We hope this issue will give you the fire to get off your frozen ass, head out to your shop or garage and build the world's next great chopper.
In this issue we have some real good stuff going on. Starting with Kutty Noteboom and Duane Ballard's renditions of '70s space-aged choppers caught on the way back from Las Vegas Bikefest by Wes Drelleshak. A former Street Chopper cover bike inspired both of these bikes, so we were oh so glad to pay homage to the that style of chopper again.
We also dug up yet another one of Denver Mullin's Honda-powered creations in complete, unmolested survivor condition. And guess what? It was under our noses right here in our own backyard.
From there, we set our favorite Canadian Scott Pommier loose with his trusty camera and he brought us back Shinya Kimura's Triumph-powered "Needle".
We also broke into Area 51 aka Atomic Customs and lifted Trent's latest raked-out Knuckleheaded creation for a photo session.
Out east, our pal Josh Kurpius has been busy shooting some of the coolest bikes this country has seen and we grabbed a couple from him for your enjoyment. One is a Sportster from Boston Mike and the other is a Panhead owned by some dude in Canada named Bacon.
Grant Peterson has been busy putting on shows, running a company and busting his booty for Street Chopper. In this issue he shot a white Panhead, a black Triumph and still found time to convert his loved-by-all FL swinger into a hardtail.
To wrap this issue up we headed to New York City to check out Harley-Davidson's Art Of Rebellion show and while there, we put the Pabst Blue Ribbon down long enough to hop on the subway and do a shop crawl of Keino's place in Brooklyn.
If all this isn't enough, we have some solid tech, event coverage, new products, and a ton more bikes for you to sink your teeth into.
The other way you can get your Street Chopper fix is to hop online at streetchopperweb.com. There is always new stuff going on daily such as our blogs and forums. You should also check out our online exclusive "Sporty Swap" build thread where we are taking a stock '05 1200 Sporty and decking it out to look like no other XL on the planet.
Keep it on two y'all.
Jeff G. Holt