Is it the most beautiful custom bike ever made? It is to one guy. The guy that put his hard-earned dough and personal sweat in this bike over a too-long period of time during a winter or two or three in his unheated garage with freezing-cold wrenches sticking to his fingers. Or sweltering away in the summer while his friends stopped by on their bikes to drink his beer and...

       Knocked out in short 24 days just in time for the 2011 Smoke Out XII The Long Road ride, John’s personal bike that he calls Junkyard Angel is not your typical touring bike by any means. Matter of fact, this knobby-tired rigid might be most peoples’ last choice for hitting the open road, but when you call your business Gangster Choppers you better be ready to back it up and...

     Ever since his unfortunate passing almost ten years ago, people have been making Indian Larry tribute bikes, some are good, some just okay, and some have been simply terrible. Luckily there’s still an option of getting the real thing or as absolutely close to the real thing as humanly possible. Bobby and Elisa Seeger, two of the finest people you’ll ever meet, worked alongside...

       My big prediction here is that when choppers make their comeback to the top of the custom heap (and they will all you bagger freaks), they’ll be in the form of this shiny black and chrome cutie. Not too radical, not too fat, not too stupid. Elemental might be a better way to describe it as they’ll embody the essence of what made a rideable chopper cool. Throw in a hand...

     Like many things learned over time or by trial and error, this build was planned from the git-go to address various issues Eric had with his previous bikes. Even though he didn’t care to elaborate on them, it’s safe to assume that all those past grievances were carefully and correctly accounted for as no current problems were brought up. According to Stan, the basic bike plan...

   Bootlegger Choppers out of Williamston, South Carolina, seems to feel the same way I do about choppers versus customs and one quick glance at our feature bike says chopper long before it says custom. And no, I’m not making any statement that one is better than the other, that depends on your personal preference. It’s just that a bobber is not a chopper and never will be even...

Luckily for us, Sam’s Club didn’t want a bike shaped like their store or shrink wrapped with their logo. Instead, the execs seemed to like the I, Robot bike and asked Orange County Choppers to build them something similar: a way out, futuristic chopper. Rick Petko was put in charge of the mock up and parts ordering. He started out with a Racing Innovations rigid frame with 12”...

Powering the beast is a show polished 113” S & S engine breathing in through an S & S carb and exhaling through Martin Brothers exhausts. The proprietary PCC frame is accompanied by PCC handlebars, primary cover, shift linkage, and creative air cleaner. The air cleaner saves you the trouble of taking your hands off the handlebars to comment on other people’s bad...

In October of last year, Dave Nichols approached Kim and invited him to be part of a new program called “The Centerfold Tour.” This “tour” follows the Easyriders 2004 Show Circuit, and major national events to spotlight one bike from each of a group of builders. The 2004 line up included Paul Yaffe, Billy Lane, Kendall Johnson, Eddie Trotta, Tom Langton, and Kim. “The opportunity...

Extreme Trailers & Choppers is a small business in Central Florida specializing is super sleek, aerodynamic bike haulers. They also have a shop on the premises, and enjoy building radical bikes for themselves and others. Derrick and James are partial to Sportster engines; they are quick and great to work on. “The Sportster is a neat motor, and is really under-appreciated,”...