The Build: How the Masters Design Custom Motorcycles

by Robert Hoekman Jr.

The urge has found you daydreaming more than once. The urge to define, bend, shape, fabricate, invent, shove, break. To slide your leg over the seat you finally got back from the leather shop. To twist back the throttle grip you wrapped yourself. To lunge into the darkness of an open highway on a creation all your own. More than a motorcycle, this is about your identity. It's about building something as unique as you are. In The Build, Robert Hoekman Jr compiles insights from today's best builders to help you plot out your own beautiful beast. Loaded with photos, The Build features firsthand advice from the masters of moto design, including John Ryland (Classified Moto), Alan Stulberg (Revival Cycles), Jared Johnson (Holiday Customs), Jarrod DelPrado (DP Customs), and the legendary Max Hazan (Hazan Motorworks). You've seen what can be done. It's time to do it yourself. Get The Build.

192 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 2016

About the author

Robert Hoekman Jr is an American writer. He is the author of nine nonfiction books, and has served as an Arts & Culture journalist, magazine editor, and manuscript developer. He has published articles in Fast Company, Wired, Maxim, and many other outlets. His microfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in 50-Word Stories, Nanoism, Spelk, Genrepunk, and elsewhere. He holds an Advanced Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Pennsylvania, and teaches creative writing through the Stanford Continuing Studies Program. He lives with his dog in Richmond, Virginia.

Reviews

[Michael Donna Ireland · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book deals with the "art" of motorcycle customisation as well as the practical dos and don'ts. It is not a workshop manual of techniques for chopping your bike but rather condenses into one place, all the guiding principles required to build a unique , tasteful, artful and yet personal machine. The book is well and clearly written without being hip.

Even if you never build a custom motorcycle, this is a great coffee table book with images of some stunning bikes.

[Armando Gutierrez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty Pictures

Very general and vague guidance. This is mostly a general guide about design, design inspiration, and of how to find it. Helpful tips like, “You may want to take a welding class...” It is helpful and a worthwhile read. Provides a handful of websites to find more inspiration and parts.

[Cj 888 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicely done book, plenty of info on the builders of some custom bikes.

[D 1]

I really want to read this book , it helps many small business people who selected this niche