Category - Chopper

IT’S A BABY CHOPPER, BABY: 1970 Honda DAX

Written by Tim Huber. Hogan Jeffs has completed other Honda Dax builds in the past, but none like this. The New Zealand-based builder and member of New Zealand’s Quake City Rumblers, had picked up one of the little Honda runners and was planning on lightly...

GOOD WORK AIN’T CHEAP: Harley-Davidson Iron 883 by Gasoline Motor Co.

Nothing goes better with the image of Harley-Davidsons than hard liquor and tattoos. So when one of Gasoline Motor Co.’s best clients for commissioned bike builds – William Grant and Sons for the famous Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum – they couldn't wait to...

REVIVAL OF A BRAND: Interview with Josh Sirlin from Black Bear Brand

We spoke with Josh Sirlin, creative director, curator and owner of the Black Bear Brand. The brand has had a long history in America and has now been revived after laying dormant for many years. Josh has a passion for motorcycles and the brand he has...

BACK IN BLACK: 2012 Kawasaki W800 by Mike Andrews

The last time we caught up with Kiwi Mike Andrews he'd finished building his epic Honda Muscle Racer and after its Pipeburn feature he was looking forward to clocking up the miles before retiring the bike to his living room. But life has a way of turning the...

OLD SCHOOL COOL: Custom Works ZON Knucklehead Chopper

The last time we visited the rural village of Hino in the Shiga Prefecture of Japan we brought to you Custom Works ZON's incredible American V-Twin mud muncher that's been ripping it up in the Suzuka Mountain Range. At the time we teased that while Yuichi San...

LONDON CALLING. Bike Shed Show 10th Edition

We were lucky enough to have local photographer and moto journo Tom Bing cover the Bike Shed show for us. He is friends with the Bike Shed crew and a lot of the bike builders, so it was great to get a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes as well as the...

Throttle Roll Motorcycle Show 2019

Photography by Nick Fraser. After a two year hiatus, the Throttle Roll Motorcycle Show was back with a vengeance last weekend, as the sound of rockabilly music and motorcycles reverberated through the back streets of Waterloo, Sydney. This year, Throttle Roll...

SLIM BOB. Colt Wrangler’s Harley-Davidson Fat Bob

The Colt Wrangler from New Braunfels, Texas, has become well known for building clean and classy looking smaller café racers and electric bikes. So when a customer contacted him a few years ago about customising his Harley-Davidson Dyna Fat Bob, Colt got a...

MOTO PHOTOS: 2019 One Moto Show, Portland, Oregon

It’s crazy to think that nine years ago we featured a few bikes from a random little show in Portland called the ‘One Moto Show’. Then it its second year, it had 75 bikes and around 1500 bike enthusiasts come through the doors to check out this ‘new...

KISSING ASS. Federal Moto’s ‘Bottom Feeder’ Yamaha XS650 Chopper

Please spare a thought for the poor old chopper. King of the custom scene for almost 40 years, the resurgence of the bobber and cafe look in the first decade of the Noughties has, in some eyes, relegated it to uncool school ever since. Of course, custom bike...