New York (BikeRod & Kustom)- It's probably our most fabulous issue of BR&K yet. We have an exclusive interview with George Barris, "King Of The Kustomizers". Most people don't know about it, but Mr. Barris designed an entire line of wild muscle bikes for the Iverson division of Stelber Industries, a fairly obscure NYC-based bike company, in the '60s and early '70s. We also have an entire gallery of photos of his prototypes for the line, two full pages of Barris / Iverson literature, consisting of catalog pages, ads, etc. As a special treat, we have a magazine article Mr. Barris wrote for a now-defunct cycling magazine, back in the day. Titled "My Philosophy On Bicycle Customizing", it is a fascinating document on the state of the art of bike kustomizing, circa 1968. As usual, we have a flock of new bikes entering the BR&K Gallery, including James Baker's incredible Harley-Hog-style kustom Dyno Roadster, and some of the tastiest Vintage-style Southern California Choppers we've ever seen. We also have an exhaustive multi-part article on fitting bikes with extremely kool-looking rechargeable lighting systems powerful enough to fry fish. We're also revealing the first renderings of our planned Rocket-Propelled KustomBike. This is in addition to our usual pile of new stuff in the regular departments. We predict that you'll be browsing this issue until the year 2002. Enjoy!
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