Gerald and Kyle Rinehart announce their worldwide exhaust system distribution of True Dual and Slip-On products via Custom Chrome®. All exhaust systems are available for shipment as early as mid-November. Now dealers and consumers can source one of the industries leading race proven quality exhaust systems through Custom Chrome Worldwide Dealer Network as well as directly from Rinehart Racing.
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Custom Chrome And Rinehart Racing Announce Worldwide Distribution Agreement
Published by November 7th, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Exhaust.
Inspire 2010 Limited Edition Custom Motorcycles Calendar
Published by November 6th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.This is not just another bike calendar. Created and art directed by David Willis and photographed by Pedro Virgil, it features bikes from the newly released dvd documentary “tales from the road side” by xplode films. 12 unique Australian custom built bikes but with 12 beautiful Australian models (when they don’t hide their face, like on the [...]
Universal Low Tunnel Gas Tanks
Published by November 6th, 2009 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.Ron Paugh, the Bossman of Paughco calls them “Universal”, hence my headline. But as a Custom Builder I have to warn all of you who are not professionals that any gas tank may need some tweaking, at least at the bolting points, to sit perfectly (meaning the way you like it) on your backbone frame.
In this [...]
Arlen Ness New Deep Cut Design Line
Published by November 6th, 2009 in Controls, Customs and Editorial.Due to the recession and cash flow being at an all time low in the custom motorcycle industry, not many are releasing brand new design lines. But Arlen Ness does it again with this “Deep Cut” line of rider and passenger floorboards and pegs and also grips and shifter/brake pegs (not shown here).
Should I say [...]
Sudco Performance Carburetor Kits For New And Classic American And European Models
Published by November 5th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Engines.For those who don’t know, Sudco International is the world’s leading source and distributor of Aftermarket Performance and OEM Carburetors, They feature the complete lines of Mikuni and Keihin Carburetors and Parts, and related fueling products including OEM Fuel Petcock Repair Kits, Pingle Fuel Valves, K&N Replacement Filters, PC Racing Filter Kits for recent and [...]
Indian Larry. 1949-2004. A Commemorative Issue.
Published by November 5th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.All custom motorcycle builders, including myself, remember very well the minute they receive the news that Indian Larry was killed. It has been 5 years since he left the custom motorcycle scene, but his mark and influence will remain forever on our Chopper Culture. Indian Larry’s life story is unique. So was his personality and the [...]
You Will Never Ride Again. Wrong!
Published by November 5th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Rick, at Freebird Custom Motorcycles sent me this story. Very Inspiring. A must read.
“Hello Cyril, I just thought you might be interested in this contraption I just finished putting together for a handicapped person in Connecticut. He is paralyzed from the waist down from a motorcycle accident and was told he could never ride again…HAA [...]
Paul Teutul Electric Bike. No, It’s Not A Chopper!
Published by November 4th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Nothing against this electric bike built by OCC for Siemens. But Paul Teutul (at least…) and Conan O’Brien should know that it’s NOT a chopper! So, they should not say on camera that it is the first electric chopper. The remaining viewers of the American Chopper TV show can see more of this Green bike tomorrow Thursday November 5th on TLC [...]
New Paughco Dump Pipes For Left Or Right Side Drive Bikes
Published by November 4th, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Exhaust.Designed by Jaun Z, these new additions to Paughco’s designer series exhaust systems are 2 “ in diameter and dump just behind the transmission. They are available for Softail type left side drive or right side drive. Offered with or without oxygen sensor bungs for 1986 through 2008 Softail motorcycles. Heat shields are available for [...]
Harley-Davidson Twin Cam Engine Valve Covers
Published by November 3rd, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Engines.Nothing will ever change the look of your engine as much as a well designed set of valve covers. And if you do the switch be ready to answer the same question over and over: “what’s your engine brand?”. Objective reached…Covington Cycle offers them in polished, chrome, black & polished or diamond cut style. Beautifully CNC [...]
Retro Inspired Parts From Arlen Ness
Published by November 2nd, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Suspension.Not very well known from the public, Arlen Ness offers a line of retro-inspired 41mm parts. First a wide choice of fork boots for FLH, FLST, FLHX, FHLT front ends from 1986 to present, in many options (black, chrome, diamond cut, etc). Starting price is $219.95.
Also, this unusual retro looking Massive-Glide™ Triple Tree Kit offered [...]
Othello By 7ages Custom Motorcycles
Published by November 2nd, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Last year, as he had some time on his hands, Ian Solley decided to build 3 bikes to give some marketing push to his small shop in the UK, 7ages Custom Motorcycles. To keep costs as low as possible he decided to build all of them from the same 2009 Harley-Davidson FXD Street Bob model.
License Plate Frame Relocators
Published by November 1st, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Electrical.Everybody wants to clean the clutter of a Harley-Davidson Softail or Bagger rear fender. Many options and license plate relocators are available. Like these stainless steel license plate relocators sold with or without a tombstone style taillight. When installed, the plate relocator moves the plate mounting location down below the taillight or light bar depending on your [...]
Steve McQueen Indian Chief, Car And Truck To Be Auctioned
Published by October 31st, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Items previously owned by legendary Hollywood actor Steve McQueen have been consigned to Bonhams’ Annual Classic California auction at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles next month. This is not the first time items from the McQueen family have been entrusted to Bonhams and once again this leading auction house has been selected to [...]
Harley Sportster Riders. Unleash The Ponies.
Published by October 31st, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Electrical.Newly added to its full line of Engine Management Systems for Harley-Davidson models, the ThunderMax Autotune for Sportster XR1200 allows you to maximize engine power performance with total control of your EFI system. It’s a complete replacement engine management system that replaces the stock Electronic Control Module (ECM). Not an add-on box or signal modifier. The [...]
Harley Sportster Speedo Relocation Bracket
Published by October 30th, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Electrical.On a Harley-Davidson there are some parts you want to change and some you want to keep because they are functional. But as soon as you change one part you are often obliged to relocate another one. On a Sportster, a lot of you are changing their handlebars but wonder where to reinstall the speedo.
Easy [...]
Times of “carpocalypse” and “motocalypse” may stimulate your creativity. Tom Wright, a loose builder on the outskirts of San Diego just figured out that the bumper cars of the Long Beach Pike amusement park deserve a more dignified end than the crush treatment.
Maintaining or restoring a vintage bike or building a “dirty” old school chopper requires to know where to find the period correct parts. Paughco carries a good selection of those hard to find replacement items. As an example, and because somebody asked me where to find them, these early brake components that Paughco manufactures. They include [...]
S&S 106” Top End Kit for 2007 And Up Big Twins
Published by October 29th, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Engines.The beauty of this 106″ kit from S&S Cycle, in addition of making your engine bigger, is that it’s an easy installation without need of any machining. No need to rebalance flywheels, to bore the crankcases or even split the cases. That’s about as easy as it gets to get more displacement. Time and money [...]
Best Time Ever To Turn Your Buell Into A Chopper
Published by October 28th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Easy bet: In 2010 you are going to see lots and lots of custom bikes built on a Buell base. Several reasons for this. 1- Builders and smart individuals are rushing to take advantage of one in a lifetime bargain on the remaining 08 and 09 zero miles models 2- Buells have always been excellent bikes to [...]
New 2″ Semi Open Belt Drives From BDL.
Published by October 27th, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.Another nice component for Baggers. These new beautifully machined BDL’s 2” Semi Open Belt Drives cover all popular Harley-davidson Baggers. Actually there are 2. One is specifically designed for a precision fit to 1990-2006 machines and the other for 2007 and later bikes. Each kit incorporates a unique top belt guard that fits precisely into [...]
OCC Rocks And Paul Teutul Senior Sings Summertime Blues
Published by October 27th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Get a hit on television and the merchandising machine will roll exploiting all possible commercial opportunities. And OCC is pursuing a new one with today’s Tuesday October 27th official release date of classic rock compilation CD and MP3’s curated by OCC founder Paul Teutul Senior. The 17 tracks album named OCC Rocks includes not only famous [...]
New Baker Drivetrain Vintage Cast Aluminum 4-Speed Transmission
Published by October 26th, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.Would be nice if you could install in your vintage or in your vintage looking bike a transmission looking like it belongs to your style of bike but with modern internal components. Bert Baker thought about it. Bye bye polished or chromed 6061-T6 billet aluminum. Hello again to A356-T6 cast aluminum. Bert Baker goes back in [...]
Pro-One Mini Motorcycle Registration Holder
Published by October 26th, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Merchandise.If it didn’t happen to you, it will! Because you are distracted or just because you have a ride only wallet, you forget your registration. Which is very fine until a cop approaches you and asks your “driver license, registration, insurance…”. And as you know, more than when you drive a car, the absence of [...]
A shop named Chopper Kultcha (phonetic pronunciation of word Culture in a British accent), located in Abu Dhabi (it’s in UAE, or United Arab Emirates), managed by a custom builder whose name is Mario Kyprianides (it’s Greek Cypriot), wo is amazing bike show judges in Europe with a bike called “Courtesan” (who you can almost describe as a high [...]
New And Interesting. 3-Piece Wheel Design With Internal Brake System.
Published by October 25th, 2009 in Brakes, Customs, Editorial and Wheels.Published here for the 1st time after years of research & development by Aaron Glenn who has a long experience in the street-rod industry, this is a new true 3-piece wheel combo including a brake rotor, a brake and its bracket. The rim barrel is a-one piece design with a built in flange that accepts the [...]
Judge Rejects Motion To Have Billy Lane Sentence Reduced.
Published by October 24th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.As reported on my post last Tuesday October 20, attorneys for Billy Lane, 39 filed a motion asking Brevard Circuit Judge Robert Burger to give the crash victim’s family another chance to say what kind of punishment they think he should receive and to reduce Lane’s prison sentence. For attorneys Greg Eisenmenger and Robert Berry [...]
Jesse James will restart his “No-Love Party” on November 14th. Well, it is is Long Beach, full of rods, rads, smoke and fun the Jesse’s way – Despite the dwindling of leisure dollars and maybe due to the cancellation of The Love Ride, Las Vegas Bikefest (Oct 1-4) got relatively good attendance numbers with an [...]
From the mind of Brian Elliott in his small machine shop in Illinois called “Black Sunshine Custom”, this interesting taillight that you can order in several configurations, by itself, with an horizontal or vertical license plate support and even an attached oil filter! Why not to save space? Evidently Brian style breathes hot rods, metal [...]
The 2010 Sexiest Motorcycle Calendars Are Here
Published by October 22nd, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Merchandise.Never wait december to buy a calendar for yourself or as a gift for the new year. The reason being that most calendars are more than 12 months, and the 3 ones I am featuring here are 16-month and started in September. And since they are all about the most amazing motorcycles of the year [...]
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