Over the years I’ve seen a lot of custom Panheads, some really nice and some where the owners should be arrested for crimes against motorcycle humanity. But, if I had to describe what I thought was a perfectly clean and rideable Pan, Chris Wade’s extremely tasteful 1953 FL custom could illustrate my thoughts in a nutshell. This is a bike that isn’t trying to be something other than...

The Metro motorcycle cops ride Harleys and Yamahas. The Yamahas are dual- sport bikes that they can and do ride on sidewalks to get where they’re going quickly (Note: don’t get caught riding a bicycle on the sidewalk). The cop Harleys have ride-off center stands in addition to the kick stand. Looked real interesting! Ever since the Palms of TV series Las Vegas installed...

     Hank’s an intake freak if you haven’t noticed by now and there’s almost more tubing in one intake tract than the whole crazy-short exhaust system. Now I might be exaggerating that a bit, but really, only by a tiny bit. That dual intake setup is wild. Actually, that’s better than what the other standard option would be with some sort of velocity stacks sucking wind directly at...

  “Normally that’s where the story would end, but this bike had an unexpected experience a bit like, but not the same as the unfortunately destroyed bike I originally inquired about. “The bike was rear ended about eight months after it was finished,” said Erik. “We ended up replacing the rear wheel, the rear fender and made struts instead of a new sissy bar, and also the...

  Well I gotta admit that “hill climber” came immediately to mind for me, but as usual, that’s just me. After Chris’ explanation I could see the other aspects he was going for, but it’s still got that hill climber look first for me and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. I do remember riding Joe Viera’s new KZ750B that he was so proud of and came away impressed with the...

  The bike’s streetfighter styling didn’t spring from a single mind, though; it was Matt’s interpretation of what his customer, Jason Ostrander, wanted. “At first Jason told me he just wanted a bagger that was clean and fast, but when we got down to business, I heard the real story. He wanted to make sure his bike was faster than his friend’s bike that I built a few months before....

  For more than 50 years, Southeastern North Carolina has been throwing the best party in the South. There’s something for everyone — artwork, gardens, history, and culture. The street fair is a free family event with over 200 arts and craft vendors, 40 food vendors, 4 stages, a children’s’ area, and a whole lot of fun! The street fair takes place on Wilmington’s...

Ask yourself, do I have the skills to build it or the money to have it built by someone else? There are plenty of excuses why building a custom would be impossible (usually money), so what do you do? Well, you could continue buying one piece at a time and getting nowhere in particular or you could try and give your Harley a whole new overall look in one fell swoop. Something that...

What inspired me to build such a custom bike? Actually it all started about seven years ago. I owned a different custom bike shop with a partner. I created and built the Alien bike called Resurrection that was featured in and on the cover of Barnett’s Magazine (May 2005 issue #41). I poured my heart and soul into my bike. To make a long story short, because of extreme...

  Erik actually is a young man in this custom bike scheme of things, but that doesn’t mean he’s a newbie who’s hacking and whacking away until he hopefully gets it right. Far from it. As a wee lad growing up central California, Erik’s design concepts were influenced from hanging around friends and family that were involved in the low rider and custom car cultures. Knowing from a...