Ladies ride from Sturgis ‘09
Ask anyone what a hot rod is, and they’ll all come up with something similar: usually a 30s American coupe with a chopped roof and wide rear tires. But how does the term apply to motorcycles? Is it a chopper with a 2000cc motor in it? Or a 160 horsepower superbike that you can buy off the showroom floor? Or maybe a compromise between the complexity (and performance) of a sportbike and the simplicity of an air-cooled motor.
It’s the best of two worlds: sport bikes and customs. Nick Anglada Originals now operates out of Cycle World of Daytona, turning out pimped crotch rockets (not to be confused with pimply rocket crotch, which may require medical attention). Anglada’s customized sport bikes and cruisers are built and displayed on-site within the new Cycle World [...]
Stay tuned for Sick & Twisted feature story coming soon…
If you’re going to kick down the time and money for a custom bike, you might as well have matching headgear. Licks Cycles has hooked up with some of the hottest pin stripers in the industry to produce custom striped Biltwell helmets. Best of all, they are able to bring this incredibly unique, one off [...]
If you make decisions like the US Congress, Paughco has the wheel finish for you. Forget choosing chrome or powder coat—try both. You can get their line of custom spoke wheels finished in red and black coat hwile the spokes and hub are chromed. For the front you can order in sizes 21 x 2.15 [...]
When the Long Beach Pike Amusement Park tossed out a bunch of worn out old bumper cars, Tom Wright stepped up to raise the dead. Not with a Satanic ritual (we think) but through his hot rod builder skills. The San Diego guy transplanted a bunch of homeless motorcycle motors into them, then went through [...]
Von Ripoff, the bike seen here, is one of the latter. The sheetmetal, frame and paint were done, exactly the way Lucky’s Choppers owner AJ Magnesi wanted it done, to please nobody but himself.
Johnny Pag Motorcycles
From China, With Love
December, 2009
By Ricky Talbot
Chinese bikes have gotten a bit of a bad reputation. Perhaps it’s not entirely undeserved, but Johnny “Pag” Paganini would like to change all that. “The China hurdle, some people can’t go with it, but it’s getting better, ” says Pag. To beat the rap, Johnny Pag [...]
http://www.johnnypag.com
80 Horsepower
125 MPH Top Speed
485 Pounds
0-60 in 3.85 secconds
Fuel Injected, 50 MPH
Dual-Disk, 4 Piston Front Breaks
Billet Wheels
The Lost File, Volume 1
I have gone to a lot of bike events, and shot a lot of custom motorcycles at these events. Most of these motorcycles had a magazine that they were headed for, but some get shot on a whim, and never published. Some are even worse, in that I’ve lost the owners/builders [...]
Somehow, I’d scored a brand spanking new 2010 Triumph Thunderbird for a long weekend in Catalonia (Eastern Spain). So, naturally, I was plotting on Google Maps to figure out where to take it. My master plan was to motor over the Pyrenees through the tiny mountain nation of Andorra to France, explore Carcasonne and Toulouse [...]
Sturgis Ride 2008
Started out in Costa Mesa, California, Wednesday night, 6pm. I rode to Vegas by myself, hauling ass. Four hours from my door to my mom’s, with typical LA traffic.
In Sin City, two good buddies and traveling companions, Sam and Dennis from Keyboard Motorcycle Movers awaited. We met at Hooters Hotel for breakfast so [...]
Gangsta
Check out this clip of a Chopper show in Denver
