Ah America, where you not only have an option of buying a V8-powered production motorcycle, but you even have a choice of brands. Ask someone to name a V8 motorcycle company and odds are they’ll answer “Boss Hoss” and that’s not surprising as Boss Hoss definitely made the first usable production V8 bike and still is turning them out today. But, like everything else, sometimes...

  Whatever SEMA stands for is not as important as how interesting it is to go to this trade-only show and get a load of what’s up right now while getting a glimpse of the future. One reason I like to go is that I like the huge variety of unusual stuff being hyped to motorheads, gearheads, and bikers. Too bad I ain’t getting paid mileage with 2.5 million square-feet of show...

And that’s just what he’s done with his own version of all of Harley’s new and exciting 2013 models in one fell swoop on this web site. Everything’s available on one page and it’s so easy to pull up large, very large photos of models you might be itching for or maybe didn’t even realize you were interested in, but are now. Go ahead, give it a whirl and see what’s what in...

  Paul has built a number of bikes over the years, but he came across a design he never had direct experience with. “I had a photo of an old 1915 Emblem motorcycle that I liked. I wanted to use some of their frame designs in this bike, but only ended up using the tire size on Epic. But that bike did inspire me to build a modern-day board-track racer with a very antique feel,” Paul...

  A little background on Sic Chops is in order and Scott not only makes exotically wild custom motorcycles, but also delves in custom cars and hot rods. His ’50 Buick two-door pictured on his website just is the coolest, re-worked Buick ever with only a basic chopped silhouette, some Buick grille teeth and the legendary Buick VentiPorts as distinguishing features. There’s a slew of...

Over the years I’ve seen a lot of custom Panheads, some really nice and some where the owners should be arrested for crimes against motorcycle humanity. But, if I had to describe what I thought was a perfectly clean and rideable Pan, Chris Wade’s extremely tasteful 1953 FL custom could illustrate my thoughts in a nutshell. This is a bike that isn’t trying to be something other than...

The Metro motorcycle cops ride Harleys and Yamahas. The Yamahas are dual- sport bikes that they can and do ride on sidewalks to get where they’re going quickly (Note: don’t get caught riding a bicycle on the sidewalk). The cop Harleys have ride-off center stands in addition to the kick stand. Looked real interesting! Ever since the Palms of TV series Las Vegas installed...

     Hank’s an intake freak if you haven’t noticed by now and there’s almost more tubing in one intake tract than the whole crazy-short exhaust system. Now I might be exaggerating that a bit, but really, only by a tiny bit. That dual intake setup is wild. Actually, that’s better than what the other standard option would be with some sort of velocity stacks sucking wind directly at...

  “Normally that’s where the story would end, but this bike had an unexpected experience a bit like, but not the same as the unfortunately destroyed bike I originally inquired about. “The bike was rear ended about eight months after it was finished,” said Erik. “We ended up replacing the rear wheel, the rear fender and made struts instead of a new sissy bar, and also the...

  Well I gotta admit that “hill climber” came immediately to mind for me, but as usual, that’s just me. After Chris’ explanation I could see the other aspects he was going for, but it’s still got that hill climber look first for me and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. I do remember riding Joe Viera’s new KZ750B that he was so proud of and came away impressed with the...