T’D.’s bopping little Shovelhead bobber is an exercise in fine finishing and detailing with an eye towards the blingtastic and a bit of fun outrageousness setting of the whole show-winning package. If you haven’t already, check out Jumpin’ Jack Cofano’s photo gallery of The Brass Chimp and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Yep, there are a whole lot of handmade brass bits and...

     If you haven’t checked out Jack’s photo gallery, you’ll be missing out on quite a few interesting idiosyncrasies that you might not have caught in the lead photo. Oh, you know, little things like a lot of doubling of parts like the dual carbs, dual chain final drive and the dual sprocket brakes to point out a few obvious ones. I’m sure your trained eye will pick out more, but...

      Especially when there’s a story behind the bike that involves a biker grandfather who inspired Ron to get into the paint and body business as well as motorcycles which Ron has totally embraced going full time in the custom bike business. Not only did his late grandfather, Lou, encourage him to be the best he could at whatever he did, he provided the name for this sweet...

      One of his latest builds is based around a 1981 Harley Ironhead Sportster engine that would have been the cat’s ass to build around back in its time. Not surprisingly, it still is today with a raw nostalgic look and charm that the latest MotorCo Twin Cam can’t approach. There are still legions of fans of the old Ironheads that champion its virtues right alongside the most...

       There was just something about the guy that transcended just being a great motorcycle builder. I still have my tapes of an interview I did with him for an article in the print edition of Barnett’s Magazine and they’re a cherished bit of memorabilia for me. I was so nervous to speak with such a legend that I had to dial him up more than once because I knew I would come...

     Bill built wicked cool bobbers which had not really come into their own yet and he put real knobby tires on the damn things. How cool was that? Epic at the time when everything was polished this and show chrome that and who had the fattest rear tire was as important as who has the tallest front tire today. He didn’t give a damn about what was trendy and just built what was...

    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...

        For me, the two things that come to mind when I think of Dave are his paintwork and his love of Pro Street bikes. Both of these things defined him during the last glory days of legendary builders. But, there’s a lot more going on than just that as he continues to pull a rabbit or two or more out of his hat as times change and so does Dave. His painting is still impeccable...

     The writer got a few email and Facebook messages wondering why Barnett’s Magazine Online would ever showcase anything but a Harley? I surmise that the whole point of the article was missed by a few and that was that the Smoke Out is its own animal and around here, we really appreciate that even though we love our Harleys. So, what we’re gonna do here is feature another TBC...

       Patrick’s Harley-Davidson Shovelhead bobber takes its The Flying F-Bomb name from the bomb-like air cleaner he made from scraps of metal he had lying around. That alone make sit cool as its pretty much how Patrick takes his approach to building a bike using whatever parts and pieces along with old and soon to be new skills he’s developed over the years. He really has a fresh...