“Slab Rider” began with an Independent Cycle / Legend Lowlife frame with some added rake and exotic metal work.  A PPM Enterprises 96” motor was added with their billet heads atop an Ultima base.  Eight months of afterhours labor was put into finishing the project, which is loaded with high end parts, including a Martin Brothers right side drive exhaust pipe.  These pipes are what...

  With all that by way of introduction, the bike featured here is just one of a half dozen or so that Bill builds a year.  Most of them are to showcase his parts and sometimes to introduce a new frame that he has started to carry.  He also builds one or two for friends when asked.  This bike started out with a Brighton frame out of Miami, Florida.  The six up and six out frame with...

  OK – Now I want you to throw that all away.  Open your eyes and see The Darkness Within Doug Keim’s mind. From its initial concept, “The Darkness Within” was designed to be the Anti-bike.  Its not a chopper, it doesn’t have extensive metal work, there is no theme, there is no fancy paint job.  The beauty of this bike lies in its design, stance, and its incredible attention to...

One of these builders is Fred “Krugger” Bertrand of Basse-Bodeux, Belgium.  He entered the custom bike building profession in June of 2002, and has built custom machines that were sought after and acquired by some high-profile folks, including an American movie star.  All of his machines have received high recognition at custom bike shows around the world.  Fred’s shop is a one man...

Silent Scream started out life as a stock V-Rod, but the owner, Ferry de Kok, wanted something really extreme and totally outrageous. His only customizing instructions were, “I want a bike with a fat rear tire, something really special for a front end, and incorporating a few ideas I like from some of your previous custom V-Rods.”  With those simple instructions as a guideline,...

  When asked about some of the usual big engine gremlins, KJC’s general manager Dale Hood explains that everything has been thought through.  Starting with a special ignition designed for KJC by Daytona Twin Tech and a great starter made by All Balls, these big engines are made to be ridden, not blowing gaskets and destroying starters.  The new electronic compression releases do a...