The Unicorn Files: 2009 Harley-Davidson XR1200

The Unicorn Files: 2009 Harley-Davidson XR1200

Harley-Davidson introduced the XR1200 to an ambivalent US audience in 2009, one year after the machine debuted to its target market at a media scrum in Spain. Originally developed to quench Europea...
Ride Testing The Honda CRF450L
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Ride Testing The Honda CRF450L

If you saw my blog post a few months back, you know Honda recently let us borrow a CRF250 Rally and we liked all the adventure they’d packed into that bike, AND if you know us, you know we’ve been ...
The Snowflake (Ellis’ 1971 Harley Shovelhead)
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The Snowflake (Ellis’ 1971 Harley Shovelhead)

Once you’ve committed to using a Crazy Frank’s style of fender on a bike, all the norms are cast aside and virtually anything goes. This is what attracted our GM, Mike Ellis, to set out on his miss...
Runnin' with The Devils on El Diablo Run VIII 2019
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Runnin' with The Devils on El Diablo Run VIII 2019

El Diablo Run isn't the first motorcycle event of its kind, and it won't be the last—good people have taken bad roads to exciting places for generations. Like the choppers our Mexican hell ride wa...
Dayten Likness - The Casted Shovel

Dayten Likness - The Casted Shovel

We caught up with Dayten Likness at this year’s Chopperfest in Ventura, CA. This was my favorite bike at Born Free last year so it was neat to see it in person and dig into details a little bit....
Why Swap Meets Matter

Why Swap Meets Matter

Why swap meets matter by Old Otto I’ve been going to swap meets since I was a kid. My Dad used to drag my brother, sister and me to the Pomona auto swap a couple times a year and I hated it! I gue...
The Rouserworks X Biltwell Spare Parts Sportster
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The Rouserworks X Biltwell Spare Parts Sportster

In 2017, we built the Frijole 883 with the intent to be the first Harley-Davidson to finish the NORRA Mexican 1000. Durability and reliability was the focus along with keeping it looking like a Sp...
El Diablo Run 2019 Down n' Dirty After Action Report
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El Diablo Run 2019 Down n' Dirty After Action Report

  Thirteen years after its inception, our freakout Mexican hell ride has changed in a lot of ways and stayed exactly the same in others. The days of it being 60 people on old bikes are long gone, b...
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How To Ride In A Pack And Not Be A Goon

How To Ride In A Pack And Not Be A Goon I wrote this ten years ago back when we started Chop Cult. Like Roth’s version in ’67, not a whole lot has changed. One inevitable thing about contemporary ...