Do you know where the Woevre region is? The Woevre is located just southeast of Verdun in northeastern France. Few tourists ever go there, most of them just rushing through on the motorway to Paris. Off the main traffic routes life is somewhat slower, which appeals to people like Bruno “Bubu” Lallement. He is a friend of Jean-Claude Passetemps, founder and owner of...

Jim and the owner of the dealership, Click Baldwin, had just begun researching what type of custom bike to build for the year when a close friend of the owner, Terry MacCampbell, inquired about a personal project. He suggested they build a Redneck Enginuity Mutant Buell, but instead of selling the bike after it had served its purpose for the shop, he wanted to keep the bike for...

  One interesting aspect of this build was what their plan of attack was with the rolling chassis they inherited. “Our goal was to build it as inexpensively as possible, not cheap, just inexpensive. We wanted to see how cool we could make a bike using catalog parts to keep the cost down,” said David. Normally that would be a builder’s downfall right there, but Bill said, “There’s...

SPECIFICATIONS Bike name: Desperado Owner: Will Knox Year/ Make: 2006 Fabrication: Larry’s Custom Cycles Albuquerque, NM 505-294-0485 Assembly: LCC Build Time: 7 mos Engine: 93″ Gen. Alt Pan Head Cases: S&S Flywheels: Truett & Osborne Torque M Rods: S&S Pistons: S&S Cylinders: S&S Heads: S.T.D....

  Jesse’s philosophy behind this build was to get back to the roots of motorcycles, back when friends got together in a garage and built a cool, simple motorcycle that you could actually get on and ride the crap out of. As far as frame choice, it doesn’t get much simpler than using a tried-and-true Paughco rigid. “I know what I want now in a frame, so I searched around and picked...

  He acquired a frame and rolling stock shortly after he decided on the type of bike he wanted. A DNA Softail-style frame was chosen as the foundation for the bike with 36-degrees of rake and an inch-and-a-half added to the backbone. Combined with the reasonable rake angle of the steering neck, a two-inch under stock Paughco springer was bolted to the frame, together creating...

  The Paughco frame was a platform that Pete had been holding on to for some time. He figured it would work great for this bike for two reasons: it had a wishbone shape in the downtubes and it was already paid for. Raked to 32-degrees for quick handling, they bolted a one-inch-under girder front-end to the frame. “To get the bike’s stance correct with the tall front wheel we had to...

  We quickly learned that most Dutch spoke very good English and many of them would jokingly and often say, “If you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much.” The Dutch are a proud nation of people, and they have made significant contributions to the world. For example, if we would have sought and heeded the advice of the Dutch on how to build dams, we could have possibly saved the lives of...

  When he received the bike, Walt disassembled it right away. He then sent the stock Shovelhead motor to Connecticut Performance Center for a complete rebuild. A little later the motor was brought back to the shop and weighed considerably less than when it left. “Van didn’t want a big bore kit, he wanted the motor strong and quick, but appearing stock,” Walt said. The 74” was...

  Alan’s shop fabricates and manufactures a number of parts including frames. He modified one of his Softail-style frames built with 32-degrees of rake and a stock-length backbone. Using a swingarm from an old Harley, he widened it to fit the rear wheel and drum brake housing. Next, he fabbed a set of new shock mounts for the rear section of the frame resulting in a shock angle...