The combined sense of accomplishment and excitement that a person has after their very first build is something that only happens once.

Rad bike and a rad man behind it! This psychedelic XS650 belongs to Chad Daly aka Idaho Chad. He was a 2015 Greasy Dozen builder and a stand out at that!

You don't see a legit 1925 HD frame with a 45 Flattie stuffed in it very often. Come to think of it, I never have! The simplicity of this machine is amazing. It is assembled from swap meet and horse-trading parts with a big dash of ingenuity.

Jordan Heathcock, of Slop Shop, humbly says a lot of "trial and error" was involved in this Shovel Long bike build.

It's a family tradition was his answer when I asked him to tell me how he got into choppers. Shane Smith a boilermaker by trade and a grassroots chopper nut by design, is a proud Ohio motorcycle man with a family history of loving motorcycles.

It happens to almost everyone that works in the motorcycle industry or works on motorcycles for a living. At some point, you find yourself without a personal ride and no time to solve the problem as customers bikes and work responsibilities

This is certainly not the first story I've written about choppers built on the cheap, but this is probably the first one that's been coast to coast. Jake Smith of Jake Smith Motorworks hard-tailed this beast four or five years ago.

I have run into Adam Deso at the Gypsy Run for several consecutive years and it's always a treat. He is an avid 33er and he stepped up to the plate in 2014 to fill a Greasy Dozen Builder Collective spot when a builder had to drop out due to health reasons. When I mentioned in passing that we had an opening, he jumped at the chance to fill the spot and contribute to the collective, making it 12 again

This is not your average ChopCult feature bike! It's a rat rod vintage Japanese motorcycle built with a mixture of stock parts from other bikes and a little elbow grease.

The words "period correct" tend to annoy the hell out of me. However, it's true that most bikes I like tend to fall into this category. For example, this black shovel that Dan, from Triple Six Crew Death Co., just finished fits that bill.