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.

Stay tuned for Sick & Twisted feature story coming soon…

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 [...]

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 [...]

Check out this custom Indian…