Building an enjoyable daily rider starts with the frame and the Kraft/Tech frame used on this build features conservative geometry that ensures rider-friendly, agile handling characteristics. If you’re looking for loopy, this is not your bike. “Anytime you stretch a front end out, you’re losing your ability to control the bike. I want a bike I can handle, I can move if I’m in...

Brothers Jason and Wayne Ahlquist are the principals behind Acme and have been turning out sweet rides along with a steadily growing parts business going on seven years with no end in sight. “This bike was built as a showcase for a lot of our new parts. It’s got our frame, triple trees, handlebars, risers, and our oil tank kit,” said Wayne. “Just about anything we make, we threw at...

Brothers Jason and Wayne Ahlquist are the principals behind Acme and have been turning out sweet rides along with a steadily growing parts business going on seven years with no end in sight. “This bike was built as a showcase for a lot of our new parts. It’s got our frame, triple trees, handlebars, risers, and our oil tank kit,” said Wayne. “Just about anything we make, we threw at...

There are so many things to like about Best of Luck, Mark was hard pressed to settle upon just one. “It’s just a nice little around-town bobber you can cruise around on with no trouble,” Mark said. “I really like it, it’s a nice running bike. I like the little spring seat, it takes the shock out of the ride. It’s really a fun bike.” To get this raffle on the road, the Shadleys...

Taber makes it sound so simple, but it takes a brave, talented, or crazy individual (or any combo) to execute a radical design like this to completion. Making it even nuttier is that it’s not just a static demonstration of what Nash can do with metal, but this bike spends the better portion of it’s time being ridden. The fresh-out-of-high-school original owner, Austin Hunziker,...

  Paul Cavallo, owner of Spitfire Motorcycles in lovely Rancho Cucamonga, California, is obviously okay with his manhood and loves this 1975 Ironhead-powered custom he calls Jolie Rouge. Without getting too deep on all of this, Jolie Rouge does not refer to a certain Mr. Pitt’s cuter half, but to a term (beautiful red) associated with real pirates way, way back in the real pirate...

  What Kustom Inc. has accomplished here is quite a testament to Gary and Julie, but also to a few other players like the always lovable Ron Finch, Chop Docs Choppers, and a few other side players. It takes a village (I think someone already said something like that, sorry) to build a very, very special one-off in a short period of time. They’re all part of the Michigan Mafia of...

  Now there’s a good chance you might have seen this Rick Fairless bike before (or at least think you did) as it’s been around and about for about seven years give-or-take, but it still looks fresh and right on trend today. The tie-die paintjob is as builder-recognizable as flat black and the lack of chrome is for a certain Mr. Mitchell and both schemes have aged well considering...

  Yeah, try juggling all that stuff and be as motorcycle prolific, tasteful, and aesthetic-defined as Mr. Randolph. His bikes aren’t cookie-cutters, but you can tell a KO bike from a block away. Just like it says on his website (www.knockoutcycles.com), “From the kicker pedal to the oil bag to the signature 2-into-1 exhaust, if Ralph’s name’s on it, you can bet that what you’re...

  Whether or not this bike does see any off-road action is debatable and up to its owner, Joe Fratis who just happens to be the V-twin brand manager at cable and tool maker, Motion Pro (www.motionpro.com). Obviously this is a nice draw to any display Motion Pro does and also a good showcase for their products along with a laundry list of other companies like S&S, BAKER, Ride...