V-Twin Visionary

Tag: Sportster

  • RIDER: David Florence’s 2000 FXST Chopper

    RIDER: David Florence’s 2000 FXST Chopper

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    This bike was the first Harley that I had ever bought, and originally had no plans to do anything super crazy to it. I had bought it from a guy who couldn’t shut up about how well he’d taken care of it and blah blah blah. Long story short, I put about 1000 miles on…

  • Shop Crawl: Gimme Shelter

    Shop Crawl: Gimme Shelter

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    Dave Roe
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    In back and below of a few other motorcycle shops in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia lies a diamond in the rough known as Gimme Shelter. This shop specializes in choppers mainly with Pans, Shovels, Sportsters, and Triumphs splayed all over the shop. We were floored when we saw the amount of quality craftsmanship and vintage parts…

  • RIDER: Jerry “The GOO” Abrahams 1993 FXRC

    RIDER: Jerry “The GOO” Abrahams 1993 FXRC

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    Dave Roe
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    I purchased my FXR four years ago after helping my wife Lisa complete the makeover on her bike. I found myself riding her FXR more than my tricked-out Dyna and knew I had to have one. The first one I looked at was not as described and overall a total piece of shit. The second…

  • RIDER: Lisa Gallatin’s 1993 FXLR

    RIDER: Lisa Gallatin’s 1993 FXLR

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    Dave Roe
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    IN 1994 my mom was dead set on buying a sportster. So she went into the HD dealership in Grand Junction, Colorado where we are from. She then saw what would become her beloved 1993 FXR in the showroom and fell in love, but thought it would be too much bike for her. She is…

  • Shop Crawl: John Jessup’s Dream Rides

    Shop Crawl: John Jessup’s Dream Rides

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    Dave Roe
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    In a big metal building located in Stockton, California a guy named John Jessup has been building some of the cleanest H-Ds for himself as well as a massive crew of discerning customers. We met John years ago and have been following his builds online and seeing them consistently win at bike shows for years…

  • RIDER: Rob Ray’s 2015 Street Bob

    RIDER: Rob Ray’s 2015 Street Bob

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    Dave Roe
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    I bought this bike wrecked back in 2016 from the Copart auction back when I had a motorcycle business going. I was buying wrecked bikes and flipping them as well as working on customers bikes. I had this bike sold and the dude backed out right at the time I sold my personal Dyna, which…

  • Harold Matthews’ Life-Long H-D Addiction

    Harold Matthews’ Life-Long H-D Addiction

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    Dave Roe
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    Harold Mathews started working at a local H-D dealership after school in 1934 for three dollars a week. In 1952 Harold bought out an H-D dealership in Merced, California. After working with the previous owner for a year it was all his in 1953. Harold In January of 1961 Harold moved the dealership to Fresno,…

  • RIDER: Cody Rimmel’s 1988 FXRS-SP

    RIDER: Cody Rimmel’s 1988 FXRS-SP

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    Dave Roe
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    I had found this bike one night about 12 hours away from me. The only thing I had to go on was a shitty cell phone picture. I called and called and then finally got a nice old man on the phone and thought, this can’t be right. I said to him “i’m calling about…

  • Shop Crawl: Deluxe H-D

    Shop Crawl: Deluxe H-D

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    Dave Roe
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    In Gillette, Wyoming there is an H-D dealership by the side of the highway. I visited there years ago and met the owner and operator by the name of Chuck Deluxe (yes, that is his real name) After talking for a bit he took me in the back of the shop for an ice cream…

  • The Scrap Glide

    The Scrap Glide

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    Dave Roe
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    Words & Photos:  Joshua Elzey Adam Golen out of Hudson NH father nicknamed “Scrap Dog” ordered a 2006 Harley Street Glide around mid 2005. He was like a kid a in a candy store waiting for the newest Harley to come out. This would be his first new bike in 13 years after he had…

  • RIDER: Jonathan Weisner

    RIDER: Jonathan Weisner

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    Dave Roe
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    Im a gearhead, motorhead or whatever you want to call it. I have been fascinated with cars, trucks , and bikes since I was a kid. I have always veered towards the old school style, ratrods, but I also have a love for new tech and modern ideas that push the boundaries of the custom…

  • RIDER: Damian Concepcion’s 1992 FXRT

    RIDER: Damian Concepcion’s 1992 FXRT

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    Dave Roe
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    Words and Photos: Damian Concepcion This bike was built almost 20 years ago I don’t know the guy who built it, I don’t know the inspiration I wish I did, but I don’t. However I’m very grateful. I acquired the bike in November of 2015 after a wreck that totaled my 2003 Sportster that I loved…

  • RIDER: Russell Hoaglin’s 1999 FXR2

    RIDER: Russell Hoaglin’s 1999 FXR2

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    Dave Roe
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    I bought this bike about three years ago from a guy in Omaha, Nebraska. It had a set of 20-inch fat ape hangers, a long Softail rear fender, a Wide Glide frontend, a set of janky forward controls, and to top it all off a 21-inch wheel on the front of it. After about a year…

  • Rocket Bobs “Pressure Drop” voted ‘World’s Best V-Twin 2018’!

    Rocket Bobs “Pressure Drop” voted ‘World’s Best V-Twin 2018’!

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    Dave Roe
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    The ancient city of Prauge, in the heart of Europe was the backdrop for the H-D 115th Anniversary European Celebration, where more than 100,000 bikers from over 77 countries revved into Prague, making it the biggest anniversary festival for the motorcycles outside of H-D’s U.S. home of Milwaukee, where a similar party takes place in August.…

  • QUESTIONED: Andrew Huerta

    QUESTIONED: Andrew Huerta

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    Dave Roe
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    Place: Covina CA   Handle: @one_wheel_drew  URL: diamondlanelife.com   What do you do for money? I have been blessed with a opportunity to work at Espinoza’s Leather and a couple other side hustles. How did you get into motorcycles? My earliest memories of a motorcycle was my uncles (Danny Molina) 49 H-D Panhead I drooled over that…

  • QUESTIONED: Anthony Sollima 

    QUESTIONED: Anthony Sollima 

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    Dave Roe
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    Place: Chatsworth, CA  Handle: @tony_27cycles  URL: www.ShredMotoCo.com What do you do for money?    I work on Harley’s at 27 Cycles, but now I mostly take part in designing parts and doing the warehouse duties around the shop like packaging, shipping, and everything else that has to do with manufacturing Harley parts (or trying to at least!) We…

  • The V-Twin motorcycle diet. 

    The V-Twin motorcycle diet. 

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    Dave Roe
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    Exclusive to V-Twin Visionary; Sandy Roca shares some old time weight reduction secrets. No, we got nothing against your (and ours) Coors-generated love handles. We’ll let your doc (or Ol lady) bust your chops about that. This tiny tech tome is about how to reduce the weight of your V-Twin motorcycle, whether it be chopper,…

  • RIDER: Pete McGill’s `79 H-D Shovelhead

    RIDER: Pete McGill’s `79 H-D Shovelhead

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    Dave Roe
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    Words and Photos: Pete McGill I bought this bike as a fairly ragged bobber. The idea was to get it mechanically sound, make it look cooler and ride it on The El Diablo Run in 2015.  The mechanical side was pretty standard. I took off the less than reliable stock electronic ignition and replaced it…