Custom Motorcycles Our Thanksgiving Forefathers Would Be Proud To Ride

What does one do with a low-mileage 1983 Harley-Davidson XR1000 that has suffered damage resulting from a "mishap" on the road? For Michael Schumacher of Scottsdale, Arizona, the answer was to enlist Mule Motorcycles of Poway, California.

This Indian Chief custom build by Roland Sands Design was inspired by American dirt-track racing's long and colorful history. The bike successfully recalls the brand's great legacy in the sport.

For Norton fanatics, this may be the perfect motorcycle. The depth of mythology that envelops and elevates certain characteristics of the Norton brand runs deep and carries high the notion that Britain led the two-wheel world for decades.

"The Dragon" refers to S&S’s 143ci Harley-Davidson Road Glide Ultra with all the trimmings. Producing 160 horses, this bagger is the most obscene sleeper on the planet.

Bryan Fuller of Atlanta's Fuller Moto thinks he's finished with his "Shogun," but after eight years of collaboration between three artisans at the top of their game, perhaps (like DaVinci's dictum about art) the trio has merely abandoned the Honda CB550 in an exceptionally beautiful state.

Walt Siegl's career arc is definitely unique, from art-school dropout in Austria, to part-time endurance racer in France, to tool-making engineer in Germany, to project manager in the Soviet Union, to Austrian cultural attaché in NYC, finally landing on two wheels as a career, after decades of building bikes for fun.