30th July no responses · Bike-building

Take a look at this beautiful creation from SE Service of Sweden. Built over a period of eight months, the bottomend of the engine is Harley Knucklehead and the entire topend is homemade. According to their web site, “the cylinders were cast in bronze and the heads in aluminum. The cylinderheads are of the semiradial type [...]

24th July no responses · Bike-building

Copper is beautiful. Over the years I’ve seen and admired several bikes with copper components and details, but have never come across a bike made entirely of the luscious metal. Until now… Following are some photos of a copper bike built by artist Urban Engström of Sparreholm, Sweden. Built around a 1947 JAP engine, this [...]

20th February no responses · Bike-building

Earlier this month we were finally able to retrieve some of the key items for the Iron Lady of Pain that had been stolen just over two-years ago. Among these were the frame and springer front end. The frame is a vintage Jammer product that I had previously modified for a rear disk brake with [...]

4th February no responses · Bike-building

Or is that a SportyKnuckle engine…. Not sure, but this is certainly an interesting project. These photos came from the Den of Sportsters blog and unfortunately there is no information on this build, just the photos. Sure am curious as to who’s doing the build and what’s going on here, other than some engine-building madness. [...]