Click here for more photos Len Kodlin’s FXDB Street Bob Story by Mark Barnett and Horst RoslerPhotos by Horst Rosler Model: Johanna – www.pro-vogue.de Custom bike building is well into its second generation, even third with the Ness family. In Europe, one of the most famous builders is Fred Kodlin. We featured a V-Rod Fred...

Click here for more photos 2007 Harley-Davidson FLSTSC Softail Springer Classic Story by Mark Barnett, Photos by Frank Rangel There’s not much of a story to tell on this 2007 Harley-Davidson FLSTSC Softail Springer Classic but I thought I’d share the photos with you since it is so well done. Everything from the beach bars, the satin, non-glossy paint, the...

Click here for more photos Curt Gardner’s 2000 Harley-Davidson FXSTB Night Train Story by Wendy Manning, Photos by Curt Gardner This mean machine belongs to Curt Gardner of Vallejo, California. Starting with a 2000 Harley-Davidson Night Train he purchased from Barnett Harley-Davidson in El Paso. Because Curt was riding the bike to work each day, a...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #56, July 2007. SPECIFICATIONS: Owner: Mike Hennike Year / Make: 2006 Harley-Davidson Fabrication/ assembly: Dave Neu/ASI Engine: H-D TC88 Carb: Factory fuel-injection Pipes: 2.5″ Speedster with Samson baffles Air Cleaner: Dual...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #58, October 2007. SPECIFICATIONS Bike Name: Doin’ Time Owner: North American Warhorse Year / Make: 2004 FXDP Dyna Defender Fabrication/ assembly: Joe Gambacorta Build time: Two months Engine: 2004 1450cc Twin Cam 88A Cases:...

One of the most fascinating aspects of the current musclecar craze is the occasional “phantom” car that was built as someone’s interpretation of a model the factory should have made, but didn’t. I’m not referring to cloning, like a pedestrian six-cylinder Barracuda that miraculously becomes a Hemi ‘Cuda, that’s done all the time. What I’m referring to is taking the platform of one...

2000 Harley-Davidson FXR4 Story by Mark Barnett, Photos by Frank Rangel Yeah, yeah, I know. This isn’t a custom bike, it is pretty much a box stock special edition from the Motor Company. But in my opinion, this is one of the best factory customs Harley ever produced. The FXR line had been replaced by the new Dyna series several years earlier but there...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #60, March 2008. SPECIFICATIONS Bike Name: Orange Sunshine Owner: Terry MacCampbell Year / Make: ’97 Mutant Buell Fabrication: Jim Bortles/ Carolina H-D Assembly: Jim Bortles (Carolina H-D) Build time: 9-months Engine: 1200cc...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #60, March 2008. SPECIFICATIONS Bike Name: ThorTueuse Owner: Blackcrow Year / Make: 2003 Buell XB9S Fabrication/ assembly: Pumpa Choppa Build time: 14 months Engine: 2003 Buell XB9S Cases/ flywheels: Stock Buell Rods: WL...

  Darque vowed to right an unnatural wrong and remake this red beastie, despite her horrible disfigurement. After some 36-months of ordering parts, making parts fit, returning parts that did not work or fit with other custom parts, or couldn’t be stomped or hammered into submission, and changing builders three times, the Softail was a work of rolling art, a boy’s dream come true....