You know what I’m talking about, Exile builds Exile bikes, Perewitz builds Perewitz bikes, Trotta builds Trotta bikes, etc. You can often tell a strong builder brand from across a street or in the fleeting image of a passing bike, but that doesn’t mean that’s the best or the most talented builder or not. That’s just the way some builders approach a pile of metal, rubber, and paint...

       This tasty little bobber is the product of the fertile mind of Yaniv Evan of Powerplant Motorcycles in the town of Hollywood, California. First off, I should mention that Yaniv is not an old guy, far from it, but he just might be an old soul trapped in a young man’s body. There is no known cure for that as far as I know so you just gotta run with it and abuse the privilege....

      It’s pretty easy to see why this bike Judd named Penny won its class as it’s a neat piece of ready to kick ass mechanicallity instead of a product of a computer operator. Now I’m guessing, but I doubt Judd has (or needs) super high-tech machinery like water jet machines lying about his shop and that’s a good thing as far as I’m concerned. This is a bike built by a guy who...

He wanted this bike to be clean, simple, and unlike any of the local rides in his area and he chose a Paughco frame with 38 degrees of rake and 2 inches of stretch to act as the skeleton. It’s kept off the ground by GMA wheels both front and back (19 and 18 inches, respectively) with matching brake setups. Take a gander under the tank and you’ll find the 100” RevTech powerplant...

The gold metal-flake beauty featured is one of the recent creations by Indian Larry that all started with his first bike at age sixteen, a ’39 Knucklehead that was totally taken apart in four hours after purchasing it. Immediately chopped and painted by him, the finished product led to other people asking him to do over their bikes and forty years later, he’s still at it. The Rat...

   Instead of beating around the bush, we might as well get the story right from the horse’s (in this case Brian’s) mouth.  “I owned this 1978 Super Glide 24 years ago. I painted it and changed it around a few times then I sold it to buy a Panhead,” said Brian. “This was the very first Harley I owned when I was 18-years old and for years I tried to find it so I could buy it back. I...

    Yeah, it may have been a lot of hard after-hours work over the six-month build period after working on the same thing all day, but by the look of it ─damn it man, it was time well spent. It may have been a board tracker look that Pat was going for on his personal ride, but there’s a bit of old powerful steam locomotive coming through too. Hey, that’s a compliment as an old...

    Over the years there have been quite a few bikes built to promote the Rat’s Hole Show and Ted Smith’s personal bobber charmingly called Rat Poison is another tidy little ride that continues that tradition. First built back in 2005 and sent on a tour of the show circuit, it’s recently been refreshed and upgraded by Jailhouse Choppers in Savannah, Georgia. The rigid frame...

  The Cannonball is an Italian bobber filled with interesting features and an extremely different gas tank design and location.  On most customs you can normally find the gas tank located somewhere just above the cylinder heads, but not on the Cannonball.  The Cannonball gas tank is located just above and forward of the rear fender.  The gas tank is actually a chrome seat that...

  This rigid started out as a 1984 shovelhead with over 100K miles on it. They were hard miles, many with a trailer according to Brent. His friend, Chris Pearson, was the owner and Chris wanted to bring his old bike back to life rather than build up a new custom. Chris and Brent both favored the old school bikes.  The stock H-D frame got the boot and a 2004 Santee Rigid was...