THE STORY BEHIND ALEX PI'S RATIONAL SPORTSTER CHOPPER I’ve always wanted to build a chopper by myself, not a show bike, but a motorcycle I could ride. I've always been fascinated by the culture and music of the west coast 60s, but when I started thinking about my...
TRANSFORMING A BONNEVILLE A MOTORCYCLE IS OFTENTIMES A REPRESENTATION OF ITS BUILDER. While it might look simple from one perspective, this 1968 Triumph T-120 Bonneville has a uniqueness far beyond its straightforward appearance. Originally a barn find, the bike began its transformation with the goal of becoming a salt flat racer until the pandemic...
SIOUX CITY'S CHOPPER MONK In Sioux City Iowa, famously known as Tom Fugle’s hometown, there is another chopper builder who stays true to the old school traditional way. I have heard his name “BILL MIZE” many times over the years through conversations, magazines, and I've been lucky to...
JEREMY CUPP'S 1925 INDIAN CHIEF NAMED "RANSOM" There was an old fella', a local legend really, who I'd made friends with in my travels. Supposedly, being invited to pick through his stash meant you were pretty much family to him. His prize possession was his '25 Indian Chief, somewhat complete, which...
THE UGLIEST STOCK BIKE TURNED INTO THE DREAMSICLE After building my 1958 Triumph "Aunt Tiny" I was pretty done with big projects for a while (note "for a while"). As it always seems to go, though, I got a hankerin' to...
Off Road Sportsters: Turning Harley-Davidsons Into Adventure Bikes Making do with what you have is often more fun, more affordable, and faster, than going overboard trying to build the perfect machine. Here we profile some garage-built off road Sportster adventure bikes.
