The Shining Twin started out as a 1967 Triumph T100C basket case project. I had been envisioning this bike for a few years prior to building it and what you see is the culmination of my personal taste, style, and craftsmanship and a passion for all things vintage. The front frame loop is a stock Triumph T100 with an unknown (maybe Paughco?) 2″-stretch/2″-drop...

     As soon as I looked at Jack Cofano’s tiny .jpg of Mark Irvin’s long and really low ode to long and low choppers of the recent past, the first thing I saw was it was a nice bright orange so I guess was predisposed to like it at first sight. Never mind the fact that it wasn’t a bagger or a bobber like everything else these days, it was a lovely experience just to look at...

When this bike originally hit the end of Harley’s production line, it was a 1997 Harley-Davidson FLSTS Heritage Springer which was a pretty rare item to find on any dealer’s showroom, but it wasn’t quite special apparently as it’s been totally Southwested from stem to stern incorporating both cowboys and Indians in one platform. In a cartoon-oriented world, it looks like it...