Back With A Vengeance
The B.A.D. Bike Build is lower, longer and rigid. Billy and Tony talk about how the project is back and celebrating Voodoo Vintage and Cambra Speed Shop for their help on the project.
Category: Shocker Choppers
If you dig bikes as much as we do, you will dig this category of posts. Shocker Choppers celebrates all things two-wheels and some with three! Features include installation, customization, bike features, rides and the biker culture.
B.A.D. Bike Build Gets Rigid
Last we left off, we had just received the Voodoo Vintage MK50 Hardtail Kit for the 1980 Shovel. We stripped the bike down and took it over to OC Sandblasting where Paul and the crew took it in and handed it back all clean of the paint. They were careful around the already faint VIN […]
Behind the Scenes at Born Free
We get an opportunity to speak to Grant Peterson. Along with Mike Davis, the two started Born Free Motorcycle Show because there weren’t any events that catered to their passion of vintage motorcycles.
Getting Ready To Ride
It seems to have been forever since we’ve been behind bars. Handlebars, that is. Born Free Motorcycle Show is coming up and we need to get the bikes ready. I tell you what, I am itchin’ to just get on the old bike and roll. It doesn’t matter where we are going. It’s time for […]
Peter Ström’s MOON BIKE
MOON Bike Building story. My name is Peter Ström and I am 54 years old from Stockholm, Sweden. I have a few bike-builds behind me – I built my wife’s FXR trike, Sportster chopper to myself, Sportster bobber whit a lot of engraving on to my daughter. Every one of them has been well appreciated […]
One Sick Pan
Kenny Davanzo’s 1949 Chop Kenny took a basket-case of a bike from the Mississippi swamp and built it up to the laid-out chop you see here. He took it down to the frame and raked the neck to build a old school chopper. The frame is an original wish bone, and the motor is the […]
Karl Ardo’s Drag Bike
One look at this bike you will see the detail is simply incredible. This is Karl’s 10th Triumph build each comes from a single inspiration point. He set out to build a bike that would represent and perform like a drag or salt-flat bike of the early 1960’s. He chose a Duplex frame that was […]
Pinky Interviews Shiney
While we were hanging out at the Hippie Killer Hoedown with Primer Podcast we ran into Pinky Swear, and Shiney Mike. Pinky interviews Shiney Mike about his work and how he trades his polishing craft with other artists such as George Tantardini who painted the tank on his Sporty. Photos from the Hippie Killer Hoedown […]
McQuiston’s Chopper Designs
A West Long Beach, California Bike Shop Since 2009 Ryan McQuiston has branched out on his own to build one of a kind choppers in his style. If a customer wants a bike built, he will have to succumb to Ryan’s unique style. Sure the customer can request a specific type of bike and overall […]
Time Machine
Here’s a cool Readers Ride from Hamburg, Germany! The story of the bike all starts from a friend who shared a pic from the ’60’s of a kool trike. Inspired, I looked for more pics and had to build one however with new technology. I found the rear end on ebay for $800.00 and then began […]
Jason Jessee Signature Series Grips Customs
Jason Jesse is a rare individual who’s known across multiple subcultures, including skateboarding and motorcycling, with skills and style in all of them. New from J. Jessee and Lowbrow Customs, introducing the Jason Jessee Signature Series Waffle Grips. Lowbrow Customs has over three dozen unique styles of handlebar grips for your motorcycle ranging from traditional […]
The Bikes at the 2016 SEMA Show
Here are some of the really cool scooters from the SEMA Show. SEE MORE AT SEMA! The 2016 SEMA Show Overview The Cars of SEMA The Bikes of SEMA The Trucks of SEMA New Products at SEMA The People at SEMA Texas Rich at SEMA Hauser Riley at SEMA