Well if bigger is better on a bagger, why not on a more traditionally outrageous chopper? I think it really does fit the chopper modus operandi better and, if done right, it doesn’t lose its end-to-end chopper flow like a bagger does to its big wheel pulling a pile of bodywork behind like a trailer. A big front wheel (and a corresponding size rear wheel that you can still see)...

     I look at literally hundreds and hundreds of bikes a day in Jack Cofano’s Barnett’s Magazine Online’s photo galleries and there’s not a dog among them, but this one caught my eye today. First off, it’s in a parking lot which means it’s a rider and that gets a lot of points from me just on that point alone. But, there’s an interesting almost insect-like look to this build I...

    On the other hand, there are builders like Ron “Chop Doc” Harris of Chop Doc’s Choppers in Waterford, Michigan, that clearly know what Old School is and how to properly bring it to the table. If you thought our feature bike built by Ron back in 2005 was actually from some long ago time period, well you’d have good reason to think that. Ron is a third-generation body man and...

“It was a trade-in at Hannums Harley-Davidson and Terry the salesman called up my husband, Mustafaa, to tell him he had something I would like,” said Salimata. “So, we went up there and there it sat in all its glory. But, as it sat it would never pass inspection so Terry said he would give us a good deal if we took it as is and I did.” Now this is the part...

    With this bike, though, Rob seems to have pushed things a bit more to the show side and why not? A guy with a custom motorcycle business has got to grab your attention to show you what he’s capable of and what he can do for you whether it’s a ground-up or a new set of bars on a Road King. It doesn’t hurt to have a “guy” who knows what he’s doing after you get totally infected...

  If you’re a fan of Barnett’s Magazine Online, the names Bubba and Snellville just might fire off a neuron or two about another recent article where Bubba and his buddy Slim made Snellville proud with another traditional build that captured the hearts of millions worldwide. Now Bubba’s done it again, but this time he’s cast aside Slim for reasons unknown and replaced him with...

     Dalton Walker is one of those young enigmas who can channel their inner Old School child and build a chop that can defy time through authentic-style building just like when Arlen Ness was his age and doing the same thing. I don’t know if Dalton has discovered his own time portal to jump into and check out how things were done back then, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he did....

  So it’s not the bike or the builder in particular, so it must be about the back story and it obviously is. If you’ve seen the 2011 movie, Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler as our story’s real life person, Sam Childers, you already know the story behind the story. But if you haven’t, check out the movie trailer here. Or, you could read Sam’s book that led to the movie,...

   B.K.’s mental itching finally came to a close when he finished building the classic Old School chop you’re looking at right here. That’s not too much of a surprise as just about all of us would love to have a beefy old chopper to muck about on and not go anyplace in particular. Just sit back and take in the Old School vibes that we’d all love to believe we’d adore. But, that 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...