Larry Winkler’s 2002 Road Glide is a family man’s bike come true. Larry, a father of five from Neosho, Missouri, says that while he tries to ride responsibly, the underside of the bags are all scraped up from taking corners too fast. “I’m working on it,” he said. He wanted a safe bike that was comfortable enough for long rides, but said, “I also wanted something I could throw some...

When Harley-Davidson added the Street Glide to its touring lineup, it was a hit right out of the factory doors. The word, “touring” took on a whole new meaning. I don’t have any official data from H-D, or from any of those famous motorcycle record-keeping groups, but I’ll bet that the Harley-Davidson Street Glide is The Motor Company’s number one selling touring bike. This is one...

Grant Pierson is a retro kind of guy. He looks a bit like a rockabilly crooner, and in fact he’s been a singer and musician for decades, at one time traveling the world with the band Grayghost. Though he still performs, he now keeps it mostly local, residing in Fort Smith, Arkansas with wife Kim and his kids Lacey, 14, and Joe, 17 (he also has two grown sons, Thaddeus and Josh)....

Little Wing, Mike McAlexander’s new Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute bike, is a work of art and a rolling reminder of Mike’s adventures in Austin. A lover of music, Mike is partial to blues in general and Stevie Ray Vaughan in particular. “Stevie was from, and playing around, Austin, Texas when I first moved there in 1980, back in the days of the Austin Music scene.” Mike said. He...

  The reason why I say full bursts from his money gun is that even though the stock profile of a Road Glide still shows, Earnest changed or modified just about every little bit until he almost had a stock Road Glide sitting in pieces on his dusty old parts shelf. The stock TC 96 is no slouch, but it’s also not a barn burner. Earnest rectified that little tick with a complete...

When Butch decided he just had to have another bike, nothing else would do but another early Gilroy Chief, the bikes that earned their name from the factory in Gilroy, California. “Even though I knew of all the shortcomings of the early model Gilroy Chiefs, I purchased a ’99 Indian with 10,000 miles on it,” he said. “At least this time around I knew what I...

But do you really know all there is to know about the fine art of riding a motorcycle and, for that matter, a Harley-Davidson touring machine? Well, Darryl Kinkle does. He has been infatuated with motorcycles since he was 14-years-old, about half his lifetime. That was about the time he straddled his cousin’s GXR 750 and fell in love with his new found hobby. However, he knew that...

With a name like Tribal King, it’s no surprise that Andre didn’t run into many problems while building of the bike. “Nothing really gave us any trouble,” he said. “If I had to pick one thing that has been annoying is the stretched tank. Stretched tanks really limit what you can do from a seat stand point. Everything has to be custom fitted at this...

  It’s not often that I see an original Harley-Davidson motorcycle that had a nice factory paint scheme changed to a custom paint job reflecting the theme of the owner’s favorite NFL team, but it does happen. I’ve owned a few H-D motorcycles, and the colors of bikes were always a major factor in making the purchase. The two old H-D scooters (1996 Heritage Special and 1998 Ultra...

We’ve seen those neighbors who ride home on a brand new shiny and beautiful two-tone factory colored Harley one day, and a couple of months later the bikes goes through a complete transformation. I’ve always advocated that if you are going to completely customize your new bike, buy the basic model in a particular series. For example, if you plan to buy a dresser and then fully...