The bike’s streetfighter styling didn’t spring from a single mind, though; it was Matt’s interpretation of what his customer, Jason Ostrander, wanted. “At first Jason told me he just wanted a bagger that was clean and fast, but when we got down to business, I heard the real story. He wanted to make sure his bike was faster than his friend’s bike that I built a few months before....

  For more than 50 years, Southeastern North Carolina has been throwing the best party in the South. There’s something for everyone — artwork, gardens, history, and culture. The street fair is a free family event with over 200 arts and craft vendors, 40 food vendors, 4 stages, a children’s’ area, and a whole lot of fun! The street fair takes place on Wilmington’s...

Ask yourself, do I have the skills to build it or the money to have it built by someone else? There are plenty of excuses why building a custom would be impossible (usually money), so what do you do? Well, you could continue buying one piece at a time and getting nowhere in particular or you could try and give your Harley a whole new overall look in one fell swoop. Something that...

What inspired me to build such a custom bike? Actually it all started about seven years ago. I owned a different custom bike shop with a partner. I created and built the Alien bike called Resurrection that was featured in and on the cover of Barnett’s Magazine (May 2005 issue #41). I poured my heart and soul into my bike. To make a long story short, because of extreme...

  Erik actually is a young man in this custom bike scheme of things, but that doesn’t mean he’s a newbie who’s hacking and whacking away until he hopefully gets it right. Far from it. As a wee lad growing up central California, Erik’s design concepts were influenced from hanging around friends and family that were involved in the low rider and custom car cultures. Knowing from a...

  Tim teamed up with a buddy of his Scott Schneck, owner of Schneck’s Hog Farm in Grantville, Pennsylvania, over a winter to make a (well here’s where it gets interesting without trying to get insulting) rat bike, beater, tough guy, or whatever the hell you want to call it that is a practical get on it and go rider. It ain’t trying to be purty, but it has its own beauty. It’s...

  My cheap shoe theory also applies to motorcycles. Yeah we all love our Harley-Davidsons or whatever somewhat antiquated, but still loved air-cooled V-twin we’ve got hanging around. But just like shoes, it sure can be fun to put on something totally different just for the hell of it. That could be one of the reasons that café-style bikes are currently going through their...

  With St. Patrick’s Day being celebrated, the Annual Tejano Music Awards Fan Fair show going on downtown, and spring breakers everywhere I was surprised at the turnout. San Antonio and the surrounding area supported this event well with over 19,000 people in attendance. The motorcycle community was well represented. What was really impressive was the quality of the vehicles which...

  Perry is unusually tall for a racing driver, so we decided to stretch the hard tail beyond the normal 4″ to 6″. A longer stretch in tandem with our DPC clip-ons mounted low would give his long arms the reach that he needed. He also wanted a scuba-style oil tank, so we modified the dual down tubes below the seat into a single tube, and bent in the upper hard-tail tubes...

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