We’ve all got built-in preferences in some sort of descending order up to the point there are certain colors you would never use if your life depended on it. You’d have to hold a gun to my head and eventually fire it if you were trying to force me to paint my bike brown for instance. “Just do it!” Base color is relatively easy, but paint scheme, well that’s another story. The...

      Personally, I’d like to think they’re still whole and getting ready for a tasteful makeover to modern style standards. A perfect example of this is Jason Gosnell’s S&S-powered pro-street Softail that was originally built by Tom “The German” Steinbacher of Demon’s Cycle in Pompano Beach, Florida. Tom’s company does more than just build ground-up customs and probably the...

Such was the case with Mike Stafford of MGS Custom Bikes in Lancaster, CA and Mike’s customer Clayton Ensminger from Tennessee. Clayton knew Mike was a talented builder. He had seen his work and knew Mike could build him the bike of his dreams, but Clayton did not know exactly what he wanted, only that it must be long and low. Mike’s reputation was persuasive. Clayton coughed up...

  Their knowledge of the road and mechanical know how shows through in the completeness of their kits and the extra effort put into making the same parts available to all builders come together a little better for Big Bear customers.  As I count from their website, www.bigbearchoppers.com, there are six models available. Four of these models have two versions so the total count...

  Finding the right foundation to start this build was quite easy; using ICI’s own “Hardlife” rigid frame which could be proudly displayed all by itself just to see the craftsmanship and gorgeous design inherent in Jesse’s work. Touches worthy of special note are the flush axle caps with hidden fasteners, the oil tank hidden in the bottom of frame, cup-less press-in bearing races...

  Taking one look at the foundation of Ethyl you can see what Scott’s talking about. “The frame’s like something you found on the side of the road. It’s artistically eye pleasing with form and shape to it. What a great place to start as a platform. You can rust it, paint it, or just leave it natural,” says Scott. The built-like-a-bridge chassis sports 40-degrees of rake with a 3”...

  “We kind of got into the game late,” said Michael, who had just three months to complete the build in time for the S&S deadline. The frame was designed using a CAD system and created with Revolution’s carbon fiber expertise. Choosing the S&S 124” cubic-inch V-series engine to lead the charge was a no-brainer. “I knew I wanted to use the carbon chassis that was an...

  Kevin Boyle’s of Motorcycle Medic in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is a prime example of a typical builder who’s keeping it green re-cycled too-cool-for-school Buell custom that Jack Cofano shot in Daytona. He started with a 17-year-old motorcycle and re-cycled it into the Redneck-framed pro-street-style bike that’s been given a whole new lease on life. As I’ve constantly harangued...