Mainstream motorcyclists often seem to be of the opinion that the term ‘custom bike’ only refers to Harley choppers of the like seen in Easy Rider and the soap opera that was the Teutul’s American Chopper.
The more enlightened have realised that the term refers to any motorcycle that has been changed from its standard form. Admittedly, the sort of custom bike that wins shows and gains magazine features will likely have been built from the ground up with many bespoke parts and incorporating hundreds of hours of work, but our focus here in a vague correlation with Devitt’s eightieth year celebrations is to show you eighty different modifications that can set you on the road to understanding (or, better still, building) custom motorcycles, and what is involved therein.
