Features

When Bike Week rolls through Daytona Beach every spring,  rides down from his home in the Florida panhandle to sling ink on drunken frat boys and outlaw stockbrokers at Willie's Tropical Tattoo. Scott is the original owner of this '01...

Eric Vaughan has been a loyal member since 2013, and he’s like many of you; he likes to get his hands dirty. He has a solid nine-to-five and spends the rest of his free time between his family and the...

Seeing what Larry Pierce and the crew at Garage Company Customs in Pelham, Alabama, can do in a month should make most of us pack up our tools and take up an easier pastime. Larry's bike proves a lack of...

In today's ever-changing, fast-paced world, communication has moved from emails to direct messaging. One would go nuts trying to keep up with everyone's needs, myself included. Once in a while, you open a dm from a person who wants to...

When banter between friends swirls around twine balls and oily knuckles, eavesdroppers should consider the context before piping in. Jess Wikoff and his friend Chris Demanett were having just such a conversation over breakfast on Saturday morning during last month's...

This tidy shovelhead is named after Loser Machine Company, the motorcycle apparel brand pro skateboarder Adrian Lopez co-founded in 2009. Why a helmet and fashion brand for chopper fanatics, and not just another deck or t-shirt company? Because even though...

I've known Trent at Atomic Custom for a couple years now and the guy builds amazing bikes. Cool thing is, they all are significantly different. You may remember his other knuckle called Three or the Mexipan or even ED, and...

The best old motorcycles usually come with a great backstory, but the lineage of Chris Demanett's WWII knucklehead is so twisted it might make your head spin. I met Chris right after his front fender fell off on last month's...

Old Gold Garage Company's Dan Collins is a familiar name around here, and several of his motorcycles have been ChopCult features in the past. Like most of us, for years the bike on top of Dan's dream list has been...

I first met Tony Nguyen around 10 years ago when we were both living in Mammoth, CA. I was crashing on the floor of my buddy Joe Eddy’s place and snowboarding every day I could. I wasn’t old enough to...

As American cities go, I like San Francisco best. Its combination of great restaurants, world-class lodging and eclectic cultural diversions makes the city by The Bay a must-see for tourists, sex freaks and chopper junkies alike. It was the latter...

The term ‘legend’ is thrown around too often and the overuse has weakened the true sense of the word. The real legends are the ones who have left a mark on their culture by earning the respect of their peers...