I have no idea whether builder Pat Briggs of County Line Choppers in lovely Phoenix, New York, has some sort of inside info that might interest (and involve?) us, but I do know that he can build a hell of a romping’ stomping’ ride. Over the past 15 years he’s officially been in business, he’s turned out a steady stream of magazine-worthy bikes including two features in Barnett’s...

“I wanted the gas tank to disappear, so you could show the motor off, so we moved the gas tank under the seat,” Steve explained. The oil tank is in the frame, in the front nose of the bike, so Steve and Bandit did a disappearing act on that too. “The bike looks like it shouldn’t really run,” Steve said. The build took about nine months to complete, most of that due to the...

Now fifty-four, He’s not using bubble gum to plug holes these days, and he’s upgraded from mini-bikes to Harleys and custom choppers. The bike you see here is his own, but it was built in his driveway, not his shop. This one was created before Bandit Bikes officially opened. “The build took place in my driveway,” Bandit recalled. “Originally, there was a builder in town—I...

”I’ve always loved choppers, but way back when, there were no custom bike shops in Ireland so I had to try to learn to do everything myself. From custom painting, which is my main income, to making my own frames, pipes, bars, tanks, saddles, the whole lot. I’m still learning all the time. I think the bike turned out better than I expected. But, if I had to do it all over again, I...

This ’99 Dyna Sport belongs to Allan Potter, aka Crazy P. He bought the beauty from a guy in Lindbergh, Germany. Allegedly, it was presented as a gift to a motorcycle club, and somewhere along the line, they sold it to pay for some legal fees and it ended up in Tulsa. Potter bought if from their attorney and immediately handed it over to it to Bandit Bikes, LLC for customization....

Grawunder first came upon the in-line twin back in 2005, and doesn’t know the full-length history of its mysterious origins. “Apparently it had been sitting at a shop that specializes in Triumphs for close to three years waiting for the owner to come pick it up. So the mechanic eventually went through a lien sale process, cleared it, and put it up for sale. One of my buddies was...

Brothers JC and Jimmie Lee Coen, owners of Three Two Choppers in Dallas, Texas, designed this hot chopper.

Sonny White has a lot to be proud of. First off, there’s his family: wife Esther, and kids Miller, 20, and Mandolyn, 16. There are his friends, a group of Harley aficionados known as the Black Widows. Then there are his bikes, the ones he’s constructed from the ground up and those he’s customized for friends and customers over the years. When asked how many bikes he’s built, Sonny...

El Pasoan Dan Barker’s MIA/POW tribute chopper, Little Toad, is both a labor of love and his way of showing ultimate respect. “I’m a disabled Navy SEAL, from 1973 to 1982,” Dan explained, “and I built this in memory of my fallen bros.” Navy SEALS are known for making it through one of the toughest special operations training programs in the...

  Having grown tired of people commenting that “Sportsters are for girls,” Peter said, “I’ve come across this ignorance when I was building my Sportster Chopper. I wanted to show that I could build a good looking bike from a Sportster. Often I was asked why I didn’t build a real bike! But I think my bike is more real and handles better than many big twins. The...