Three Two Choppers ‘BYOB’ program

Much of the news around the custom bike business in recent times has been concerned with the closure of businesses as riders can no longer afford ground-up custom builds, turning instead to maintaining existing bikes. However, that does not mean that there are not opportunities for shops to generate new business from custom builds, one [...]

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Apocalypsis 7.3

First seen in the Freeway magazine custom show at this year’s ‘Verona Show’ (Motor Bike Expo, Italy, January 2011) Apocalypsis 7.3 by EDSpecial is a showcase of original design and engineering craftsmanship EDSPECIAL set out to build Apocalypsis 7.3 as a ‘concept bike’ to show what the shop was capable of in terms of design [...]

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‘Consuela’

Bryan Schimke is a former motocross racer who has transitioned to custom bike building. However, his past as a racer has a strong influence on the bikes he builds, as can clearly be seen in ‘Consuela’, the bike with which he placed joint 12th at the 2010 World Championship of Custom Bike Building… The traditional [...]

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Walton – the time warp Norton

It has been said that style never goes out of fashion. In the case of custom bike building, when the style in question is Choppers, then it is definitely never out of fashion. Reinforcing this belief is Walton – a Norton-engined Chopper that took fifth place at the European Championship of Custom Bike Building in Germany and 6th at the Sturgis World Championship

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The Virtual bike builder

Mark van der Kwaak may not have the highest of profiles in the custom bike scene, but many people will have seen his work when they visited his website www.dbbp.com. Mark, otherwise known as ‘Duckman’, is the man responsible for all of the CAD bikes seen on the site, with each machine carefully created by him in anticipation of being built in the future

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Perse Performance ‘New School Vintage’ Classic front end

ROOSTER Custom Cycles has followed-up its reintroduction of Perse Performance parts with the launch of its Classic front end under the New School Vintage line.

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Beezerker

Each year the World Championship of Custom Bike Building sees an increase in the diversity of powerplants being used by the builders. 2010 was no exception with a number of bikes powered by engines other than American V-twins picking up multiple awards. One of those bikes was the BSA engined Beezerker from Speed Shop Design in Seattle

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Gary Maurer takes FreeStyle win in Detroit

This past weekend saw the latest in the World Championship of Custom Bike Building program ‘Ultimate Builder’ affiliate events staged at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show at Novi, near Detroit, Michigan.

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Rick’s House of Custom Open Day

RICK’S Motorcycles, who recently announced their appointment as an authorized Harley Davidson dealership, held its now traditional Open Day at itss House of Custom shop in October 2010 at Baden-Baden, Germany.

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Hardly Civilized

QUANTUM Leap is a bike that is unique even in the world of custom bikes. Never before has a bike been driven by the front wheel and steered by the rear wheel. The creation of such a pioneering bike is the work of one man: Eddie Alexander Meeks of Hardly Civilized.

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