The show had a very respectable $15,000 total prize payout that brought in a considerable number of bikes to the display floor. Not only were there many more bikes on display than last year, but it was also a first class setup with low entrance fees. Each bike had a place card showing much needed information we need to be able to do a feature article at Barnett’s Magazine...

  Most of the feature bikes we use have a name, but it usually has to do with a design theme the builder’s have chosen. Bail Money got its moniker by way of an event that happened years ago. “I went to high school with a cool guy named J.R. Dart, who was kind of a troublemaker, so his dad sent him off to boarding school across the country somewhere. Anyway, he calls me in the...

               The event in Rockingham had a little bit of everything to entertain and amaze. They had drag races, XS Speed’s mini-bike races, bands, biker games and, of course, all the great garage-built choppers. How’s that for diversity? My only regret was that I missed the mini-bike races again. I heard they were a hoot. I get so psyched up with all the garage bikes everywhere...

     I’m not trying to denigrate Curly who usually builds first-class radical custom baggers or any other bagger builders, but it’s just nice to see something different. Matter of fact, if you’d like to see a Barnett’s Magazine Online article we did on a Curly-built bagger, well punch up this link and enjoy. But, if you like your bikes custom with a nod to road as the main use, you...

    Kody and his talented crew consisting of Bryan Willis, Richard Urias, Gerald Baca, Ricardo Urias, Butch Satzinger, Dave Omelia, in-house painter Cory SaintClair, Gnarly, and pit crew boss, Kracker, have exploded onto the custom bagger scene from their home base in Phoenix, Arizona, with bike like our feature bike called Check Mate. There is one more individual involved and...

 The new Outkast wheel is available in show quality luxurious chrome or black anodized with machined-in contrasting designs and three different dimensions, 2-D, 2-D w/3-D Cut and Full Profile 3-D. Metalsport, Inc. has a complete inventory of 26″ and 30″ wheels in various styles and finishes, including the new Outkast. If you prefer to run a Vee Rubber tire,...

    I never really got the early digger style and that probably had a lot to do with growing up in New England where riding a bike like this would have been a bit tough on twisty, pot-holed roads. Hey, for more years than I’d care to admit, I only owned a motorcycle for transportation year round. I can’t say I didn’t look at magazine photos of them, but I also can’t say I ever saw...

  First, the guys involved – Sandy Poglavec and his partner known only as Erick are the principals behind the whole Belgian-based Q-Tec Engineering super high-quality front trike, rear trike, and quad conversions for Harley-Davidson’s finest. Yup, that’s right ─ there are two completely different, totally bolt-on trike conversions that allow you to put Q-tec’s independent front or...

              The Bikefest takes place on Fayetteville Street which is blocked off all the way to the Capital building. If that wasn’t enough, this year Ray added the Ray Price Motorsports Expo held in the Raleigh Convention Center. The Expo was the site of the bike show with $15,000 in prize money as well as vendors and entertainment. All of this was completely free of charge and...

   There’s a bike builder I’ve never met or even had a conversation with that seems to share my cheap ass “No man can live on cheeseburgers alone” theory. That guy, Eric Allard of FNA Custom Cycles in Lakeland, Florida, unconsciously subscribes to my “… cheeseburgers alone” theory except his cheeseburgers are motorcycles. You want a great Harley-based custom? Eric can make you a...