Dar is only one half of the story; the other is three-time Top Fuel World Champion and legendary frame builder, Sam Wills of Racing Innovations. Sam’s been building frames for racers and custom builders for years and had a shop that Dar frequented. Dar wanted to build his own custom bike and “harassed” Sam constantly to show him how to build it. Sam finally caved and worked with...

     The show had a very respectable $15,000 total prize payout that brought in a considerable number of bikes to the display floor. Not only were there many more bikes on display than last year, but it was also a first class setup with low entrance fees. Each bike had a place card showing much needed information we need to be able to do a feature article at Barnett’s Magazine...

  Most of the feature bikes we use have a name, but it usually has to do with a design theme the builder’s have chosen. Bail Money got its moniker by way of an event that happened years ago. “I went to high school with a cool guy named J.R. Dart, who was kind of a troublemaker, so his dad sent him off to boarding school across the country somewhere. Anyway, he calls me in the...

               The event in Rockingham had a little bit of everything to entertain and amaze. They had drag races, XS Speed’s mini-bike races, bands, biker games and, of course, all the great garage-built choppers. How’s that for diversity? My only regret was that I missed the mini-bike races again. I heard they were a hoot. I get so psyched up with all the garage bikes everywhere...

     I’m not trying to denigrate Curly who usually builds first-class radical custom baggers or any other bagger builders, but it’s just nice to see something different. Matter of fact, if you’d like to see a Barnett’s Magazine Online article we did on a Curly-built bagger, well punch up this link and enjoy. But, if you like your bikes custom with a nod to road as the main use, you...

    Kody and his talented crew consisting of Bryan Willis, Richard Urias, Gerald Baca, Ricardo Urias, Butch Satzinger, Dave Omelia, in-house painter Cory SaintClair, Gnarly, and pit crew boss, Kracker, have exploded onto the custom bagger scene from their home base in Phoenix, Arizona, with bike like our feature bike called Check Mate. There is one more individual involved and...

 The new Outkast wheel is available in show quality luxurious chrome or black anodized with machined-in contrasting designs and three different dimensions, 2-D, 2-D w/3-D Cut and Full Profile 3-D. Metalsport, Inc. has a complete inventory of 26″ and 30″ wheels in various styles and finishes, including the new Outkast. If you prefer to run a Vee Rubber tire,...

    I never really got the early digger style and that probably had a lot to do with growing up in New England where riding a bike like this would have been a bit tough on twisty, pot-holed roads. Hey, for more years than I’d care to admit, I only owned a motorcycle for transportation year round. I can’t say I didn’t look at magazine photos of them, but I also can’t say I ever saw...