Same goes for the bodywork too with a lovely shaped, stretched tank that does its best of blending in with the rest of the bodywork like it’s one piece. The extended bags and wide rear fender completely surround the dual exhaust looking pretty custom just sticking out of enough to exhale, but I’d guess you’d probably have to be careful of what you put in there. That is if it...

If Cadillac offered the Escalade in Harley’s famous tri-tone orange, black and silver, it would be the perfect four-wheeled match to this lovely 2009 Harley-Davidson CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide custom trike. They’re both flashy, purposeful, powerful, and big-sized machines that’ll be sure to make you noticed even when you’re not looking for attention. Just like almost every...

      Unfortunately the storm took its toll on attendance with everything closed in Charlotte and hundreds of flights cancelled. I had to admit there were more brave souls who challenged the unplowed, unsalted roads to exhibit their custom creations at the Charlotte Easyriders Bike Show than I had expected. I photographed over sixty bikes, which was pretty impressive.     I was so...

    The rest of the build sure looks like it could be quite a bit of fun to run around on and reek a little hooligan havoc on the street. For getting attention, and you know you want it, while having a good round of fun bapping around, this bike pushes all the right buttons. I’ll admit when I first laid eyes on this build, I really wasn’t sure of who the builder was, but when I did...

   Steve Carr, owner of Samson V-Twin in Samson, Alabama, and builder of our feature bike, has been at this custom thing for quite some time. So, he knew exactly how to cut to the chase when it came time to build a bike for his own riding pleasure. How wonderfully selfish is that? It sounds good to me ─ no customers to go back and forth with, no waiting for payment, and if there is...

  They do dress quite differently at work, though, unless there’s a motorcycle builder out there who prefers an all white work ensemble. I know that Jess Walters Jr., owner of Walters Customs Baggers in Salisbury, North Carolina, is not that guy, but he is the lead guy of this build that was originally for him. Yeah, it’s gotta be good when you can build a pair of...

   Besides being a custom bike that will surely catch your eye even if you’re a hardcore metric hater, the story behind it is pretty damn interesting. It’s about two guys, Izzy and Cookie, who just happen to be special forces spending a lot of time in forward positions calling in air strikes. For a day job, it’s quite a bit more harrowing than sitting in front of a computer writing...

  Sometimes what you see is what you get, but it’s not always as easy as that. Take one of the most misunderstood motorcycle brands of recent times, Buell motorcycles, and try to remember the last time you ran into one on the road. Unfortunately it’s not that often considering total Buell production numbered just over 137,000 bikes and that’s too bad. They were an interesting brand...

   What surprises me most is that I haven’t seen a Tom Brady bike, but Cam Newton seems to have a super fan in the form of a guy named Mitchell Anderson of Greensboro, North Carolina, who puts his football heart where his bike is. This very nice looking big wheel bagger is dedicated to Mr. Newton and even I can see that which is surprising because I see no other quarterback other...

    My last episode at age 12 of having anything to do with a horse did have one good aspect to it even if it was one of those backdoor things that led to something so much better than any horse. It was a summer Saturday morning and my father made me hop in the ’50 Ford woody wagon for a ride and I was hoping it wasn’t Saturday-morning horse related as usual. There was nothing I...