A cut-and-bobbed Harley Panhead ex-police bike was the first American V-twin I ever rode so needless to say, it left an indelible impression on me. Plus I like bikes that don’t try and hide their mechanicals and that you can actually fling around and beat on a bit and wild and crazy bikes just never allowed me to do that. Maybe I’m just custom conservative, but that doesn’t mean I...

       At first I thought Tampa Bay Storm might be one of those NHL expansion hockey teams like the Phoenix Coyotes or the Florida Panthers that play where there’s never been a dollop of ice other than in a mixed drink. Much to my surprise, Tampa Bay Storm is an arena league football team which, frankly, I had forgotten about. Apparently to try and get through to dense people like...

Nope, not just an extended front end or a slightly raked-out-necessitating-longer-forks bike, but a really, really long bike like our feature bike called Denim and Chrome (still trying to figure out that name myself and maybe it’s this ) by Dr. Chaos himself, George Stinsman of Chaos Cycle in Mastic, New York.        A little explanation about the whole Chaos Cycle thing is...

      Obviously a 100-point restoration requires lots of knowledge, patience, skills, and deep pockets, but for some people that’s the only approach they would ever consider taking and any less would be considered blasphemy.  But for some builders like Paul Cavallo of Spitfire Motorcycles in Rancho Cucamonga, California, having a Panhead engine and tranny is only a starting point...

    But, that’s not what got my attention on this ambitious build. It was those very large diameter (26” front/23” rear) wheels and, it was not the very large diameter that caught my attention. Super tall wheels are the current rage and all, but that’s something I could give a crap about for purely personal reasons. Hey, if you love giant rims and dream of the day you’ll have...

One of the first things Bob let me know was he makes the coolest bikes for only cool people. No bozos. The project was initiated when the guys at Merch asked Bob for a unique bike that would turn heads. Merch had one directive. “Make it look fast even when it’s on the kickstand.” That was the right challenge for the right builder. It all got started with the help of...

The big engine powers a big wheel in the rear fitted with a 250 Avon. A clean PM pulley brake leaves the right side of the rear wheel super clean, showing off the Bill Phillips designed, Amen manufactured wheel. Mark Coats applied the paint and aided with the sheetmetal bending, creating the smooth fender/frame cover/seat base piece along with the air dam and modified frame...

    Yes it was spot on for it’s intended purpose which wasn’t to take the outside curve around you on a tight, fast back road turn or even to patrol the mean 5mph streets of Daytona during Bike Week, but to showcase in the easily understood flesh of a star of an upcoming video game and maybe get you a wee bit excited about the whole digital proposition. That’s all fine and good and...

    All right, you’ve read it and yeah, some guy built a custom using a Buell as his donor bike, big deal or building it with his dad? Very nice, but it’s been done before. No, that’s not what caught my attention; it was “I drew this bike up sitting in class in high school.” Yup, this guy can not only build a radical custom even with dad’s help, but he’s in high school. He’s just a...

  Power is provided by a 113” S&S show polished motor with diamond cut fins.  Extra horsepower is courtesy of an Edelbrock nitrous system.  A six-speed Accessories Unlimited RSD transmission and BDL 3 3/8 Pro Street primary take charge of getting the power to the 280 rear Metzeler. Climax handlebar controls, with internal throttle and clutch mechanisms, were employed and foot...