Even in Europe where Buell supposedly has a strong following, builders like Gerardo “Jerry” Chillico of Custombike located in the lovely, historic town of Modigliana, Italy, are transplanting the vital organs of Buells into custom bikes like his multi-show winner La Fenice. For those not fluent in Italian, Jerry’s bike is named after the mythical bird Phoenix which every 500 years...

     After a slight pause where I could hear her typing furiously to the gentleman on the other end that it was a go and then getting his first question, the conversation began. Basically, it was about what kind of Harley he wanted and what he could afford. Turns out his credit unfortunately sucked and that new Fat Boy just wasn’t going to happen. But, I could get him on a new...

   Even though Jack Cofano photographed this knockout at the recent Smoke Out, it just might look a bit familiar to you if you caught the fourth episode, Rust Belt Edition of Discovery Channel’s BikerLive. Pat and the Led Sled crew duked it out with Porky’s Chopper Co. and Raw Iron Choppers. Who won? I don’t particularly care as I’m not a huge fan of builder shows that don’t show...

  I remembered seeing an Internet post or two about Led Sled’s Panhead rocker box covers for Sportsters, but that was about it. I didn’t bother to investigate them any further. Now after seeing them, I actually think they’re pretty cool and really look damn good on this bike Led Sled built for Progressive Insurance to trot about the country and drum up some business. I’m sure it...

Justin’s had his finger on the pulse of what’s happening economically and has been turning out a series of really delightful and affordable bobbers for today’s budget minded buyers, but he wanted to try his hand at something new. Luckily for him, brother Jarrod was the spark that made this cool café a reality. “He’s got more of a racing background than I do and that really helps...

All of that brouhaha is just leading up to my own declaration of the creating a new category for Richard Balicoco’s customized Nightster (get ready to set brain to dispute) I call Frisco Café. Two old, already-recognized styles, Frisco and café bikes both share a lot of similarities with good handling, agility, and rideability as a priority along with not being festooned with...

Click here for more photos Doug Evans’ Sportster Started Out As A Kitchen Bike Story by Wendy Manning, Photos by Doug Evans Nobody ever tells me anything around here. When I interviewed Gary Robinson last week and found he’d built CopperHead in his living room and before that he’d built a bedroom chopper, I thought it was A: surprisingly convenient, but...

Click here for more photos Jimbo’s Excellent XL Chopper Story by Buck ManningPhotos by Frank Rangel Now that’s a striking bike, plain and simple. I’m not exactly sure why, but my very first glance at a picture of it simply drew me in and made me want to see more ―pronto! Go ahead, look up and run your eyes over that that bike again and tell me that it’s...

Click here for more photos Sporty Bagger, The Naughty Nurse Custom Story and photos by Sedrick C. Mitchell Twenty-five years ago, if you saw a motorcycle cruising down the road there was a 95 percent chance that the rider was a male, and if two riders were on the machine and one of them was a female, the female would have been the passenger on the...

Click here for more photos Coach Custom Sporty Story by Sedrick C. MitchellPhotos by Rupert Ellis Just a few decades ago, it was somewhat uncommon to see a woman riding a Harley unless she was on the back seat. There were some women riders, but you sure didn’t see a lot of them. Today when you see a Harley rolling down the road,...