Like anything Harley, though, our mystery Fat Boy owner/builder just couldn’t leave well enough alone and decided to have at it and don’t spare the bling. No problem to me as everybody’s more than entitled to build their own bike as they see fit. Not only is the end result a sure eye-catcher, but it’s got a hell of a hot rod heart sitting dead center of the build. Nope, no stock...

    Rodney Smith, owner of Southeastern Customs Chopper and Hot Rod Shop in Supply, North Carolina, always has a customized personal rider hanging around the shop that he’s not only proud of, but more than happy fire up and ride on a moment’s notice. Barnett’s Magazine Online has already featured his previous shop bike a couple of years ago, a customized Ironhead Sporty, but I...

     Heritage Softail Springers have to be one of the coolest showroom bikes Harley-Davidson has ever made. If any modern (relatively speaking) deserved the term Heritage applied to it, this first year, 1997 Heritage Springer does reaching back to Harley’s grand past and presenting it to a waiting future. I was flabbergasted when I saw my first one in a Harley dealership back in...

     Dynas have come a long way as far as respectability goes in the Harley world. Going back 15-years ago, a lot of Harley folk didn’t have too much good to say about Dynas with a response to them that’s the equivalent of “Meh?” today. My how things have changed. Personally, I have to give a lot of credit to Jax Teller and the fictional crew of Sons of Anarchy for helping...

The owner, designer, and builder of this red hot café called Red Baron, Francisco Manen, could chalk up another person who incorrectly assumed that all café Harleys are Sportsters. Looking at photos and not the actual LDK bike does not immediately give you the size disparity between the similar, yet totally different models. Paying a little more attention on the second peek, the...

     Obviously this customized Dyna Low Rider S was not built to be a big time show bike, but I’m pretty sure it more than holds its own wherever it’s parked like here at Smoke Out 18. I know it sure caught my attention immediately. Another even more obvious thing about this bike and it may be its greatest attribute is that it was ridden there, not trailered. You’re looking at a...

  Mike Stafford at MGS Custom Bikes in Lancaster, California, (www.mgscustombikes.com) fabricated the tank and fenders, mounted the Crime Scene Choppers gas cap and cut my struts to give it a bobber-type look. Check out the low-profile front fender that gives it a perfect touch. While the bike was there, he also installed the Jaybrake (www.jaybrakeoriginals.com) grips and foot...

     Too bad that we couldn’t contact the mystery owner who was probably out having some fun with his buddies while Jack roams around shooting photos of parked bikes as this is one sweet ride to use a cliché that’s been used a bazillion times before (Now make that a bazillion and one). Anyway, it looks like a recently finished custom from the absolutely pristine appearance. If not,...

      In case you’re not aware, The Garage At Ray Price (TGRP) is the custom division of Ray Price Harley-Davidson that knocks out a steady stream of beautiful and usable custom Harleys not only for loving owners of new bikes, but brings the used and abused back from the dead. Well, not necessarily dead, but definitely heading that way. The gorgeous flat tracker/street scrambler...

  I mean, it’s not everyday you see a fork made from beefy drilled-out I-beams with linkage and dual air-shocks mounted right in front where you couldn’t miss them if you tried. Oh, and a little rust onboard sealed the deal, it had to be a custom built by Todd Anglani of AfterHours Bikes in Cooper City, Florida. If Todd were a chef, that fork would be his signature dish and his...