Custom Motorcycle Builds

All right guys. Hope everybody had a great weekend. We’ve got a cool interview coming up in a day or two on bikerMetric with some dudes building killer cafe racer thumpers in Los Angeles. They like science and medical marijuana. ...

Here is an interesting vintage motorcycle brand that very few know of; Simplex Manufacturing Corporation of New Orleans, Louisiana. Simplex was founded in 1935 by J. Paul Treen, a Harley-Davidson dealer in Baton Rouge. In the early 1930’s he recognized ...

Found it while looking for cool stuff yesterday. It’s being built by a guy nicknamed xlch. He had one re-phased motor he put in front and an early kickstart-only motor for the rear, a set of cases from someplace he ...

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Well motherf***ers, it’s happening. There are a few little touch-ups to do for the FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE when she arrives tomorrow, such as putting on the phenomenal saddle using my old “misteradiant” logo, and some massaging of throttle lines ...

A few months ago I saw a bike that was in progress on xs650chopper. It was a killer XS650 boardtracker that caught my eye. I made it a point to visit the site every week to see what was up ...

Chris has done some work on the tanks. [UPDATE 06.07.12: paint looks nice. too bad it began to bubble within a month and it had 1/2″ of bondo underneath.] [UPDATE 06.07.12: the best thing jeff did on the bike. the ...

FREAK OUT! Lets see what has changed since that photo was taken Tuesday morning. First, this whole project couldn’t be more last minute. Those two-week timeline dudes from the old chopper build off shows had it easy. Jeff works a ...

A British company named Rudge Whitworth formed in 1895 with the merger of two bicycle companies named Rudge and Whitworth. They began to manufacture motorcycles in 1911 and went bust in 1938. I think. Wikipedia says 1946 but I’ve never ...

Here’s a pic of the FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE as of last Friday. The tanks are still too angular and the spot where the downtube meets the bottom rails sweeps up in an unappealing manner. Down to the wire, Jeff ...