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At Deadbeat Customs, we’re always stoked to highlight riders who live and breathe the custom motorcycle culture. This time, we’re shining the spotlight on Keith Parlee, General Manager at Seacoast Harley-Davidson in North-Hampton, NH. At 50 years old, Keith has been around bikes his entire life, and his latest build, a 2024 Harley-Davidson FLTRX Road Glide, shows just how deep that passion runs. The Bike: 2024 Harley-Davidson FLTRX Road Glide …

Some builds come together fast. Others take years and a few complete tear-downs. For Sam Smith, the road to the FXR of his dreams started in his dad’s garage and ended in his own—with a whole lot of late nights, busted knuckles, and second guesses along the way. This one’s a rider’s bike, built by a rider, for himself. From BMX to FXR Sam, 35, built his FXR out of his home garage, he grew up wrenching on BMX bikes, then cars, eventually ending up where it alw …

From the sun-drenched roads of Nice, France, comes one of the cleanest Club Style Low Rider S builds we've seen in a minute. Meet Franck Scapecchi — a 55-year-old rider, and the proud owner of "Lucifer," a 2023 Harley-Davidson Low Rider S transformed with style, performance, and a whole lot of vision. { "__shgImageV3Elements": { "uuid": "s-ade38c25-7008-4010-99d6-44604586da8a" } } { "__shgImageV3Elements": { "uuid": " …

Meet Dean Ross—better known as Rossy—a rider, wrencher, and all-around madman from Gormandale, a small town tucked away in Victoria, Australia. Rossy runs a humble garage called Shop Six Six, where he services and repairs Harleys with a no-BS approach. Rossy's journey into the custom motorcycle world started early. He grew up racing dirt bikes, which naturally led him to Harleys, then wheelies, then shows—and now—leaning deep into old-school chopper culture. What …

Dylan Spaeth, a rider from the East Coast, has transformed his 2001 Dyna Low Rider into a precision-built stunt machine. What began as a clean stock platform has evolved into a dialed-in setup built for control, strength, and real-world abuse—both in the lot and on the street. Dylan handled most of the build himself, while the crew at R&R Cycles took care of the engine machining—including the bore and head work. “Huge thanks to them,” Dylan says. …