Ridin', wrenchin' and shootin'
It appears Chris “Toro” Meyer, has had a wild ride through this life so far, and if all goes to plan, it’s going to get a lot wilder in the next year. Toro, aside from building this really fine Triumph Bonneville custom, The Bonneville Black, is planning to make a...
In 1903 Harley and Arthur Davidson build the first production Harley-Davidson motorcycle in 1903. It features a a 116cc engine working from a 10 x 15-foot shed on Chestnut Street in Milwaukee. That’s still the address of Harley-Davidson’s corporate office.
Indian Motorcycle needs to take a hard look at this design. After all, Indians used to be hot, stripped down machines for hard riders. Note to Polaris: The world doesn’t need more Harleys, it needs an American-made alternative a working man can afford. And it needs to go fast and...
Missourian Jim Schmig was on hand for one of the most important developments in motorcycling history. “I was cruising down St. Charles Rock Road around St. Louis one day in 1977, and I saw the most unusual Harley frame,” Schmig said. “I stopped at a bike shop, it was called...
Electric motorcycle manufacturer, Brammo Inc., wants to know how much abuse their forward-looking electric machines can take. So what are they doing to find out? Looking for police departments to beat the living snot out of them. In the past, the standard choice of a motorcycle for American police departments...
There aren’t too many mad dogs left in the world like Slim of Slimsfab. Slim goes his own way when it comes to building a motorcycle, and the way he goes is righteous in the extreme. Not one to get stuck in a rut building Harley-only customs, Slim will take...