As soon as I saw the first photo, I knew who built it. A combination of thoughtful design, not a single part overlooked to see if it could not be bettered, and an understanding of style as far as a ‘60s Triumph chopper goes could only be a builder Barnett’s Magazine Online had previously featured ─ Austin Martin Andrella of Austin Martin Originals in Akron, Ohio. And, Austin is an...

    Even though Prism Supply Co. was one of the featured builders on Discovery’s BikerLive series a few years ago, which is where I first became aware of them, they were newcomers to the custom motorcycle biz. And, by “them” I mean Zack and Jake Hindes, the young builders who shocked the hell out of me with their deliciously tight and right Panhead bobber. In a five-week build...

    Every one of his builds reflects the name of his shop, Widowmaker Custom Design & Repair in Rougemount, North Carolina, right back at you at first sight of pretty much all of his builds. There’s a bit of intentional scary in every one. Whether it’s something as drag-bike whack as his Mushu Suzie feature bike or his almost conventional charity bike that raised a nice chunk...

    With everything done in-house except the suede seat covering which was done by Rich Phillips Cycles, you know Adam’s one hard working and talented builder of show bikes. Yes, show bikes. Adam makes no bones about that and all his different styles of builds feature show bike in their Karns Kustoms DNA. Barnett’s Magazine Online has showcased some of Adam’s previous builds like...

   You can only imagine my surprise when I saw this murdered-out Indian Larry Motorcycles Shovelhead from the company known for their extremely colorful (and beautiful) retro-style paintjobs. At first I thought that Bobby Seeger and the rest of the crew at Indian Larry Motorcycles in now-trendy Brooklyn, New York, had given in to a trend themselves. But I got over that in about a...

    Personally, I like this hard core Shovelhead a lot just as it sits, but I imagine Chris had some super-duper paintjob in mind that didn’t get done in time. If he had only built it on TV, there’d have been no problems. But I’m assuming this was built in the real world to be used in the real world and time and/or money just ran short. As I write this, Chris is probably just...

   This type of ride may not be as altogether versatile as a Road King, but until you’ve knocked around on something like this you haven’t really experienced the complete American V-twin experience. Hot rod bobbers that are really equipped to putting on the Ritz like this one for insanely serious fun. One of the more interesting aspects of this build that Jack Cofano caught at the...

   Our cool feature bike that Barnett’s photographer, the always smiling Jack Cofano, caught in its natural habitat of lightly cracked tarmac looks like a million bucks even if it didn’t cost it. There’s just something about a bobber with a good stance, nice lines and flashy paint that gets the job done in my book. Take a tight little frame and add a Harley Evo crate motor with a...

     First off, Erik’s quite an interesting guy, the German expatriate has been living and working at his shop in Miami since 2012 after 16 (or so) years customizing motorcycles in his hometown of Lubeck in northern Germany. It’s been balls to the wall since then selling new and used bikes as well as customizing bikes with a flair all his own. I say flair, but it’s not a strict...

  Unlike a human transition, the only transition period this 1966 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead belonging to Kevin Persons of Battle Creek, Michigan, was from stock to custom with an added twist. I look at this bike and all I can think of is that it’s one cool ass Shovelhead hot rod. But then I began to notice subtle changes, oh you know things like a laid-down bat wing-style fairing...