In this episode of Corbin’s Ride On, we’ll visit Custom Design Studios, the paint shop that grew to be a cutting-edge custom builder…there’s more of our J&P Motorcycle Makeover, & in Shop Talk we’ll get you geared up for the drag strip!

Custom Design Studios
Kirk Taylor’s first love was art, & he got his start as a custom motorcycle painter.  But having grown up with a gear-head dad, it was a natural evolution for Kirk to wrench on the bikes he painted.  Soon, he was building bikes from scratch, & these days Kirk & his crew are turning out some of the baddest custom motocycles on the West Coast from their Novato, CA shop.  Kirk’s clientele includes Metalica’s James Hetfield & anti-terrorist trainer Jane Parkhurst, who’s life inspired the movie “GI Jane”.  Check out his creations, his bike-building philosophy & more in this up-close interview.

J&P Motorcycle Makeover
The guys at J&P are at it again!  In this Makeover they’ve started with a kit bike from the J&P catalog, & are customizing it into a vintage-styled bobber to be donated to the National Motorcycle Museum.  Plans are for the Museum to raffle off the bobber as a fundraiser.  Check out this Makeover & all the parts & pieces plus thousands more at jpcycles.com.

Tips for your Drag Bike
With bikes getting more powerful & faster all the time, more & more bikers are getting the itch to open up the throttle all the way on a drag racing strip.  We got together with the pros at MMI to get the lowdown on appropriate gear, as well as explanations of details like kill switches & light trees.  If you love speed, you’ll learn the basics that will get you on th track & burning rubber!