The 2007 FLSTNI was not Scott’s first bike, but it was his first Harley. “This is my fourth bike and my first Harley. An Ultra Ground Pounder was my first bike when I was 24 and I sold that and bought a sportbike and sold it and had a Redneck chopper built after that. I still have that one along with the Deluxe,” said Scott. “Motorcycles, I love ‘em man. The first show Jesse...

  The 2007 FLSTNI was not Scott’s first bike, but it was his first Harley. “This is my fourth bike and my first Harley. An Ultra Ground Pounder was my first bike when I was 24 and I sold that and bought a sportbike and sold it and had a Redneck chopper built after that. I still have that one along with the Deluxe,” said Scott. “Motorcycles, I love ‘em man. The first show Jesse...

  It might not be obvious at first, but this bike started out as a 1999 1200 Custom and the sporty tough-guy attitude it ended up with is in direct contrast to the original. Instead of the stock laid-back cruiser style, DP went after an aggressive, corner-carving look that looks even greater (and tougher) than the sum of the parts involved and more importantly, the strict budget is...

  That’s just about exactly how El Paso’s Brian Sowder got to feature his customized ex-police FXR. Not that it’s not a cool real-world rider or a neat custom bike, there are a lot of them out there. It was an FXR. As soon as I saw the email from Mark about an FXR he was going to get photos of, I knew it was a go if I valued my job at all (and I do). Luckily (for me) Brian’s 1991...

  Peter Ström of Stockholm, Sweden, is just a perfect example of a Swedish chopperbuilder/lover and has built bikes that have graced many American magazines. But when it came time to build a bike for a loved one, his young stepdaughter Janine Nikula, he took a different approach and frankly, I think it paid off handsomely in a bike that’s gotta be a relatively easy, fun bike to...

  What began life as a 1996 883 Sporty has now become a rideable work of art. That comment about photos not doing justice rings true when you start peering into the depths of his bike. Take that oil tank that serves as a rear fender of sorts, what a delightful way to incorporate something into the design instead of feeling like it’s an add-on. It’s so beautifully integrated that...

  “My bike was starting to show some age from the last time I customized it. I wanted to do something different while retaining the Old School-look and the springer front end. One day I was surfing the Internet and ran into a build done by Warrs Harley-Davidson in London, England, called the Kamome Springer,” said Sean. “The builder utilized ribbed aluminum fenders and a...

  Gabe’s interest in motorcycles goes back a long way. “It comes from my father, Raul. As a kid in the late ‘70s, I remember sitting on my dad’s Yamaha 650 and pretending I was riding his bike. I also remember putting on a retro orange glittered helmet with a Cracker Jack sailor boy and his dog sticker and going for rides with my dad,” said Gabe. “As an adult my dad, my brother...

I bought my first Harley-Davidson in 2003, a 1997 H-D Custom. In 2008, I decided I wanted to get it custom painted in Steelers colors. Unfortunately I knew I had to wait to do it as I was a single mom and my priority was my son. In 2010 I bought a 2005 Fat Boy. My son was grown up now, although still living at home. I started thinking more and more about the Steelers theme for my...

  Robert explained how this all came to be saying, “Cory wanted a hot rod FXR with a very street rod-ish look, lots of detail and style. We started with a whole bike, disassembled it, and stretched the frame two-inches, dropped the neck two-inches, widened the rear section one-inch, and extended the swingarm two-inches. With a final neck rake of 36-degrees, I used 2000 FXR4 lower...