Thanks to Revolution Manufacturing, the big front wheel craze expands to Victory motorcycles. Their new Big 23″ Wheel Kit for Victory Cross Country, Hard Ball, and Crossroads models includes: the forged aluminum 23″ wheel in gloss black finish to look close to stock (complete with hubs and bearings), 6 degree triple trees with all bolts […]
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Revolution Manufacturing Brings The 23″ Front Wheel Craze To Victory Motorcycles. Fender & Triple Tree Included.
Published by June 19th, 2012 in Builders, Chassis, Customs, Editorial and Wheels.New Corbin Trunkrest For Harley-Davidson Tourpaks
Published by June 15th, 2012 in Chassis, Customs and Editorial.Corbin is launching the Ovalbac Trunkrest for Harley-Davidson Tourpaks. It gives your passenger generous body contact for more square inches of weight dispersion and for long range touring comfort. Contoured contact area and Comfort Cell foam provides more support and less hot spots. Includes genuine “Italian” leather and a host of decorating options to coordinate […]
Arlen Ness Deep Cut Fairing Windshield Trim
Published by May 27th, 2012 in Accessories, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.In chrome or black anodized finish, to create a beautiful transition between the windshield and the fairing of your Harley touring bike models: 1998 to 2012 FLHT/FLHTC/FLHTCU/FLHX and Harley FL trikes. Machined from billet aluminum. Complementing other “Deep Cut” accessories of the Arlen Ness lineup.
Corbin’s Redesigned Warbird Body Kit For Harley FXR Models
Published by May 17th, 2012 in Chassis, Customs and Editorial.Getting full circle, the motorcycle industry is celebrating its history with part manufacturers reproducing or rejuvenating parts from its past, all periods from beginning to end of the last century. Those old enough in the business remember the Warbird body Kit launched by Mile Corbin in the mid 90’s for very comfortable rubber mounted Harley FXR’s models […]
New Evo Sportster Hardtail Kit By Bare Knuckle Choppers
Published by May 16th, 2012 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.Many Sportster owners dream to turn their bikes into a hardtail. Quite a few kits to do so on the market, and a new clean option offered by Bare Knuckle Choppers. The crew started with the idea that the frame should look like it came from the factory as a hardtail, not as a hacked […]
If you have a beginning of last century/boardtrack project on your mind or already on your lift, this ultra retro 3.5 gallon 2-piece tank may be what you need. It was originally designed for Paughco frame #128S5-USP and commissioned by US Chopper for their rolling chassis project.
Pickard Raked Triple Tree For Custom 23″ Front Wheel On Harley-Davidson Bagger
Published by April 25th, 2012 in Builders, Chassis, Customs, Editorial and Wheels.As expected, the introduction of the tall front wheels (above 21″) to replace the Harley stock size, has created a new market for triple trees. After Arlen Ness, Pickard Wheels now introduce a 6-degree triple tree letting you install a 23″ front without having to cut/modify your frame. As important, Pickard conceived it such a […]
Arlen Ness KO Raked Triple Trees for 21″ and 23″ Front Wheel Baggers
Published by April 4th, 2012 in Builders, Chassis, Customs, Editorial and Wheels.At the time when custom builders realized that a 21″ or 23″ front wheel installed on a Bagger was considerably improving the look of a tourer, they had no other choice than to cut, stretch and re-weld the frame neck to be able to properly fit these over-stock sizes. Always a risky business if you are […]
Buit-It-Yourself Cafe Racer. $5000.
Published by March 29th, 2012 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.During all these years of economic recession, Builders Ryan Rajewski and Casey Stevenson at California Ryca Motors have found a very profitable niche. Offering a CS-1 Kit costing between $2,600 to $3,000 which converts a Suzuki S40 -aka Suzuki Savage – into a lightweight, reliable, and fuel efficient Cafe Racer. All parts are included and […]
Digger Bikes Are Back. Thanks To Arlen Ness.
Published by March 15th, 2012 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.What is the definition of Digger? Before its definition gets distorted and corrupted (like the one of Chopper and Bobber), let me just say that almost 40 years ago the word Digger was derived from Drag Racing bikes and applied to street custom motorcycles with a long and low rigid goosenecked or straight frame, most […]
Ground Effect For Your Harley-Davidson Bagger
Published by March 6th, 2012 in Chassis, Customs and Editorial.To visually lower your bagger, these 2.75″ extensions will not giving you more packing volume, but a cool bagger ground effect . They just easily bolt-on to your stock bags and being aluminum made you don’t have to paint them. Fit 1993 and up touring Harleys, except Road King. Available in raw aluminum, with or […]
Bad Ass Steel Fenders For Tall Motorcycle Wheels Up To 30″
Published by February 17th, 2012 in Chassis, Customs, Editorial and Wheels.Tall wheels are invading the custom motorcycle scene. Escalation in size of wheels from 21″ to 30″, used indifferently by custom builders on full one-off ground up builds to Harley-Davidson baggers, has created a new market for steel fenders to wrap them beautifully. John Shope at Sinister Industries is proud to announce the release of […]
Progressive Suspension Touring Link Harley-Davidson Chassis Stabilizer
Published by February 14th, 2012 in Chassis, Customs and Editorial.All touring riders know about the wobbling, weaving and rear steering felt on rubber mount Harley-Davidson touring motorcycles. To cure these handling problems, the motor/swingarm assembly needs to remain aligned with chassis. An easy and quite inexpensive fix is to install a Progressive Suspension Touring Link to stabilize the swingarm. The simple connection between chassis & […]
Harley Sportster New Cafe Racer Style Parts By Steve Storz
Published by February 1st, 2012 in Builders, Chassis, Customs, Editorial and Suspension.Coming from the business of racing in the 70’s, Steve Storz passion for Harley Sportster racing & performance parts never weakened. Today, Storz Performance has developed a new line of Café Racer style accessories for use on 2004 to current model Harley–Davidson Sportsters.The bike featured here, the Storz SP1200RR, has been constructed to serve as […]
The Harley-Davidson V-Rod being a niche model, not many after-market vendors devote time designing custom parts for this model. Bodywork being the most radical way to transform a stock motorcycle in a one-off creation, know that there is a company called GR Customs offering a wide series of fiberglass front and rear fenders. 6 different […]
Darwin Motorcycle New Kits And Rollers
Published by December 10th, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.From Darwin Motorcycles, home of the Brass balls Cycles, a series of new kits and rollers with the particularity that they are offered in “building stages” giving you the opportunity to buy all components as money is available to you.
An oil tank can be any shape, including as round as an 8 ball. Not the first one to be marketed, but more choice is always better. Mounting is up to you. This one is 7″ steel diameter (watch out for clearance to starter if you don’t do a kick start bike), holds about 2 […]
Turn You Harley Dyna Into A Bagger
Published by November 23rd, 2011 in Accessories, Chassis and Editorial.SUMAX just expanded its extensive range of hard bag options with the introduction of saddlebags and associated brackets for use on ’06 and Up Harley Dyna models. Sumax’s own bags are constructed from composite fiberglass, with the outside finished with a gel coat primer ready for paint, and the inside is finished with a charcoal […]
Icon The Derelicts. What Is Your Fancy?
Published by November 20th, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.If you dream of a special bespoke motorcycle I am pretty sure you would also love to own a custom car built around the vintage body of your choice car, but updated with a new modern chassis, powertrain, interior, electrical components, etc. This is the specialty of a company created by Jonathan Ward named Icon. […]
Chin Fairing For Harley Touring. More Than Just Dressing Up.
Published by November 1st, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.Douglas Wozney just released a unique chin fairing for 2009 and newer Harley-davidson FL models equipped with the stock oil cooler. More than just a piece for dressing up the front of your bike, this one is aerodynamically designed to provide a laminar air flow to the oil cooler. It means that air flows in […]
Ballistic Cycles Radical Harley Street Glide Fairing
Published by October 1st, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.Ballistic Cycles, a company specializing in radical parts for stock and custom touring motorcycles is introducing this fairing whose particularity, in addition to its custom details, is to be sold with a sport style headlight assembly already installed. This “fairing skin” bonds over the OEM Harley-Davidson outer fairing for perfect fitment every time. It will fit […]
New Harley-Davidson Detachable Ventilator Winshields
Published by August 21st, 2011 in Accessories, Chassis and Editorial.After the Mid-Frame Air Deflector for Softail® model that I featured a few days ago, and always preoccupied by your riding comfort, Harley-Davidson is now launching windshields with adjustable vents. These new Ventilator Detachable Windshields ($424.95 to $474.95) feature clear, injection-molded vents that allow the rider to adjust the airflow to match the riding conditions.
Full-Bore Sheet Metal. A New How-To Book By Bryan Fuller
Published by August 5th, 2011 in Books, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.No cool custom bike without at least some sheet metal fabrication. And it’s where many fail… Bryan Fuller, the owner of Fuller Hot Rods and also co-host of “Two Guy’s Garage” on the Speed Channel, and Mark Prosser, a Certified Welding Expert (CWI/CWE) teacher, have been working during 2 years on this new book focusing on custom […]
You know… Your Motorcycle Painted Surfaces Get Scuffed And Scratched All The Time.
Published by August 2nd, 2011 in Accessories, Chassis and Editorial.Motorcycle Armor™ is a very innovative and optically clear polyurethane film that is engineered to cover and protect hard bagger lids and other painted surfaces on Harley-Davidson™ Touring and Trike models. All kits are pre-cut to exacting Harley-Davidson™ part specifications and protects the painted surfaces of your Harley™ Touring bike or Trike from scratching, scuffing, road […]
Custom Chrome Sturgis Sweepstakes. Get Lucky, F*cker.
Published by July 30th, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.When I introduced you to the Custom Chrome Lucky F*cker custom body kit (custom gas tank, tank adapter kit, solo seat pan, rigid style rear fender and fender struts) for stock Harley-Davidson, you loved it. Me too, because it is, as far as I know, the simplest, easiest, most affordable, fastest to install and best […]
New Corbin Fleetliner Saddlebags Setup For Harley-Davidson Tourers
Published by July 22nd, 2011 in Chassis, Customs and Editorial.From Corbin, the company wanting each of its seat to be more comfortable than the one delivered with your factory bike, and also offering some cool custom bodywork options for added class and style, a brand new saddlebag setup for 2009-2011 Harley touring models. Mounts to stock bags hanger hardware and available in primer or painted […]
