It’s always something. You can’t win for losing. The glass is half-empty. It’s sometimes called Murphy’s Law. In poker, it’s called, “drawing dead,” which also happens to be the name of Rick White’s 1979 Shovelhead. A poker player for over thirty years, Rick wanted his bike to reflect his life’s philosophy. “The term ‘drawing dead’ means that you can’t win, no matter which cards...

Click here for more photos Shay’s Panhead Story and photos by Rodent Atlanta tattoo artist Shay rides his new rebuilt Panhead from Atlanta, Georgia, down to tattoo artist Jason’s in Jacksonville, Florida. They both leave for Tropical Tattoo in Daytona. Shay’s pinhead fouls three rear plugs and uses a quart of oil in the under 100 mile trip....

Click here for more photos Rare ’85 Shovelhead From Barnett’s Returns For A Visit Story by Wendy ManningPhotos by Frank Rangel Shovella, a rare 1985 FLH Police Shovelhead owned by El Pasoan Lambert Cantu, stopped by Barnett’s Harley-Davidson in El Paso last weekend and we’re so glad he did. Of Shovella, Lambert said,...

Click here for more photos !- Click here to read the Specifications –> The 1926 Harley-Davidson “Twin Sisters” Story and Photos by Thunder Media Service, Frank Sander Harley-Davidson was already producing heavy metal in the 1920’s. Harley-Davidson V-Twins had displacements of 1000cc and 1200cc back then. A long time has passed since the...

Click here for more photos !- Click here to read the Specifications –> 1953 Harley-Davidson K Sport Story by Buck Manning Photos by Frank Rangel Slowly but surely, collecting classic motorcycles is becoming the new hip thing in the two-wheeled world with many old Harleys being returned to factory condition after a life of multiple owners’...

  Today there’s a such an interest in bobbers that the style has mutated and changed from an original stock frame with factory castings to a more simple to produce, steel- tubing affair. Miles would have none of that and hooked up with Big Al Wilkerson at Bitter End Old School Choppers in Scottsburg, Indiana. “We decided that in order to accomplish this, we would use as many...

 When Mark Barnett first handed me the pictures for this feature, my eyebrows almost shot off my forehead as it began to sink in exactly what I was looking at. I gotta admit I’ve got a penchant for fast, sporty bikes and this one sure caught my eye. The aggressive style immediately had me mentally riding it hard down a twisty road and then I noticed the cylinder heads that today...

  Dave’s 1950 H-D EL Panhead bobber, Old School, is a textbook example of what he’s talking about. Using vintage parts in a timeless design crosses every boundary of customs and makes anybody with the least bit of motorcycle DNA in their blood want to take it out for a spin and actually experience what Old School was really all about, both the good and the bad. One thing that...

  Branko knew that S&S was founded in 1958 and kept an eye out for parts he might be able to use from that year on his custom. He didn’t have to look far, in the back of his shop he had an original ’58 Harley frame. A while ago Branko had planned to chop the frame and fit it with a ’64 Panhead, but the customer changed his mind and the frame was mothballed. “I thought it would...