Not everyone can do the bling thing without it looking forced or cheesy, but then Steve Broyles has been at this business since way back in 1969 so he’s seen just about anything and everything and by now, knows what works and what doesn’t. Actually Steve and his son also named Steve (probably just easier calling them in for dinner with one name) are responsible for this Ultimate...

  I guess it probably helps that this is not his first show rodeo as Jack explained, “This is my second show bike. I got a lot of ideas through the years from the different bikes I judged. I know what to look for on a winning bike so I put those concepts into my bike when I was building it. I’m happy with the bike especially since I’ve won eight shows with it so far....

There’s a hidden joke in the name of Kent Weeks’ stubby Shovelhead Shorty. As Kent tells it, the owner is far from being a midget. “Frank has been a customer for a long time. He’s pretty tall and most of his bikes are pretty stretched out, so he wanted something different and asked me to build a hot rod for him. This was actually the first short bike that I’ve built, even though...

And, it should be no big surprise that Rich let his fingers do the walking through CCI’s catalog to find the pieces and parts to work with initially. It should also come as no surprise that a lot of the now-modified parts are now listed in the current CCI catalog as bolt-on parts for your Softail. “The most challenging part of the project was making all the new parts ‘bolt-on’...

In her later years my mother owned 17 feral cats and a bunch of dogs. Some big drooling mongrels, a poodle, a Llaso Apso, some terriers, a Chihuahua. You know. Or maybe you don’t. But this didn’t seem terribly odd to me as my grandmother lived the same way when she was in her 70s and 80s. What did seem odd was that this particular grandmother was not my mother’s...

Aaron Guardado was born and bred and never fled Cypress, California. He had built a few bikes before with his brother, Shaun, from BSA’s, to Ironheads, to Sportsters, and more recently some work on a few Dynas. This sweet and simple runner was actually the first completed bike that was built 100% to his specifications, though. Guardado drew his inspiration from a similar...

This 2006 custom bobber, Orange Savior, was built for Greg Emfinger of El Paso by Mike Phillips of Grandeur Cycle in Jonesville, North Carolina. Greg, a seasoned rider and chaplain who was the first HonorBound Motorcycle Ministries patch holder in El Paso, puts thousands of miles on his bike each year. He knew exactly what he wanted for his newest bike. “I wanted a jockey...

Story by MB McQueen Photos by Cody Zachary, with Assistance by Colton Zachary   {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=776|imagecategories=0|} Cody, a third generation fire fighter and second generation paramedic from Lawton, Oklahoma, has built and repaired many bikes over the years, but this rough and tough, scrappy little gem is his favorite. Cody explained how the project...

This eye-catcher is called Hitman, a new base model built South Side Kustoms, a full service shop owned by Jason McCudden in Buffalo, New York. “We knew this bike had to stand out from the rest,” Jason said. “When folks come and choose one of our base models from SSK, we give them choices and options from get go so they always stand out.” Stand out it...

  All of Knockout’s Cheap Shot bikes are significantly numbered. The “83” on the side of this bike signifies the year Jereme was born. “It was a budget bike and we tried to help the guy out a lot because of the reason he was doing it,” Ralph said. “It’s one of our frames, we did a new frame design as a test, and we had a lot of things...