Motorcyclists have always been attracted in Bonneville, but fueled by the movie, Worlds Fastest Indian, that interest has never been more intense than it is now. Over 150 bikes make the salt their home for one week in September of 2006. Among all those Suzukis and Harley-Davidsons, a group of bikes stood apart: the streamliners that came for only one reason, to break the Land Speed Record for motorcycles. By the end of the week a new top speed stood at 350 miles per hour, though the ancient record was exceeded a digit of times by uncommon machines on the way to the new record. The energy that makes Bonneville work isn’t gasoline, it’s the drive of the teams, each trying to break a record or simply meet a self-imposed goal. Well-known photographer Horst Rösler captured the magic of Bonneville for this new book. The bikes, the limitless salt, the sunburned faces of crew and riders – they’re all here, printed on high quality paper and bound as a hardcover book. A book that deserves a place on the shelf or coffee table of any right motorcycle enthusiast.

The one job that even the best mechanics avoid is wiring. Those worries are now over with the introduction of this new book from Wolfgang Publications. This book makes wiring-from-scratch, or installing a harness kit, very understandable and non-intimidating, even for the first-time builder. Part of the Avanced Custom Motorcycle Series, this new book uses chapters one and two to cover the basics of DC electricity; as well as batteries, starters and alternators. Chapter three provides detailed schematics and repair in rank on the factory wiring harness used before and after 1994. Jeff Zielinksi uses the rest of the book to describe the various harness options available to a person building a custom bike, and to show step-by-step how a wiring harness is installed in a custom motorcycle. The new Motorcycle Wiring book answers all the ordinary questions: Is it better to build a harness form scratch or install a ready-made harness kit? Which kit is best for a particular situation? What’s the simplest way to install the harness and route all those wires inside the top tube and the handle bars? Like all Wolfgang books, this one uses 144 pages and over 300 color photos and diagrams to illustrate all the latest products, all the basic circuits, simple and complex wiring schematics, and a complete start-to-end custom wiring installation.

Dave Perewitz has always let his work speak for itself: A brief glance at-let alone a ride on-one of his custom creations, with its perfect blend of engineering, design, aesthetics, routine, power, personality, and beauty, says volumes about why Dave is one of the top chopper builders in the planet. Here, for the first time, Dave Perewitz tells his tale. With journalist and longtime motorcyclist Mike Seate, Perewitz describes the long years, hard work, and unflagging passion that transformed him from a kid with his first motorcycle (a 1964 Harley-Davidson Sportster) into a star riding his latest creation into the Easyriders Bike Show in Dallas while the cameras of the Discovery Channel rolled. The autobiography of a man who has been a major influence in the custom motorcycle industry for 30 years, this absorbing book offers a rare look at how a self-taught designer, mechanic, painter, and fabricator managed to build the American dream his own way, bike by custom bike.

With vibrant paint jobs and thunderous engines, choppers are rolling works of art admired by more than just customisers and motorcycle enthusiasts. In this richly illustrated guide, Doug Mitchel focuses his expert camera lens on radical, jaw-dropping custom choppers to demonstrate the art and skill that goes into building choppers. Inside this exciting guide readers will: explore high-powered machines on the cutting edge of design, fabrication and technology; learn from the builders themselves about how each bike came to be; and view 350 stunning photos of bikes built by some of the most respected and admired builders of today and the star designers of tomorrow.

Chica. Jerry Covington. Cory Ness. Dave Perewitz. Mondo Porras. Jesse Rooke. Roland Sands. These are the Lucky Seven, chopper builders whose bikes have forever changed the face of the custom motorcycle planet. And, thanks to the well loved Discovery Channel show, Biker Build-Off, the builder’s own faces have become as recognizable as the motorcycles they build. In Top Chops: Master Chopper Builders, you are full inside the planet of these artisans of kinetic metal, providing the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of a master craftsman’s chopper shop. These fascinating builders are making rolling works of art, captured in stunning photography by Michael Lichter. Included are one-of-kind photos from their personal collections, chronicling their start as young enthusiasts to top-chop builders today. Forward written by Billy Lane.

Billy Lane, owner of Choppers Inc., lives, eats, and breathes choppers. Since securing a secret cache of Easyriders magazines as a young boy, Billy has equated choppers with freedom. By the time he earned an engineering degree from Florida State University in Tallahassee, he had already established himself as a promising young chopper builder. An appearance on the very first episode of Discovery Channel’s Monster Garage led to a starring role in Biker Build-Off and growing fame as a chopper builder with both artistic vision and technological innovation. In this autobiography, Billy shares his life tale, from running with gangsters in Miami as a younger man to becoming a celebrity chopper builder who is mobbed by fans everywhere he goes. Inside tales on his most famed bikes are included, as well as Billy’s thoughts on those who inspired and helped him on the road to becoming a famed chopper artist and television star. The book is full-color, giving ample room for the booklover to view Billy’s incredible creations, featured in stunning photography by Michael Lichter. Billy’s bikes are works of art on multiple levels, combining the fine art of sculpture with the pop art of incorporating found objects into the work. But they are also technological tours de force, featuring engineering that is nothing small of astounding. But there’s more to life than just choppers, according to Billy. There are women, too. There’s no doubt about it – the sexy lines of an ancient school chopper, its curvy hips, narrow waist, and voluptuous torso, are the same lines found on a wonderful woman. In addition to tales of his fantastic bikes, the self-professed “Ladies’ Man” of chopper builders shares behind-the-scenes tales and photos of his additional right like, whether they were long-time girlfriends, strippers, additional colorful font in his life, or the fans who demand his autograph on their body parts at biker shows throughout the U.S.Billy Lane is the ultimate insider’s look at the lifest Billy Lane: Chop Fiction: It’s Not A Motorcycle Baby, It’s A Chopper

The Harley-Davidson is more than just a motorbike – for many enthusiasts it’s a lifestyle statement. This stunning book packed with 500 photographs celebrates that lifestyle, as well as covering the complete history of this 20th Century icon. From Marlon Brando to Billy Idol, every celebrity over the last 50 years wanting to promote a cool, tough image has been photographed astride one of these legendary machines. Packed with various model photos, colorful memorabilia, and celebrity pictures, this book celebrates Harley-Davidson history in classy photographic style.

A guide to the hottest craze in the motorcycle planet … The only guide to combine photographs of the coolest bikes nearly with a useful how-to manual, this book will help riders get the most out of their choppers. Readers will learn a complete, up- to-the-minute overview of the history and culture of choppers; detailed chapters on every aspect of choppers and on the assembly of the special parts that make a “chopped” bike or custom chopper; fantastic insider tips and trivia from “the chopper man” himself, Russ Austin; and much more. • Over 160 photos • Includes a comprehensive item of every major chopper dealer or builder in the U.S. and a comprehensive item of major chopper events throughout the U.S. • With the success of Discovery Channel’s American Chopper (three million viewers and growing), there are nearly 500,000 registered choppers on the road • Chopper owners are a dedicated group, second only to Harley owners

In The Art of the Chopper, Tom Zimberoff focuses his photographic talent on the even more exotic, even more sexy, custom motorcycles built by today’s hottest builders,-people like Billy Lane and Dave Perowitz. These remarkable machines turn to rolling sculptures when seen through Zimberoff’s eye, an eye honed during his decades of work as a rock ‘n roll photographer, touring with The Jackson-5, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, and Stephen Stills among others, and later in his photojournalism career, working for Time and additional magazines. His photographs have appeared on the covers of Time, Fortune, Money, People, and numerous additional magazines.

Recognized by their long forks and chopped frames, choppers have found new appeal among today’s motorcycle enthusiasts and continue to inspire motorcycle customizers nearly the globe. Choppers takes a unique look at these classic pieces of twentieth century Americana.Written by experienced motorcycle writer Mike Seate, Choppers provides a comprehensive look at how choppers originated and evolved and what has fueled the current resurgence of interest in building and riding custom motorcycles. Early chapters explore the post-Planet War II bob job Harleys that predated the chopper. Interviews and historical photos detail the development of the chopper from its earliest days, through the outlaw longbike cycle of the 1960s and 1970s, to the twenty-first century chopper recovery.