Michael's Blog

Steve Glennon's S&S Panhead chopper. Photograph ©Michael LIchter 2021

Club Harley Magazine made a great layout on Steve Glennon's S&S Panhead in their Japanese Magazine

Some of the builders in Bill Dodge's BC Moto Invitational Show at the TMMR (Tennessee Motorcycles and Music Revival)

A quiet moment in the BC Moto invitational bike barn before the main event.

The TMMR (Tennessee Motorcycles & Music Revival) is just around the corner, and I'm headed that way now.

A full profile on Oliver Peck and what makes him tick.

Lots of fun had at the Boogie East custom bike show in Ormond Beach during Daytona Beach Bike Week

Brandon Keene’s Keene Built custom drop-seat rigid Evo from last year's BC Moto invitational bike show at the TMMR.

Matt and Tori, the coolest looking couple at Boogie East

Donnie Smith's Survivor Harley-Davidson Shovelhead built in 1982 in the Smith Brothers and Fetrow days was on display as the oldest legacy build in Michael Lichter's 2020 "Heavy Mettle" exhibition at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip.

Harley riding Octogenarian Gloria Struck having fun at the Broken Spoke Saloon downtown with her Motor Maid MC sisters during the Sturgis Black Hills Motorcycle Rally 2010. Photo ©2010 Michael Lichter.

Gloria Struck recently had her 95th birthday, so just to keep the accolades rolling, I want to wish her an incredible belated happy-happy birthday and add to everyone else’s praises as to how wonderful this woman is. 

Jessi Combs in Bobby Green's Overland Whippet at The Race of Gentlemen. Wildwood, NJ. Photo ©2015 Michael Lichter.

Of course, we paid tribute to Jessi Combson to kick off last nights “Women in Custom Biking” episode of the “Coast-to-Coast” podcast that I co-host with Cris Sommer-Simmons, but most of the show was given up to two incredible custom motorcycle builders, J Shia and Sofi Tsingos.

Flatirons Harley-Davidson Memorial Day MDA run. Broke down on the highway on the way back to Boulder, CO. June, 1983. Photo ©1983 Michael Lichter.

It’s summer and it’s hot, and yes, we break down on the side of the road.

“Heavy Mettle” exhibition builders Brian Klock, Jerry Covington and Paul Yaffe will be on tonight’s “ShopTalk” multicast

Rhett Holley’s Root Beer Float Harley-Davidson Shovelhead that he built for and with the help of Scott Peck. Opening spread from Club Harley Magazine (Japan), July 2020 issue.

Rhett Holley’s Root Beer Float that he built for/with Scott Peck is one beautiful machine. Starting life as a 1975 Superglide, he and Scott Peck, the customer that commissioned the bike and helped with much of the build, found this Shovelhead in a barn with the front wheel sticking through a hole outside the barn. 

Michael as photographed after his portrait sessions of riders on the Cross Country Chase in Miami, FL. Photo by Melissa Shoemaker

It was fun getting interviewed for the Pigeon Hole podcast by Dave Woll.