Since the East Coast seems to have a incredible amount of builders who specialize in custom baggers, the show was loaded with every kind of luggage-equipped two wheelers on hand. I’m glad to see that the Hot Wheels gargantuan front wheel baggers seem to have dwindled and a reasonable front end is coming back.       What hasn’t changed is the ridiculously-intricate paint jobs...

The ever-debonair Jack Cofano, Barnett’s YDKJ columnist and all around motorcycling bon vivant, saw this one coming when he wrote in Barnett’s April 2007 Issue #54, “Tim Franks has got the bikin’ bug bad, real bad. So bad, that the ol’ bass boat is sitting in the yard collecting spiders. I have a strange feeling that the Gladiator [Tim’s Heritage feature bike] is the first of many...

    Frankly, knobby tires on a hardtail custom actually made more sense to me than trying to maneuver a no-fun-to-ride 360mm rear tire around a huge parking lot. And even though it did seem a little shocking at the time, big off-road Harleys had been around a long time. Hey, who hasn’t seen one of those old WWII –era film clips of rigid frame Harley-Davidsons being skillfully and...

      Coming up with the perfect chopper formula was probably quite a bit easier (and tougher) when the owner is none other than The Horse Backstreet Choppers’ editor, David “Englishman” Gregory. For some funny reason, I’d dare venture a guess that Englishman, with all his exposure to vintage choppers over the years, had quite a bit of say in what and where this build was going to...

   According to the builder, The Garage at Ray Price in Raleigh, North Carolina, “This bike was taken in on trade in very rough shape. The gauges were mounted upside down, the tank was held on with leather straps and we saw a gem just dying to be rescued.” And, rescue it they did with a surprising plan that makes a hell of a lot of sense the way the tides are turning in the less...

     Unlike last year when attendance was low and a lot of the entertainment and quite a few builders couldn’t make it because of the bad weather, this year attendance was back to normal.  There were long lines to get your ticket and an awesome amount of bikes on display.       As is usually the case, this year’s show included musical entertainment, custom cagers, a drift bike...