Coming from the business of racing in the 70′s, Steve Storz passion for Harley Sportster racing & performance parts never weakened. Today, Storz Performance has developed a new line of Café Racer style accessories for use on 2004 to current model Harley–Davidson Sportsters.The bike featured here, the Storz SP1200RR, has been constructed to serve as [...]
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Harley Sportster New Cafe Racer Style Parts By Steve Storz
Published by February 1st, 2012 in Builders, Chassis, Customs, Editorial and Suspension.The Harley-Davidson V-Rod being a niche model, not many after-market vendors devote time designing custom parts for this model. Bodywork being the most radical way to transform a stock motorcycle in a one-off creation, know that there is a company called GR Customs offering a wide series of fiberglass front and rear fenders. 6 different [...]
Darwin Motorcycle New Kits And Rollers
Published by December 10th, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.From Darwin Motorcycles, home of the Brass balls Cycles, a series of new kits and rollers with the particularity that they are offered in “building stages” giving you the opportunity to buy all components as money is available to you.
An oil tank can be any shape, including as round as an 8 ball. Not the first one to be marketed, but more choice is always better. Mounting is up to you. This one is 7″ steel diameter (watch out for clearance to starter if you don’t do a kick start bike), holds about 2 [...]
Turn You Harley Dyna Into A Bagger
Published by November 23rd, 2011 in Accessories, Chassis and Editorial.SUMAX just expanded its extensive range of hard bag options with the introduction of saddlebags and associated brackets for use on ’06 and Up Harley Dyna models. Sumax’s own bags are constructed from composite fiberglass, with the outside finished with a gel coat primer ready for paint, and the inside is finished with a charcoal [...]
Icon The Derelicts. What Is Your Fancy?
Published by November 20th, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.If you dream of a special bespoke motorcycle I am pretty sure you would also love to own a custom car built around the vintage body of your choice car, but updated with a new modern chassis, powertrain, interior, electrical components, etc. This is the specialty of a company created by Jonathan Ward named Icon. [...]
Chin Fairing For Harley Touring. More Than Just Dressing Up.
Published by November 1st, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.Douglas Wozney just released a unique chin fairing for 2009 and newer Harley-davidson FL models equipped with the stock oil cooler. More than just a piece for dressing up the front of your bike, this one is aerodynamically designed to provide a laminar air flow to the oil cooler. It means that air flows in [...]
Ballistic Cycles Radical Harley Street Glide Fairing
Published by October 1st, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.Ballistic Cycles, a company specializing in radical parts for stock and custom touring motorcycles is introducing this fairing whose particularity, in addition to its custom details, is to be sold with a sport style headlight assembly already installed. This “fairing skin” bonds over the OEM Harley-Davidson outer fairing for perfect fitment every time. It will fit [...]
New Harley-Davidson Detachable Ventilator Winshields
Published by August 21st, 2011 in Accessories, Chassis and Editorial.After the Mid-Frame Air Deflector for Softail® model that I featured a few days ago, and always preoccupied by your riding comfort, Harley-Davidson is now launching windshields with adjustable vents. These new Ventilator Detachable Windshields ($424.95 to $474.95) feature clear, injection-molded vents that allow the rider to adjust the airflow to match the riding conditions.
Full-Bore Sheet Metal. A New How-To Book By Bryan Fuller
Published by August 5th, 2011 in Books, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.No cool custom bike without at least some sheet metal fabrication. And it’s where many fail… Bryan Fuller, the owner of Fuller Hot Rods and also co-host of “Two Guy’s Garage” on the Speed Channel, and Mark Prosser, a Certified Welding Expert (CWI/CWE) teacher, have been working during 2 years on this new book focusing on custom [...]
You know… Your Motorcycle Painted Surfaces Get Scuffed And Scratched All The Time.
Published by August 2nd, 2011 in Accessories, Chassis and Editorial.Motorcycle Armor™ is a very innovative and optically clear polyurethane film that is engineered to cover and protect hard bagger lids and other painted surfaces on Harley-Davidson™ Touring and Trike models. All kits are pre-cut to exacting Harley-Davidson™ part specifications and protects the painted surfaces of your Harley™ Touring bike or Trike from scratching, scuffing, road [...]
Custom Chrome Sturgis Sweepstakes. Get Lucky, F*cker.
Published by July 30th, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.When I introduced you to the Custom Chrome Lucky F*cker custom body kit (custom gas tank, tank adapter kit, solo seat pan, rigid style rear fender and fender struts) for stock Harley-Davidson, you loved it. Me too, because it is, as far as I know, the simplest, easiest, most affordable, fastest to install and best [...]
New Corbin Fleetliner Saddlebags Setup For Harley-Davidson Tourers
Published by July 22nd, 2011 in Chassis, Customs and Editorial.From Corbin, the company wanting each of its seat to be more comfortable than the one delivered with your factory bike, and also offering some cool custom bodywork options for added class and style, a brand new saddlebag setup for 2009-2011 Harley touring models. Mounts to stock bags hanger hardware and available in primer or painted [...]
Here is the culmination of a project spanning the last 7 months between CycleWerks and Lowbrow Customs and sold only by Lowbro Customs, the P-Nut Gas Tank with an authentic Wassell Peanut Tank shape and proportions but without the rust, dents, split seams and hassles. Made from a heavy gauge tank featuring the proper British [...]
3 Guyz American Made Springer Front End
Published by July 9th, 2011 in Chassis, Customs, Editorial and Suspension.Looking for an American, affordable and quality Springer front end? It has been 6 years that from their shop in Oregon the 3 partners of 3 GUYZ produce a very clean designed, strong and very competitively priced Springer. You can bitch about foreign competition and do nothing, or work hard at offering higher value at [...]
Of course, if you dumped big dollars to roll on a 30” front wheel, you don’t want to use a cheap fiberglass or plastic fender. Here comes Fat Katz, a custom sheet metal leader, with its new offering, a model called the Tombstone 30, born from a brand new tooling and formed out of 13 [...]
Turn Your Harley Sportster Into A Bagger
Published by July 2nd, 2011 in Accessories, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.SUMAX’S extensive range of hard bag options has now expanded with the introduction of bags and associated brackets foruse on ’04 and Up Harley Sportster. The brackets are powder coated black by Sumax and feature 1/4-turn quick disconnects with Dzus fasteners like those found on all H-D Touring models. These connectors allow the brackets to [...]
Gas tanks should always be rubber mounted, or face the consequences of gas leaks. .. Many mount kits already available and here is another one available from Boyd Motor Company, a full-service custom fabrication and parts facility in the foothills of Colorado owned by Ryan Boyd. Made at the shop, this new kit makes rubber [...]
SeatSecureTM was designed to meet the need of Harley owners concerned with the risk of theft of expensive custom solo seats running several 100′s of dollars. It protects that investment by securely attaching all seats (and luggage racks) held in place by the single or dual bolt system. The custom-designed SeatSecureTM features new, uniquely designed [...]
Another resource to get the leather solo bag you need for overnight trips. or just to look old school on your rigid, Sportster, Dyna or Softail type bike. Manufactured in the U.S.A., these bags are made of hand selected heavyweight leathers with close attention to hardware details. The standard left side bag attaches with four [...]
A very cool looking gas tank to be mounted Frisco Style (high on frame backbone) for a true old school attitude. Extra arched on top with 2 recessed side panels is also an excellent canvas for creative paint jobs, although keeping it raw polished and cleared looks awesome, too. Gas tank bottom is fitted with [...]
Gas And Oil Tank Filler Caps. Do It Yourself.
Published by May 24th, 2011 in Chassis, Customs and Engines.A brand new offering in Lowbrow Customs’ line of DIY fabricator parts are these filler caps and weld-in mild steel bungs. They are available in both Rippled or Smooth style and feature a gas and oil resistant O-ring and vertical knurling for a non-slip grip.
The Lucky F*cker Collection. Softail Conversion Kit From Custom Chrome.
Published by May 18th, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.The simplest, easiest, most affordable, fastest to install and best looking custom body kit for stock Harley-Davidson riders I have seen in a long time… You can go from your run of the mill, everyday Harley Twin Cam Softail into something cool that will turn heads and grab attention with this new Lucky F*cker conversion [...]
Raked triple tree are an efficient way to rake your bike if you know how to use them to keep a good trail to avoid handling problems. Paughco’s billet aluminum triple trees are designed to minimize problems after altering front-end geometry. Specifically their 6-degree triple tree was developed to accommodate a number of their most [...]
Tweezer Action Suspension Solo Seat
Published by May 12th, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.If you are into riding classic or old school style bikes with solo seat, you probably have adopted (and adapted) a springs seat type suspension system. Not necessarily the most comfortable ride… Obsessed with the idea of improving his ride and after making a total of 356 seats with hinge in the front and springs [...]
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