This is an easy way to make your own mounting tabs and weld them on your frame. In this scenario I needed 4 tabs to mount a seat pan on a RD350 Tracker/Motard frame.

Over 40 years of building engines, I have developed opinions about what the effect on cylinder head temperatures would be if they were painted, powder coated, or left bare.

Steve Garn has been a family friend since the turn of this century. Duane and I met Steve, a.k.a "Brewdude", and his son Chad, during the 8th Smoke Out East. They were always smiling and eagerly helped stranded riders out with no hesitation. We have crossed paths numerous times and value their friendship.

Working in your home garage is a nice setup. Burning your house to the ground because you didn't pay attention to safety basics sucks. Grinding, welding, and torches combined with fluids, vapors and other hazards can make the home builder's base camp a tinder box.

Here's another informative feature from the archives written by Bill Bryant. With the riding season upon us for most of the states, this is a perfect time to showcase this article again. One inevitable thing about contemporary grass roots events is that it's easy to find yourself riding in a large pack of bikes, most of them piloted by people you don't even know yet. Of course this can be fun or a complete ball-up depending on where you are in the pack and who you end up next to, behind, etc.

"Enjoy The Ride" is the motto for the ChopCult's community. We want everyone to have a successful trip and reach their destination without any issues. There's been a surge of new ChopCult members over the past few years and you might have missed this informative article put together by Bill Bryant and ChopCult member "Kuda"

The internal throttle installation process is pretty straight forward, but can become a little confusing, especially for a first timer. The instructions most of them include are a little vague, and miss some of the finer points.

The internal throttle installation process is pretty straight forward, but can become a little confusing, especially for a first timer. The instructions most of them include are a little vague, and miss some of the finer points.

Greg Doliber's Shovelhead suffered some damage when a four wheeled death machine inserted itself into his direction of travel. Fortunately for everyone, while not being an ideal scenario, no one died or was injured in any major fashion, and the overall damage to the bike was limited to what's covered in this write up, as well as the front end, foot controls and some smaller components.

We are always looking for tech articles to run in the mag. I personally love to see how people make things whether I can do it or not. One of the things I love most about choppers is dreaming about what could be, looking at the raw parts and imagining it running down the road.  Because we aren't putting together stock bikes we are always trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole. I love to see how people make parts work.  Lee is a constant contributor to the mag… Lee and his friends live it all the time and I love seeing what he's up to whether he's camping, road tripping or making shit…. Hope you guys enjoy.  Thanks!