Variety is one of the qualities of the United States that make it great. Take barbecue for instance; there are many unique and distinct flavors from each part of the country. The same is true of bike builders, different styles are more popular in different areas—and it’s always great to try a new flavor and discover something that you love. Scott Becker lives in Chicago, and despite his efforts, he couldn’t find a local Harley customizer that met his criteria for a bike he was planning to have built. He came across one of Paul Yaffe’s custom bikes in a magazine, and began researching Paul’s shop, Bagger Nation, to see if it might have what he wanted in a shop. Scott was happy with what he saw, but the shop was located all the way in Arizona. “After a few emails, Scott was confident in our abilities, and called into the shop. We talked for a while, and decided he’d drop off his bike with us in Sturgis 2010. He figured that he could leave the bike with us for the winter while we did the work because he wasn’t going to be riding it much during the long and cold Chicago winters,” Paul says. READ ON
When Akrapovic introduced the stunning Morsus motorcycle in 2011, it blew away the European custom world - and now this one-off creation is coming to America.
Slovenia-based Dreamachine Motorcycles - a renowned European custom bike builder - built the Morsus exactly to the design first sketched out by its designer Tomaz Capuder and the Akrapovic team. The end result is a creation combining the modern materials of carbon fiber and titanium, with head-turning design flair. In a word: Morsus.
On its own, no biggie... motorcycles tilt when you lean into a curve. But for trikes, it's a different matter. Jim Harrel together with Too Kool Cycles transformed his Harley-Davidson Tourer into a special trike.
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