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  Duane Ballard's addiction to all things kitschy, creepy and retro is well known among his close friends. The Rat Fink back piece. The Herman Munster armpit tattoo. Revell models. Star Trek trivia. The slivers of dead cow all over...

  After a successful maiden voyage on this freshly built unit, Eli is ready to tear this beast down and give it the proper paint, polish and chrome it deserves. Bikes in the shakedown phase of development are popular around...

  Some men are like magnets for precious metal. Hide a period-correct panhead in the trunk of a rusty Cutlass Cruiser in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Arizona Nick could find it blindfolded. He's just got the knack. A few years...

While everyone at ChopCult takes pride in celebrating the backyard builder who scratches with available tools and talent to build a bike in his kitchen, it's nice to see what a real pro can do with a 70-year-old machine. Gilby...

 Note: this article was originally published in 2013 Zach Boxx is the owner of Throttle Addiction and recently modified his bike using parts from their expanding parts line. I'm really enjoying the latest transformation.  Photography by Ben Christensen  When I...

For years I dreamt of a cross-country road trip on my chopper when I retired from the Navy back to my hometown. Fellow photographer and ChopCult Contributor Liam Kennedy and I talked about us making this trip at length. He...

I met Christian Newman just as he was finishing a pretty wild Nissan Skyline-powered BMW 325is; shortly after this he transitioned from cars to motorcycles, and I knew that he was going to blow some minds. One of his first...

On a hot day in the middle of July– the upper midwest scene gets together in St. Paul to show off what they’ve been working on. This is the Full Tilt Boogie. Bikes, vans, music and good times abound. Tons...