June 1, 2007
By:Denny Berg
I don't want to sound like one of those old, crusty bikers I knew when I was young who started conversations with "Well, Sonny, when I was your age, we used to ...," but if you've been in this business long enough, everything comes full circle.
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February 1, 2007
By:Denny Berg
I was walking around Big Twin West in December, checking out the latest offerings from some talented local builders. I eavesdropped on a group of younger biker types as they chatted in front of a slammed, stretched, smoothed, skull-painted super-custom. "Dude! Whose primary is that?" said one Kustom Kulture dude. Another one said "Dude! It says here that this is a Yamaha!" They didn't say another word. They looked around to see whether anybody was watching them, put their hands in their pockets and walked away.
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 | November 1, 2006
By:Denny Berg
In the '80s and early '90s, it was difficult to modify a metric bike. Bolt-on parts were not readily available because the production numbers were not there to justify prototyping and producing them. A company has to justify to their bean-counters that a part will pay for its long road from idea to finished product, and make a profit.
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 | September 1, 2006
By:Denny Berg
I got home late last night from the shop — I'd been working on a couple of Suzuki M109s for Cobra. I was cleaning up, looking at the guy in the mirror and wondering at what point in time did I start looking like my father.
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June 1, 2006
By:Denny Berg
Well, it's deja vu all over again. When Big Twin Dealer asked me to write down my thoughts on the metric custom scene, I flashed back to 1970 when Japanese bikes started infiltrating the magazines and bike shows.
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