The Green Valley News, a newspaper of Green Valley, AZ, ran an article about a local Certified Public Accountant with a passion for building custom motorcycles.

Green Valley CPA Terry B. Cogan has a bit of a wild side. What interests him as much as tax preparation, financial planning, business bookkeeping, audits and other CPA-related duties?

Beneath that professional CPA persona is a wilder, adventurous soul who isn't afraid to get his hands dirty for his passion-making customized motorcycles.

Labels: Custom Motorcycles

Paul Yaffe recently completed a custom motorcycle for Dr. Edward Diethrich, founder and medical director of the Arizona Heart Institute in Phoenix.

Dubbed "The Heart Bike", it's gas tank is shaped and painted to look like a real human heart...




According to the Arizona Republic newspaper...

The $120,000 motorcycle was dedicated to Diethrich for his contributions in cardiovascular care, research and education at the 20th Anniversary of the International Congress on Endovascular Interventions in Scottsdale. Medical industry professionals made donations to offset the cost of the bike.

The one-of-a-kind hammered-steel chopper took nearly two years to create from concept to completion at Yaffe's Phoenix shop. The idea came from Diethrich's son, Tad.

Labels: Custom Motorcycles, Paul Yaffe

Santiago Choppers has been building choppers in the Tampa, FL area for ten years, and will soon be debuting a new line of custom motorcycles priced to compete with Harleys.

Pricing begins at $19,000.00 for a bike with an 88ci engine, and goes up from there with larger engine sizes.

There are eight models altogether to fit various preferences, including choppers, bobbers and trikes. Currentlty available are the Minos Prostreet, Minos Chopper, Bobber Softail, Bobber FL, Pscylebilly, Trike 39, The Trike, and Black Ink.

The company is marketing their new line of affordable customs on the standpoint that you can get an eye-catching custom for less than what you'd pay for a stock Harley, and yet still get the same size engine.

Santiago Choppers will be showing their new line of bikes at Biketoberfest in Daytona Oct. 20-23, 2005.

Check out their "Bobber FL" model below, and note the gatlin-gun exhaust pipes!

Labels: Custom Motorcycles, Santiago Choppers

MasaManiA has published photos of some odd-looking custom choppers/motorcycles/scooters. Some really freaky stuff.

Labels: Choppers, Custom Motorcycles, Japan, Strange Stuff