S&S Cycle presents a book on the 50 custom motorcycles that were built by some of the best custom bike builders in the industry in honor of S&S's 50th anniversary.
In 1958, George Smith started a small company called S & S Cycle. His mission: “To make all bikes go faster.” Fifty years later, S & S Cycle is everything Smith envisioned. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the world’s premiere builder of aftermarket V-Twin motorcycle engines and components commissioned custom motorcycles from 50 top builders.
The competition that grew out of this challenge unfolds in the pages of
S & S Presents Today's Top Custom Bike Builders, which showcases the splendid bikes built for S & S’s 50th anniversary show. The book, beginning with a brief history of S & S Cycle, features four-page spreads on each motorcycle, along with profiles of the builders--including Chica, Cory Ness,
Paul Cox, Jerry Covington, Jesse Rooke, Redneck Engineering, Arlen Ness, Kim Suter, Brian Klock, Kendall Johnson, Roger Bourget, Rick Fairless, Fred Kodlin, and
Paul Teutel, Sr. With illustrations by master custom-bike photographer Michael Lichter, this is as much a celebration of the custom builder’s art as it is a tribute to S & S Cycle’s accomplishment.
About the Author and Photographer
Howard Kelly, former communications manager for S&S Cycle, has been editor at Hot Bike magazine and at Street Chopper magazine and a staff member at Hot Rod Harleys and Motorcyclist magazines. He lives in Onalaska, Wisconsin.
Michael Lichter’s motorcycle photography has been featured in
Easyriders magazine for over a quarter of a century. His photos have also appeared in numerous Motorbooks titles, including Indian Larry, Choppers: Heavy Metal Art, Top Chops, Arlen Ness: Godfather of Choppers, Billy Lane Chop Fiction, Harley-Davidson Century, and Sturgis. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. You can see more of his work at
www.lichterphoto.com.
