I have what you might call some swap meet friends. You know, friends that you pretty much only see at the swap meets. One of these guys, I...

Tom Endres of Seattle has a few South Bay Choppers. Here's his latest unfinished Fat's inspired Shovelhead. Tom was a lit...

A few weeks ago I spent some quality time with Joe Hurst and Dick Doughty.  So yeah, the black bike hasn't run for some time and de...

I found this cool old CHP publication on the Vintage American Motorcycles website. The crude art work is both funny and an interesting view ...

Dick Allen's Knucklehead Loco-Motion still exist or at least parts of it. These are the original tanks that date back to Nez's purp...

Last March I posted a photo of Fats on his chopper and explained how he was another important figure in the South Bay Chopper scene.  Click...

  Oil's in the left tank. Rigids are easy, Swingers are harder to get right.  Dirt Bike? Sorry, I just don't get knobbi...

Although Born-Free was/is really about vintage choppers, Mike and Grant have always encourage attendees to ride in vintage bikes of all typ...

Sorry for the delay in getting new photos up. My photographer/event correspondent has been slow in feeding me new images. He promised he...

Before we get to the bikes, I'd like to point out some trends I've noticed lately on the web and at the show: Single down tube fram...