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Knucklehead

Harley knucklehead hill climber by CW Zon

Optical Illusion: CW Zon’s twin-carb Knucklehead racer

2 YEARS AGO / NO COMMENTS / CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES

When we first saw images of this bike from Custom Works Zon, we assumed it was a restoration job. And it looked like builder Yuichi Yoshizawa would have to use all his legendary skills to get the knucklehead roadworthy again. It turned out that we were wrong. This remarkable ‘vintage racer’ is actually a ground-up…

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Custom knucklehead hardtail built for the Mooneyes Japan show by Asterisk

Mooneyes Star: A hardtail knucklehead from Asterisk

4 YEARS AGO / NO COMMENTS / CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES

The next Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show is over ten months away, but many top-flight builders are already plotting their next entries. After all, ‘Mooneyes’ is the top custom show in Japan. It’s jam-packed with supreme craftsmanship—so if you’re bringing a bike, it had better be good. Here’s a closer look at a gem we…

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Everything old is new again: Norman Reedus’ Harley Knucklehead motorcycle, built by Powerplant

Everything old is new again: Norman Reedus’ Knucklehead

5 YEARS AGO / NO COMMENTS / CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES

The chopper scene has been responsible for some of the greatest atrocities committed against motorcycling: a smorgasbord of tasteless paint jobs, lethal handling and crippling ergonomics. But there was a golden age in the late 60s and early 70s when there was still a tenuous relationship between form and function. And a beguiling, carefree style…

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Matt Machine's Born-Free Harley motorcycle

Born-Free Build: Behind the scenes with Matt Machine

6 YEARS AGO / NO COMMENTS / CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES

This weekend, the great and the good of the custom world are congregating at the Oak Canyon Ranch in Silverado, California, for the Born-Free show. It’s probably the most prestigious of the American chopper-oriented custom shows, and if you’re an Invited Builder, it means you’re at the top of your game. Australia’s Matt Machine is…

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Custom Harley knucklehead by Hamburg-based master builder Ehinger Kraftrad.

Hand Krafted: Uwe Ehinger’s Immaculate Knucklehead

Whether or not vintage Harley-Davidsons are your scene, it’s impossible to ignore the bikes that roll out of the Ehinger Kraftrad workshop.…

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Harley knucklehead

Rough Crafts x Zero Harley Knucklehead

There’s a wonderfully gothic, Victorian vibe to the latest machine from Taiwan’s Rough Crafts. It’s built around an S&S Harley Knucklehead motor,…

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Harley-Davidson knucklehead

1941 Harley Knucklehead

Jesse James gets a lot of flak these days. It never seems to be about the bikes any more, which is a…

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