Post Sale Update: this Super Glide sold for $24,751 after 25 bids on eBay. Considered by some to be the first factory custom bike, the Harley-Davidson FX Super Glide was Willie G’s brainchild and an attempt to satisfy the countless H-D enthusiasts that would customize their brand new Harleys.
14 of 19 – 2005 Mert Lawwill Concepts Street Tracker
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View PostBlood Diamond – 1946 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead Chopper
Post Sale Update: Blood Diamond sold for $24,100 after 54 bids on eBay. Built by Ryan Grossman of Vintage Dreams, this Knucklehead chopper is called “Blood Diamond”. It started as a numbers matching 1946 EL and it’s been transformed into an interesting custom.
American As F**k – Nitro/Turbo-Charged NASCAR Show Piece
For a time, NASCAR was experiencing rapid growth, attracting legions of new fans and deep-pocketed corporate sponsors. Though it was a far cry from the sport’s humble roots, the well-funded association was once poised to become more popular than football (according to early 2000’s projections), and as races drew larger crowds and received better TV ratings, more and more corporate …
Not Electric – 2010 Zero Engineering Type 5
Zero Engineering was founded in Japan in 1992 but they established a US subsidiary in Vegas and started selling some of their limited production choppers to Americans starting in 2008. They currently offer four models, and the “Type 5” is one of their “more simplistic” bikes: a Gooseneck rigid frame wraps around a S&S Evo motor and a 5-speed Rivera …
1961 Harley-Davidson FLH Duo Glide Panhead
Post Listing Update: Despite 35 bids up to $19,500, this FLH did not meet reserve. 3-4-2018 Update: Nine months later, this Duo Glide is back up for sale. Find this FLH for sale in Canoga Park, California with bidding up to $16,599 and the reserve not yet met here on eBay. Despite Harley-Davidson changing up their offerings and introducing models …
Chemical Candy Build – 1976 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead Chopper
Post Listing Update: Despite 50 bids up to $18,200, this Chemical Candy Build did not meet reserve. Chemical Candy Customs is probably best known for the custom paint jobs of Scott Hoepker, but today we’re looking at a complete bike he put together with a couple of friends. Of course, he laid down the Murano Green paint for it!
Ex-Bob Stark Flat Track Racer – 1949 Indian Arrow
Indian Motorcycle is in Bob Stark’s blood. His father had an Akron, Ohio dealership started half-a-decade prior to the Hendee Manufacturing Company changing its name to “Indian Motocycle” (that’s right, no “r”). Stark first started wrenching at his dad’s dealership in 1944 – at which point Indian was almost entirely focused on producing machines for the Allied war effort, making …
1973 Hodaka Ace 100B
The Ace was Hodaka’s first motorcycle, the result of a partnership between Hodaka in Japan and the Pacific Basin Trading Company (Pabatco) of Athena, Oregon. It started off as a 90cc trail bike when introduced in 1964, but by ’68 the Ace was up to 100cc – and for many of you it may have been a first taste of …
Manta – 1976 Yamaha XS650 by BareSteel Design
View Post“Fenrir” by JTEC MOTO – 1982 Yamaha XV920 Custom
I first came across JTEC MOTO after the Los Angeles-based shop produced a particularly cool one-off Ducati 900SS cafe build. Though the small outfit has worked with a wide range of donors, it seems to have of proclivity for V-Twin-powered projects in addition to a serious knack for creating some pretty stellar one-off subframes. Recently an XV920-based cafe build the …
“The Grey Mare” by Dromos Motorworks – 1975 Honda CB550 Custom
Dromos Motorworks originally built this one-off cafe racer – entitled “The Grey Mare” – with the intentions of utilizing the CB project to attract future clients and generally garner some hype within the industry. According to the shop, the build’s aim was to create a cafe-racer that, in its own words, “didn’t look like all the other cookie-cutter racers”, and …
Movie Star – Dumb and Dumber Mini Bike
Post Sale Update: After a whopping 100 bids on eBay, this movie prop sold for $50,029.99! If you’ve seen Dumb and Dumber, you must remember the mini bike that Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels use to get to Aspen. According to the seller, two bikes were used for filming, and once shooting wrapped both were given away. One was given …
1963 Norley
Post Sale Update: After 11 bids on eBay, this “Norley” sold for $5,300. Combine a HD 1200 Sportster motor and a Norton Featherbed replica frame and you get a Harton. Wait, I got that backwards – it’s apparently actually called the Norley (or the Project Manxster, as it was dubbed in the pages of Cafe Racer magazine). This bike was …