I built this bike from parts 45 years ago, after I grew tired of the bad-handling, poor-stopping Harleys of the era. This one has a 90-inch (1,475cc) stroker Shovelhead engine with lots of headwork, ...

Hosted annually by Mooneyes, the Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show is where you’ll find many of Japan’s most prestigious builders. It’s a hotbed of two-wheeled artwork admired by custom bike aficionados ...

Even though the chopper craze has died down on the custom bike scene a few years ago, you will still come across a great exemplar every now and again. Case in point, the specimen we’re about to look ...

This custom shovelhead with a Kiwi leafspring front end was built by BudLotus Motorcycle of Japan for owner Hiroshi N. The donor bike for this chopper project was a 1981 FXE. The thing that jumps out ...