“Baby it’s cold outside” will be a lot harder to use as an excuse for not riding in cool or even cold weather now that Harley-Davidson has brought out its new Legendary Skull Bomber Jacket (P/N 97558-16VM, $160.00) featuring aggressive style for fall and winter.   Featuring intricate embroidered details on the back and sleeves, this heavy nylon twill jacket has an insulating...

    What makes them interesting to build is what also holds them back. The whole trike architecture/platform gives a builder much more space to customize and engineering/aesthetic hurdles to overcome. But, it’s a great space to let their brain roam free coming up with hopefully elegant solutions while possibly breaking some new ground along the way. Big wheel baggers are...

              Last year this rally was attended by over 100,000 people from all over the country. This year, not so much, due to the rainy weather that lasted the whole weekend. Not to fear, though, as there were many events taking place inside the Convention Center that housed not only the bike shows, but a Tattoo Expo, various stunt shows, a Harley-Davidson fashion show as well...

  The Steven Project from tbcworks on Vimeo.    The build of this bike began when Tim Bradham, owner of TBC Handcrafted Motorcycles in Fayetteville, North Carolina, answered an ad on craigslist for a 1978 Honda CB 750 thinking it might be a good flip for the shop. Speaking to the seller, he found out it was his old friend Dennis Robinson who was selling his recently-deceased...

      There are over 70 bikes that will be on displayed this weekend and also Monday and that’s not counting the bikes I have selected for features in the future.     I would like to do features on a lot more of the bikes I shoot there but unfortunately I have a really hard time getting contact information for many of the bikes I photograph. If you see your bike here the next few...

      Maybe what I’m trying to say is that this is one clean, good looking custom bagger that doesn’t need to go way over the top to make its statement. One look and you can tell that somebody wanted a crazy custom bagger that didn’t look cartoonish in any way and with the turbocharged firepower to back it up. I wouldn’t suggest putting your money where your mouth is. Just walk...

To top it off, the Lake Ozark, Missouri, resident is only 28 and he did everything on the bike from power to paint except for the frame welding. “Steve Bonaker out of Camdenton did the welding for me,” said Tony. “That way I knew for sure it was going to be safe.” Cutting the neck off, raking it out quite a bit, and re-welding it back in is not a good time to work on your welding...

     I always thought KRs were classically beautiful race bikes, but after seeing Bryan Lane’s garage-built version of a later XR 750-inspired Panhead, I’m not so sure anymore. What Bryan has done is akin to what custom car builders do to make phantom models that never were built by the manufacturer, but appear like they did. For an example, a phantom could be a perfect rendition...

   Most of the bikes you will see will be featured in Barnett’s Magazine Online throughout the year with plenty of shots of each bike and their components. Feel free to zoom in on the photos and you can see close up what it takes to create a one of a kind metal masterpiece.    Creating something new and unique, whether it be music, fashion, electronics or custom motorcycles, takes...