What is a Chopper, What is a Bobber & How do You Build One?

Brad and I were working in the shop the other day when we got on the subject of how loosely the words “bobber” & “chopper” are thrown around today. I’ve met people that took the front fender off their Sportster and called it a bobber like it was a stripped down Knucklehead. And, I’ve met…

Tom the Tailor

Tom the Tailor works out of his home-shop in Minneapolis, MN and offers a broad range of leather and cloth working services. He’s a passionate motorhead too so we paid him a visit the other day to talk shop on current and future projects. Here’s the yield: One of the challenges that buyers of custom…

Handmade Norwegian Knife & a Lunch w/ Sigmund

This hand whip is Herk’s traditional Norwegian blade that he made in Northern Minnesota at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais. There you can learn to make a knife, build a canoe and hide a body among many other skills and crafts. He rode his bike up and slept next to the transmission…

Get Your Torque On

I have a new line of torque adapters hitting the market so pre-order yours now. They’re available in precision stick (pictured), TIG or JB Weld with an Ed Hardy theme. In seriousness, I needed one of these in a hurry when I didn’t have access to the shop and Northern Tool was cool enough to…