Floris Velthuis photography

Royal Jack

2012-01-29T13:29:00.000-08:00

One of the best old style painters/pinstripers from these low lands... R oyal Jack!

Forty-Eight

2012-01-27T10:56:00.000-08:00

2012 type Sportster 1200 chopper by American Lifestyle, Zwijndrecht in Belgium. Cheers!

Buton

2012-01-21T01:16:00.001-08:00

2012 couldn't start better! The first shoot is this Buton: a Buell engine in a home-made Norton-like frame. Almost everything on this bike is handmade. We were able to shoot at a nice indoor photo-location. Nice or what??

model shoot @ Bigtwin show

2012-01-11T05:08:00.000-08:00

Finally busy with the model photo's of the Bigtwin Bikeshow 2011, which we did on a few bikes for maybe a poster or cover or something. It was fun for sure!!

You'll have to wait for the result till something is being published though... :-)

Hot or not? :-)

Fun

2011-12-19T13:05:00.001-08:00

Burnwood from Culemborg...

Destiny Cycles

2011-12-14T09:49:00.000-08:00

Way too busy with finishing all the write-ups of this autumn, and still didn't have time to take a look at the studio-work @ Bigtwin Bikeshow 2011. But here's finally a little preview. It's the stunning Girly Sportster chopper of Lin Jefford of Destiny Cycles UK! I really like these super-friendly people and I love this bike. Maybe we'll visit the shop of Destiny Cycles next summer? We'll see :-)

Soon to be featured in Bigtwin Magazine.

The Wall US Bikeshop

2011-12-14T09:48:00.000-08:00

The wall US Bikeshop in Hamont, Belgium: a shoot for Bigtwin magazine

Backyard Mechanic

2011-11-28T10:48:00.001-08:00

Last saturday Ortwin's super-ultra-detailed S&S bobber was shot in a nice old building. It's backyard-built by this Dutch craftsman and striped by Incastien in a nice old skool style (scallops).

(stole this picture from the Backyard Mechanic blog)

We shot some photo's outside, and the indoor-pix are shot with studio flashers. As you see on the picture on top - in comparing with the pix on bottom - the background is underexposed to get a nice moody atmosphere. Which photo do you prefer: With the beautiful looking model Nousjka, or with Ortwin, who practiced a lot on looking bad, haha. Thanks for the nice day!

Free Rider

2011-11-26T10:18:00.000-08:00

Beautiful & stylish custombike from Free Rider, Poland, as photographed at the Bigtwin Bikeshow & Expo 2011. It's a quick shoot but due to the weather the pix look amazing!! Soon to be featured in the best custombike magazine of the BeNeLux!

Behind the scenes @ Jerry's bike

2011-11-24T11:21:00.000-08:00

Laying on the asphalt, as always. Thnx for the photo's Jerry!

Snake Trike at Bigtwin bikeshow

2011-11-24T11:12:00.000-08:00

Soon to be featured: One of the best trikes you've ever seen, built by Trike design from England! We photographed the bike at the Bigtwin Bikeshow 2011 in Rosmalen.

Weird Fish

2011-11-23T09:15:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the silence on the blog. I'm moving house as I speak.

At the Bigtwin Bikeshow & Expo I've shot this 'Weirdfish', built by Paul Milbourne from England. It was in my top 3 of best bikes on the show. We had just a few minutes to shoot the bike outside the Autotron event terrain, but the photo's turned out pretty nice, though. It will be published in Bigtwin magazine.

More cool bikes to come soon!

Luuth

2011-10-23T08:43:00.001-07:00

Something different today! I was asked by Luuth to shoot some photo's for a clock-magazine. He's one of the very very few young guys who's a clock mechanic for profession!

We shot a serie of portraits at his loft, which has a nice eerie castle-ish atmosphere. This is the traditional look I wanted for the photo's, though, restoring antique clocks and watches goes on a pretty modern way these days. One problem: the sunlight through the windows was very bright, so the whole scenere had to be underexposed a few stops, to leave some detail in the windows. The strobes were profided with a full CTO gel. The camera was put on a different light balance, so the light through the windows looks blue.

Also we made a few product photo's of some old clocks, which he's working on.

I did it on my light-table, which I accidentally got a week ago. It's also perfect for motorcycle parts, helmets, and so on...

Bigtwin Bikeshow 2011

2011-10-19T11:29:00.000-07:00

Best weekend of the year!! See you all there :-)

Rno Cycles!!

2011-10-19T11:26:00.000-07:00

Master builder Arno of Rno Cycles is published in the next Bigtwin magazine, check out this cover!!!

Jerry's hotrod shovel

2011-10-16T09:45:00.000-07:00

I really, really REALLY like this bike! We did a beautiful photoshoot of this insane Shovelhead today. It's build by Jerry, everything is hand-made. Even the tank and the frame. One of the best bikes I've seen this year. Thanks for the great day!!

Paul's Sportster

2011-10-16T03:26:00.000-07:00

Shot this Sportster at the Waalkade in Nijmegen, yesterday. Nice one!

Psycho Shadow

2011-10-08T09:12:00.000-07:00

One of the coolest Shadows I've seen in a long time!

Joop's Panhead

2011-10-06T23:30:00.001-07:00

I've met Joop last year, while he was busy with finishing this Panhead chopper. And now it's finished! At the last sunny day of the year we've shot this bike. It's just a beautiful old style Panhead!!

Sneak preview...

2011-10-06T23:21:00.001-07:00

Sneak preview of bike-shoots I've done recently for Bigtwin magazine

Robbie

2011-10-02T08:08:00.000-07:00

My English mate Robbie Robinson is on the cover of Bigtwin magazine. Buy!

George's S&S Panhead

2011-09-16T10:52:00.001-07:00

The guys of Lasmotec build this beautiful and perfect finished S&S Panhead for George. I've seen this bike at Custom Chrome in Mainz (where it stood under the banner of J&S customs) and now I had the opportunity to shoot it in my mobile photo studio.

It looks pretty great! A champagne coloured bike on a black background.

Although a backdrop of 6 metres wide sounds pretty big, it'sjust enough for group shots like this :-)

Can't believe this!!

2011-09-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

The cover of MCM magazine in Sweden!

Scheffers

2011-09-11T13:04:00.000-07:00

Hell yeah! The weirdest creation I've seen in a long time! Roel Scheffers made this wicked Gs750 with KTM parts. It runs like it looks, hard!

Gecko Kustoms' Triumph!

2011-09-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

I Love old Triumphs and today I went to Sander of Gecko Kustoms in Dordrecht. This bike-fanatic build this Triumph from the ground up and it's one of the best Triumphs I've seen till now. The details are fantastic. What about a self-moulded (!) LED rear light? And the paintjob is done by Mr. Sander himself. By the way, he's a master with Flakes & Candies too!

Duc in Streetfighters 'zine

2011-09-05T10:58:00.000-07:00

Robert's Ducati is featured in one of my favourite magazines, Streetfighters!

Joris' Ironhead

2011-09-04T05:33:00.001-07:00

Joris hails from Brabant, the Netherlands, and he has built this super-duper-cool Ironhead chopper from the ground up. Frame, oiltank, fenders, controls, handlebar... you name it, he has made it all himself. Note that the bloke is just 23 years young! Oh I have to mention the brilliant paintjob, which he has sprayed himself in a home-improvised spray-cabin!!

Ge kunt de groeten uit Brabant Krijge!

JT Brothers in Backstreet Heroes

2011-09-02T14:56:00.000-07:00

F*cking nice!!!! The Honda chopper of JT brothers is in Backstreetheroes magazine! A super cool bike, which is shot on a dark back-drop :-)

RnoCycles in Fighters

2011-08-28T13:49:00.000-07:00

The Suzuki GSX 1400 streetfighter of RnoCycles is published in the German magazine Fighters.

Brainsturm XS650

2011-08-21T09:15:00.001-07:00

Ralph's first project is this xs650 chopper. Check out the print on the fuel-tank. You can scan it with you I-phone!

Rianne

2011-08-20T08:57:00.000-07:00

Today some shots were made of Rianne and het nice low-budget built FLH. Rianne is a paint-artist / pinstriper. Check out her website: Riannecustomart.nl

New Bigtwin issue

2011-08-17T14:06:00.001-07:00

In the next Bigtwin issue you'll find Danielle's K-Daddy's hardtail and the low-budget Honda Shadow of Bjorn.

Project Roadrunner

2011-08-12T10:27:00.001-07:00

Bas bought himself a nice fat Dunlop rear-tyre from eBay.... that's how the story of this beautiful rigid 'hot rod Honda' started! With a hartailed frame, and it long, fat & low lines it's of the coolest Honda Shadows I've seen!

1928 Rosengart Spider

2011-08-10T09:25:00.001-07:00

Mr. Velthuis senior & his Rosengart Spider. He overhauled the French-made car himself (let's say: sort of built from scratch!) and it turns out to be a one-off race-car from 1928. Some quick & dirty snapshots near the house.

Remco's Wildstar

2011-08-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

From Sumo to skinny... Check out Remco's Wildstar!

Wout's chopper

2011-08-09T12:52:00.001-07:00

Wout's DPP based Harley is in the family for a while. First it was of his brother, who sold it. And Wout bought it back from the 2th owner and, after a while, he radically changed the looks! All the tinwork is made by himself and it looks brilliant.

Oops!!

Legacy

2011-08-09T11:58:00.001-07:00

Patrick was just recording the death-core band Senescence in his studio, while we made some shots of his Legacy bike. Co Brands made it on base of a Penz frame and it features the craziest details, like the exhaust in the fender-struts.

DKW in Backstreetheroes # 329

2011-08-08T07:40:00.000-07:00

Super nice! Thanks Blue!!

Rno Cycles "Guzzi BratTracker"

2011-07-28T10:41:00.000-07:00

Check out the nice photo-edit of the Moto Guzzi "Brattracker" photoshoot, as seen on Youtube! It's built by the master-builder Rno Cycles from Culemborg, the Netherlands.

Cover of Fighters magazine!

2011-07-27T05:44:00.001-07:00

Looks cool or what?

It's Ron's Hysteria, which we photographed in a parking-garage in december, while it was freezing!

And Larry's 'Son of a Gun' BSA is in the new Fighters too. It's a super-nice bike and i'm so glad to have it photographed.

David's modified Nightrod

2011-07-23T06:39:00.000-07:00

David from Belgium always rode Ducati's, but he fell in eeehhh... love with Harley Davidson. After trying a few different models he bought himself a Nightrod, which is actually is a H-D which rides like a Duuc. But -up to him, off-the-belt it "looks like shit!" He chopped all the ugly parts off and replaced it for good looking stuff. It's got new mudguard, shockers, seat, pipes and you name it. Check out his Mean looking Nightrod!

Mario's Wildstar

2011-07-21T11:33:00.001-07:00

An original Thunderbike Wildstar? No way! Mario made everything himself! Fenders, fuel tank, most of the alloy parts like the forward controls & oil filter... Nicely done Mario! The shots came out wonderful thanks to the brilliant photo-location @ his work.

Bigtwin, August issue

2011-07-21T07:02:00.001-07:00

Choppertown Nation Meeting

2011-07-17T06:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went to the Choppertown Nation Meeting in Nettetal Kaldenkirchen, Germany. It's held in the middle of the town-centre.

I went to the show together with Rno Cycles, who brought his Supercharged Suzuki Savage. One of the coolest bikes ever!

The cool news is that, just a few days befor the show, Sik asked me to join their Photo Shoot-out. Together with El Cheapo from Belgium, Limpe Iven from Holland and special guest Josh Kurpius from USA, who all are a huge inspiration for me.

Sik from the GreaseheadQuarters blog. Thanks mate!

My photo's were hanging next to the art-pieces of photographer Josh Kurpius.

Some cool bikes.

Ironhead

This one was my favourite! I really like it. Who's knows its owner? I would love to shoot this masterpiece!!!

Friend Nisse rode 200 + km's up and down on his recently finished dragstar with super-nice tinwork.

Gotta love these Triumphs

Though it rained pretty much it was a great day. Next year again?

Dave's droommotor

2011-07-15T12:14:00.000-07:00

Since he started his blog, I'm following Dave Christophe and his Zero inspired project. And now it's finished! So it was time to meet Dave and his gooseneck Shovelhead. Samurai all the way and ridden, not hidden! Thanks for the great day Dave! The pictures came out very well :-)

Stolen from Dave's Droommotor blog (the spot in the grass turned out to be an ant's nest haha!)

Harton in MCM

2011-07-15T01:30:00.001-07:00

The Harton must be one of the coolest cafe-racers ever and it has been published worldwide. Even Scandinavian bikers like it. Check out the new MCM magazi ne

Wide Boy in KicXstart magazine

2011-07-15T01:24:00.000-07:00

The studio shots I've made of Larry Houghton's Honda CBX Wide Boy are now used for a feature in KicXstart magazine. It's still one of the best bikes ever made!

Chase Lightning in BSH

2011-07-15T01:17:00.000-07:00

Anoine's BSA is published in the new BSH magazine. The feature looks pretty cool!!

Honda cafe racer

2011-07-06T14:05:00.001-07:00

Today's photoshoot started with dark rain clouds and ended with sunshine. We shot Ben's super cool Honda four cafe-racer. It features a lot of one-off and modified parts like the tank, seat, and engine. It's a '75 Japanese bike, though, it looks like a Brit-bike from the fifties. Well done Ben and thanks for the great day!!

Freek & Dave.

2011-07-02T09:14:00.000-07:00

Today Freek & Dave of The Hague Chapter (tour-club) were photographed at Scheveningen Beach. Both bikes were stunning and due to the fine weather the pictures came out very well! We had a good time under the burning sun, thanks guys!

Jan (the road captain of The Hague Chapter) made a 'behind the scene' impression of the photoshoot. Check out their website! Bigtwin Photoshoot Here's some photo's I stole from their website

Royal Flush

2011-07-01T04:06:00.000-07:00

Another cool & fun photoshoot! JPP's Triumph chopper (based on a Uncle bunt frame) is a Casino theme-bike. And for that we were able to shoot some photo's in the Fair Play casino in Apeldoorn. Oh, the money isn't fake!! The bike features tons of cool details. The airbrush is done by JPP himself. Because the casino was pretty small, we also went out-doors for some decent shots of the bike in a park.

Fighters magazine

2011-06-29T05:16:00.000-07:00

The new Fighters magazine dropped in my mailbox. Robin's GS is featured, plus a poster-spread of his bike! Also You'll find a feature of Robert's Duuc, and the Valvoline V-max of Perfect Dream Bikes. Good issue, cool stuff!

45 Flathead Service

2011-06-24T11:10:00.000-07:00

Today I went to 45 Flathead Service in The Hague. The shop is runned by Peter Buchly. They repair, maintain and create classic (custom) bikes. Flatties, Knuckles, Panheads... you name it. At least it's not an Evolution (or newer). They even got a few Harley XA boxers, of which one (a rare type with disc wheels) is nearly 100% original. And the guys also are building exotic engines: flathead cases with Matchless cylinders and heads!

Peter created his own Flathead bobber and we made some funny shots of it. Great day, great weather, great people, great bikes. Thanks!!

Blues Brothers

2011-06-17T07:58:00.000-07:00

Nelis and Frank, together, decided to make a Blues Brothers theme bike of their Road Kings. We did a photoshoot of this Duo today, all in style!

Gert-Jan's Honda Fury

2011-06-17T00:58:00.000-07:00

The Honda Fury is the first mass-produced chopper by a known brand and, as it rolls off the belt in Japan, it looks pretty wild! Stretch, rake, it got it all. But Gert-Jan (inspired by the Bike Week in Daytona) had some crazy ideas with such a Honda! A chopper only is a real chopper when it's one-of-a-kind, right? All the chrome is gone, the bike is blackened all over, and he added some nice parts. custom controls, one-off handlebar, you name it. Last but not least the bike is painted in a aircraft style. Simply beautiful! This must be the best looking Fury at the planet right now... The photo-shoot was really great, thanks to the wild location. Thanks guys!!

Bottrop Kustom Culture

2011-06-16T02:31:00.000-07:00

I hope the weather will be okay... See you there!

Bigtwin, july issue

2011-06-16T02:22:00.001-07:00

Great, there are some cool contributions to the next Bigtwin issue! Teun's Royal Air Force softail
is featured, which we photographed early this year. The Soul of Pagan by Joakim & Esko from Finland is published too. We shot their weird trike(ish) creation at the Bigtwin Bikeshow in Rosmalen. Then we have the El Bruto custombike by R.Y.P. And last but not least, the famous El Chupacabra Honda by Mr. Metalshaper! One of the coolest bikes in these low lands. Some other great features of my collaeges are published too, so go and check that out!

Wildstar duo

2011-06-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

Today the trip went to Tilburg, where the customized Wildstars of Wally& Rob are photographed. Wally's bike features a super bright paintjob, and Rob's ride got a 360 (!) rear tire. Thanks for the nice day!!

The Fairingtale!

2011-06-08T01:48:00.000-07:00

Bikes with fairing? Hell no! I hate them! At least, that's what I thought about 'em till last weekend. Mikael from Sweden was at the same Bed & Breakfast as us and he brought his "Extend the Season" Harley, which we, at the spot, baptised as 'The Fairingtale'. He used to build radical choppers since the 70's / 80's and this is his most recent project: a pure practical riding bike with attitude. It features heated grips, electronic adjustable shields, a state-of-the-art seat, performance brakes and... a kickstart? Yes! It actually wasn't love at the 1st sight and we discussed a lot about what to think of it. But isn't that what custombikes are all about? It's a real neck-turner for sure!

Hog Tech ride @ Norrtalje

2011-06-06T13:16:00.000-07:00

The guys of Hog-tech really, really surprised me by reaching me the key of this way radical Swedish style longbike!! I took this prototype of their production-chopper off their stall for a little ride trough Norrtalje city. No lisence plate, no insurance, and many cops around in the city for the bike-event. I felt like a outlaw bike for a second... just a second. I was flabbergasted about how this true chopper handled. Always dreamed of riding a Swedish bike. And now I want one. Period!

Suits me well! Don't it? Picture by Nisse!!

Radical design from Finland!

2011-06-06T12:27:00.001-07:00

Just back from the best weekend ever @ the Norrtalje custombike show. Few hundred pictures to go trough and I've hardly time to update the blog. But it would be scandalous to withold you from these pictures. The radical xs650 is made by my Finnish friends Joakim & Esko. It's just crazy! Look at the exhaust pipes. The tank is a dummy for the batteries. The fuel is in the top-tube and there's lack of a down-tube. It was just finished a few minutes before the show!

2011-05-28T10:11:00.001-07:00

It was a honour to meet Mike: a 17 year old bloke who's into cycles since he was born. He makes the craziest stuf!!! Check out his lawn-mower (!) based hotrod, and a Puch chopper with a one-off frame, wheels, handlebars... you name it. And he did it all himself! He build the chopper when he was 14. The hotrod he started building when 16. What will he make if he is 18? I'm sure we will hear more of him in the future!

The World's Fastest Moped?!

Joan's Froggy Fat Boy

2011-05-25T10:35:00.001-07:00

It was a pleasure to meet Joan and her Fatboy. The bike is airbrushed by DAM Design. It's almost photo-realistic.

On the cover!

2011-05-25T04:52:00.000-07:00

Of Xtreme Bikes magazine (Spain)! It's Joris his super-great Honda chopper with the finest details you've ever seen on a low-budget chop. Wow man, this is awesome!!

The Green Machine in Chroom & Vlammen

2011-05-25T00:46:00.000-07:00

Shamefully stole these scans from the Kustombart blog. His van, the Green Machine, is featured in Chroom & Vlammen magazine (a American orientated car 'zine from the Netherlands). Kustombart's Van is a surviving custom van, which was featured in Vans & Trucks magazine of 1984. And now, in 2011 it's in Chroom & Vlammen! It's a 6-page feature and even a little photo on the cover. Nice!

Andre's one-of-a-kind custom

2011-05-22T07:35:00.000-07:00

There's two kind of bikes which are difficult to photograph: black (with much chrome) bikes, and white ones. Because of the contrasts, colors easily blow out or become pitch dark (without details). Today I went to Andre, he made this white bike. Not off-white or something... No! Pure whiter than white white. By pointing some (softboxed) strobes at black parts like wheels and the engine, things came out really well! The location was awesome too!

Some experiment: I've put an CTO-gelled flash-gun inside the tube, the bike is strobed too. Looks nice, doesn't it??

BMW & Harton in Fighters magazine

2011-05-20T13:01:00.000-07:00

Fighters magazine in Germany published two of the coolest race-bikes from these cold and wet low-lands. Check out Kees' multi-colored BMW, it's awesome! And the Harton (which got some attention last year!) is featured too.

Mr. Ly's Sporty!

2011-05-20T12:05:00.001-07:00

Today the trip went to Belgium and we visited Mr. Ly. He designed this cool traditional rigid Sportster and Custom House build it for him. It's got many nice details. Another cool bike from Belgium!!

Bigtwin, june issue

2011-05-19T13:36:00.000-07:00

The new Bigtwin issue will be great. Just because one of the best bikes on this planet will be featured in it: Larry Houghton's BSA, the 'Son of a Gun'. On the cover is Wim's Acebob. And Rene's 'Headhunter' will be published too, just like the retro Dyna Glide of HD Hutten. But, you've got to love that BSA of Larry!!

Can't wait!!

2011-05-19T08:12:00.000-07:00

Customized Heritage

2011-05-18T09:37:00.000-07:00

Nothing is more difficult than photographing a black motorcycle with lots of polished reflecting metal or chrome on a dull day like this (you know, blewn-out whites and pitch-black parts without details). But the pictures came out pretty good, thanks to the great location that Alexander did find to shoot his customized Harley-Davidson Heritage!

Cees' Triumph

2011-05-18T01:04:00.000-07:00

Cees is in 100% biker magazine (UK) with his Triumph. It's good to see that there's a Triumph-thing going on here in the Netherlands!

Bike-tech

2011-05-15T10:57:00.001-07:00

Always when I'm shooting a bike in Tessenderlo, Belgium (there's lots of choppers there!) cool things are happening. What about these guys!? Joerie of Bike-Tech and his friend own a cool low budget Honda Shadow and Yamaha Dragstar. Some rubber was burned and there was this nice ´Vlaamse Schone´ posing for some nice photo´s. Super! Cheers!

John's no-bullshit Evo chopper

2011-05-11T11:19:00.000-07:00

This afternoon the trip went deep-south, to the regions of Limburg. John made this one-off chopper a few years ago, all by himself. Even the frame is Tig welded in his own garage. Recently the bike was changed with a new rear-end, a 240 mm tyre, a fat tank and a black/ghostflame paintjob. We just madly wanted to see this super-cool bike. Check this photo, Fresh!

Eastside Rock'n Rollers

2011-05-09T10:57:00.000-07:00

Ever heard of Roller Derby? No? Yesterday was great fun, as we shot some funny pictures of the Eastside Rock'n Rollers , the Roller Derby girl's team from Enschede, the Netherlands.

Roller derby is a full-contact sport played on rollerskates. It is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, with an estimated 400 leagues worldwide. There are now five leagues in the Netherlands located in Amsterdam, Enschede, Eindhoven, Arnhem, Groningen, Utrecht and Rotterdam/Den Haag.

Games consist of 2 thirty minute periods. Each period is broken down into jams of 2 minutes or less. Each team fields 5 players on an oval track. One of these players is designated as the jammer and can earn points by passing members of the other team. The rest of the skaters make up the pack and their job is to help their jammer through and stop the opposing jammer from passing them. Enter the full-contact aspect and the fun.

At least, that's what the website of the Eastside Rock'n Rollers says! To me it looks like a sort of girl's rugby on skates, fun guaranteed!

The photo's were done really quickly, as we had about a little more than 3 hours before the bar opened (y'know, this is the sort of girls who are distracted when they smell beer or Jack Daniels, so beware!) We had such a great time, thanks!!

The team!

Lucky bastard no #1

Lucky bastard no #2

The Derby girls!

Autschj! (sorry)

Robbie in BSH!!!

2011-05-06T11:41:00.001-07:00

My British bike-building hero (yes, he is!) Robbie is featured in the next BackStreetHeroes issue with his rigid NSU chop.

Larry on the cover of MCM

2011-05-05T02:00:00.000-07:00

Amazing!!!!!! Larry Houghton's BSA is on the cover of this very old Scandinavian biker 'zine.

RnoCycles in Streetfighters #207

2011-05-01T10:46:00.000-07:00

When I looked through the magazines in the local kiosk, I found out that the GSX 1400 of RnoCycles is featured in issue #207 of Streetfighters magazine (UK). The feature looks really great!

Rudy's Hardcore Bobber

2011-04-29T10:32:00.000-07:00

... and then we went to Fire-fighter & surf-dude Rudy in Scheveningen, who owns this super-nice Hardcore Bobber. Inspiration came from Walz. Matt-black paint, a 230 rear tyre, apes, striping and red rims. It has it all. Ohhh I'm pretty excited about the photo's :-)

Gulf V-rod Muscle

2011-04-29T10:30:00.000-07:00

Harley Davidson Den Haag (the Hague) modified a V-rod Muscle and painted it in the color Gulf-blue. It rides like it looks... Brutal!

RMC Choppershow

2011-04-27T12:40:00.001-07:00

Ironhead by The Chop

Swedish style Pan

Baroness' BSA

Another cool Ironhead

80's are back!

Wakan

Schapekop Janus

Schapekop Nitro

RnoCycles 1st place @ RMC Choppershow

2011-04-27T12:38:00.001-07:00

Congrats Arno! It's well deserved!

Stolen from the KustomBart Blog

2011-04-27T12:27:00.001-07:00

Haha fun! Check this on Kustombart's blog! Shot @ the RMC Choppershow

See you there!

2011-04-22T09:20:00.001-07:00

Treasure @ L&L

2011-04-22T08:44:00.000-07:00

Today I photographed this Sportster @ L&L Choppers. Oh look at the beautiful paint (painted all over, including frame, air-filter and pulleys)! Never seen anything like it! It's done by Royal Kustom Works. He's the man! There's so much detail on this bike that you could look at it for a whole day. See you guys at the Rogues show next sunday :-)

Greasy & Ink

2011-04-19T11:48:00.000-07:00

This green old skool shovelhead is one of my favourite old style bikes since I've seen it at the Bigtwin Bikeshow in Rosmalen in 2009. The green paint -done by El Cheapo- even was inspiration for my 1Off Honda racer. Finally! Today we've done a photoshoot of this bike in an old shed. Rinus has another cool bike too, a rusty Flathead. A double shoot, double cool!! As back-drop we used his rat-rod. Thanks Rinus!!!!

Huang Guan chopper on the cover!

2011-04-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

The Huanguan must be one of the most unknown motorcycle-brands in the world, as even a search on Google results in about zero hits. But Oli’s old skool chopper is profided with a Huanguan engine and It’s now on the cover of Bigtwin magazine! Probably the only Huanguan on the cover of any magazine ever? Also the flamed Spiderneck choppa’ of Willem is in next month’s Bigtwin. And check out the Besame El Culo of the SickBoyz from UK, who are some of the coolest guys on the planet. Cheers!

Frasher's trike

2011-04-17T22:34:00.001-07:00

Frasher lost his arm by an accident. Back in the saddle, he (and all his friends) thought, and HD Service Venlo made for him this special adapted Harley trike which somewhat looks like a Servicar. The gear-box is hand-operated, it goes with two buttons on the handlebar, the clutch is going automatically. Just like a racecar. Thanks for the nice day Frasher!!

Giel's bikes

2011-04-16T09:16:00.000-07:00

The photoshoot today happened in Limburg, were I met Giel. Recently he finished this Shovelhead bobber in a aftermarket softail frame. Oh and his pro-street style bike is pretty cool too. Ever seen a billet (moulded) aluminium rear 'guard? Today I did :-)

Slick Chick

2011-04-10T13:35:00.000-07:00

RnoCycles' Supercharged Suzuki single

Although I'm a small guy, I'm a BIG fan of RNO Cycles. This very talented bike-builder from Culemborg (The Netherlands) developed an true own style, in which race- and custom/chopper-style are mixed. The way I personally prefer! See here his latest build: the Slick Chick. A supercharged (!!) Suzuki Savage (!!) which is supplied with quality parts exclusively. Only building the shaft of the supercharger was a hell of a job. And then I haven't mentioned the tanks, the fuel pump, the controls etc. etc. etc. Oh, he likes to do something similar with a Harley or Buell or the like... Just contact RnoCycles via his site.

And yes, it runs Fast as F*** (and sounds like the thunder! hell yeah!!)

Ravi's Nighttrain custom

2011-04-09T11:00:00.001-07:00

Ravi once road sportsbikes but he swapped the racers for Harley-Davidsons. At OIT they build this custom Nighttrain for him, which features an one-off fuel tank, fat spoked Mammoth wheels and a 240 mm rear tyre. Today we shot some very cool photo's of Ravi and his custombike. Thanks!

Bonneville vs W800

2011-04-08T10:18:00.000-07:00

... which one to choose?

Together with cafe-racer fanatic & BSA owner Ad van Boheemen I did a double testride of a Triumph Bonneville and the Kawasaki W800. Both bikes look great and ride more- than fantastic. Which one to choose? I want 'em both! You can read it in Bigtwin magazine soon :-)

Nice photo's...

2011-04-02T09:09:00.001-07:00

...of a nice bike! Today the trip went to Patrick and his custom Honda Shadow. It's built by a company named Gator. It features a 200mm rear tyre and countless CNC milled parts like the forward controls, yokes, grips, number-plate bracket and so on... Thanks for the great day Patrick!

Who's looking more bad-ass, Son or Dad? Be honest...

Edwin's Shovel

2011-04-02T08:52:00.001-07:00

Edwin's Shovel is featured in the new Backstreet Heroes magazine!! The feature looks stunning, so check that out.

Mainz 2011

2011-04-02T08:41:00.000-07:00

It was a blast! Thanks Arno & Elske for the ride!

Some of the highlights...

Flathead sidecar

Hard9 Triumph

Knuckle racer

Larry Houghton, no #1

Flathead tracker

Bol d'or racer! (I really like this!)

Thunderbike

Rno Cycles

KicXstart

2011-03-24T10:57:00.001-07:00

Again good news for the guys of Perfect Dream Bikes. Rene's Valvoline V-max is featured in the Dutch sportsbike magazine KicXstart.

Robert's Blade Fighter

2011-03-20T11:23:00.001-07:00

Robert did his first ride on his bike this year and we were there! The Fireblade Fighter is bloody awesome. It's made by Perfect Dream Bikes, and a dream bike it is!

Zoomy's Triumph

2011-03-19T10:47:00.000-07:00

Today the trip went to Ricardo (Zoomy Kustoms) and we shot his wicked Triumph Bonnie, which is spooned into an Uncle bunt rigid frame. Another Triumph chop, another oil-tank's filler cap flying round. (what's all that about Triumphs and filler caps??) This bike is cool as **** with it's nice cocktail shakers and the rattle-can paint, done by mr. Zoomy himself!

I worked with little speedlights a lot lately, as it's easy, light and fast to work with and there's no spaghetti of annoying cables on the ground everywhere. But the lack of power is a problem when I have to compete with the sun. So I tried the big 220 volt mono-blocks again. Have to say it looks really better because of the bigger softboxes and incredible power (check the light / shades on the front tyre, for example), it's more work, though. But this bike is worth the effort, don't you think? Thanks Ric for the great day!!

Bike...

Me :-)

Behind the scenes...

2011-03-18T07:53:00.000-07:00

... of shooting the toughest bike ever!

By the way, stole these pics of Robbie's blog, he's building the coolest bikes on the planet. Check that out!

Bigtwin april

2011-03-17T01:08:00.001-07:00

Next issue of Bigtwin magazine will be spot-on! Colleague photographers contributed some cool bikes (check te Bigtwin site) and there are some nice feature-bikes from Yours Truly too. The AMD World Championship-winning V-rod, Project Veon is featured! It doesn’t only look great, it’s state-of-the-art technique too! And another super-cool bike is the Ducati Tracker of Robert. One of the best bikes I’ve shot in 2010. Suzuki’s biggest bike is the Intruder 1800, on which we did a road-test. Last but not least theirs is Ron’s Harley, which was build by South-East Motorcycles. Got to have this issue!!