Phil took those pancakes home, and with the help of stepson Jeff Holmes, combined the two smooshed H-Ds into one beautiful new bike. “My stepfather had to buy all new cases, a new frame…he replaced a lot of stuff,” said Jeff. Jeff, who lives in Spring Valley, Arkansas, visits his stepfather in Nebraska every year and was on hand for the transformation. “We started with a Paughco...

The 13 Rebels Motorcycle Club is an historic, American Motorcycle Association sanctioned group founded in 1937 by Tex Bryant. The club was the inspiration for the movie The Wild One, which featured a cap-wearing Marlon Brando facing off against a goggle-wearing Lee Marvin in a big, 1950’s-style outlaw biker brawl. Brando plays Johnny, the leader of the Black Rebels Motorcycle...

It was a bright clear sunny day when we took the Fat Boy down to the west bank of the Halifax River to photograph it with the space shuttle launch in the background. This was to be a historic shuttle flight, it being the next to last flight ever for NASA’s Space Shuttle program and the last flight for this particular vehicle and who knows if this might be the last flight if...

Tim Graham of Van Buren, Arkansas, has been riding cycles since 1972. “I’m ashamed to admit it, but I started out on a damned Suzuki,” he said. A friend of his had a Super Glide and they used to go traveling together. One day, as they cruised around on their bikes, the friend said, “Boy, I’m going to teach you to ride. Here. Take mine.” Tim took the Super Glide for a ride and it...

Chuck Key is a purveyor of parts, a master of machinery, a duke of deals. As owner of Southern Performance Choppers in Bentonville, Arkansas, he and employee Jeremy White travel to swap meets throughout Texas, Arkansas, Illinois and Oklahoma, scouting for parts and ideas for their upcoming Harley projects. Armed with as much loot as he can muster, Chuck rolls into town with a...

Justin Del Prado, co-owner of DP customs with his brother Jarrod in New River, Arizona, built this red hot Ironhead in his old third-car garage before he opened his shop. The idea was all his own. “I built the bike myself, before my brother partnered up with me, so it came out of my head,” Justin said. “I really like how the colors came together on this bike. The...

Click here for more photos ’01 Heritage Classic Becomes Lethal X Dragon Story by Wendy ManningPhotos by Corey Waterman Everyone likes to name their bike something and that’s okay with me, but I wish they would tell me what song best describes their bike instead as I love a soundtrack to listen to in my head while looking at pictures...

Click here for more photos Clint Rosine – 2002 H-D FXSTI Story by Wendy ManningPhotos by Clint Rosine Clint Rosine, owner of Rosine Custom Cycleworks in Mattoon, Illinois, modified his 2002 Harley-Davidson FXSTI right there in his home garage shop. Clint says the bike more than earned her name, Saving Grace. “I got a little drunk after I...

Click here for more photos Erik Dunk’s 17-Year Custom Evo Build Story by Buck ManningPhotos by Sedrick Mitchell Looking like a bike built expressly for post-Armageddon cruising is not exactly what you’d expect after a 17-year build, but that’s exactly the look and the feel Erik Dunk, owner of Iron Block Harley-Davidson in Adams...

  Luckily for McClellan and his now ex-girlfriend, the low-speed dump hurt mostly his pride, leaving his 2003 Harley-Davidson police issue Dyna Defender dinged and a little dented. Somehow, as happens with crazy creative types, this all led to a wonderfully awful idea. McClellan had two options after bandaging his wounds and pleading insanity: fix the bike or cleverly camouflage...