding delectable damsels is not a problem. I am so glad that the ladies are so cooperative about sharing their visual attributes with the likes of hundreds of female connoisseurs such as I. Be proud and pose.

  Ed Syer, owner of Huntington Beach Hogs and Choppers (HBHC), in Southern California, made this custom out of the few useable parts left over from his motorcycle accident in 2002. “I had just bought my first brand new Harley, a 2002 Fat Boy. Six months later, a guy ran a stoplight and T-boned me with his Mercedes. I’ll never forget the date, August 16, the same day that Elvis...

  Holger started with a Street Rod and apparently never looked back. He’s modified quite a few V-Rods and has his own ideas about what they should look. I can tell you they’re not for the faint of heart. The chromed modified frame holds one of NLC’s three-piece swingarms that finds a 330 Avon stuffed in between the machined cut-out chainstay. Up front, super beefy NLC inverted...

  Not everyone can do the bling thing without it looking forced or cheesy, but then Steve Broyles has been at this business since way back in 1969 so he’s seen just about anything and everything and by now, knows what works and what doesn’t. Actually Steve and his son also named Steve (probably just easier calling them in for dinner with one name) are responsible for this Ultimate...

Yeah, we’ve all seen mini-bike choppers which usually are just tried-old mini-bikes doing a bad impersonation of the Captain America bike in Easy Rider. You know, throw an American flag paint job on the tank and a set of bicycle ape hanger handlebars and call it a day. But, Jesse had built a real ground-up chopper that just happened to be mini. The proportions were amazingly...

  This year’s show in Charlotte, North Carolina, was no exception. There were many bikes at the show that I expect to see again in Daytona or maybe even Sturgis. I wouldn’t be surprised that a few of these may do quite well at some of the bigger venues. What is nice about the tour is that the bikes you see on the East Coast are different from the bikes you see on the West Coast or...