Custom Motorcycle Builder Interviews

As I often do while drinking beer and surfing the web, I discover a builder who’s just getting it on, and seems to be giving Dirk Diggler a run for his money. New guys are fun to find, and the ...

This weekend i was browsing the blogs and came across a slick Honda Rebel brat bobber built by some dude named is Zack Taylor from Phoenix. I visited his site and shot him an email to see if he’s like ...

chris flechtner is the mastermind behind speed shop design. the path he has taken to become one of the premiere custom motorbike builders – creating the most amazing cafe racer i’ve ever seen – is an interesting one. how i ...

Shannon “Shoe” Gower has been involved in the motorcycle industry since he was a gleam in his daddy’s eye. His dad was “Uncle Bob” Gower and by age 12 Shoe was working as a certified Suzuki mechanic. Shortly afterward he ...

Welcome to bikerMetric’s continuing saga of builder interviews. In this article, we’re going to meet Dave Helrich of Helrich Custom Cycles in Tempe, Arizona. He and I have had a few long telephone conversations about everything from politics to art ...

So you like metric cafe racers? What about thumpers? Suzuki’s? Beer? Well, you’re in luck, chumps! I’ve had the pleasure of trading a few emails with one of the co-founders of Ryca Motors, the L.A.-based two-man shop cranking out transformed ...

Hey guys, I’d like to introduce you to Shaun Stewart from Slingshot Cycles in Virginia. On my first day as your mad editor, I posted a tiny bit about his CX500 cafe and XS650 bobber and ever since, that page ...

Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like you to get to know the best motorcycle builder in all of Eastern Europe. His name is Szakál and he is “100% Magyar,” as he says. The bikes he builds in his garage are branded ...

I found a photo of this bike, a custom 1966 R60 BMW cruiser with a new 1150RT motor in it about a week ago and loved it. Seems some pursuits are all up in arms about it. Pansies. Stuff is ...

There are dudes in Alabama building some hardcore bobbers and choppers with metric motors called Garage Company Customs, Inc. They made me put down my beer when I saw their XS650 build, the Flat Cracker. It was one of those ...