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In motorcycle culture, so much emphasis is placed upon the rider. What the rider is riding, how fast the rider is riding, and where the rider is riding. Every action the rider takes is captured in photographs. But not much is thought of what happens behind the camera. Dean Chooch Landry of Harlem, New York, has worked with cameras since he was young. His father worked in a body shop, and the two of them always found themselves around minibikes, race cars, motorcycles and the like. "[He] had s …

Kevin Van Tomme, 35, knew his first customized Harley-Davidson would be a work of art. His Low Rider ST needed solid paint job, and he found the man for the job in Noël of Neo Paint Shop @neo_paint_shop. From a solid conversation, Kevin and Noël were able to establish a solid understanding of what the Low Rider should look like. Kevin understood the paint job was a crucial part of the build process. "My favorite part of the process remains the painting," Van Tomme states. "This is …

Known to his friends as Fish Tank, James Berry, 37, credits working on his 1970 Triumph Chopper back in 2011 as the source of his addiction to choppers and custom bikes. The Merrimack, NH resident thoroughly enjoys the mock-up assembly after hard-tailing, as he begins to see the possibilities of what his bike will be — or could be. Berry certainly saw endless possibilities while he was working on his 1989 HD 883 Sportster. Check out the video interview we did with Fishtank: "A b …

Nigel Mount leapt onto the custom motorcycle scene when he started working at his father's shop, Veloce Imports, when he was just a kid. It was here that Nigel learned all about the build process, and when he moved to Denver (where he currently resides), he began working at LaFores Motorcycles. At LaFores, Nigel began building and maintaining custom Harleys all by himself. "I got started in motorcycles a little over ten years ago after going to Laconia Bike Week in 2012," Nigel recalls. "I …

Eric Bergdoll, 35, is a quintessential handyman who has perfected the art of DIY. Bergdoll has been a self-starting worker his whole life, fully immersing himself in any project he can get his hands on. His favorite thing to create? Motorcycles. "I've always been a 'tinkerer' or a 'doer', from building BMX bikes to dirt bikes, to cars to houses, to custom fabrication to building bikes and shit," Bergdoll explains. "I was always too poor to pay someone to work on my shit, so I had to learn …