Cognito Moto’s 2019 Flying Piston Strider Custom Story by Diane “Shadow’s Wife” Jones Devin Henriques at Cognito Moto started as so many others do, from a pure love of motorcycles. He began building, customizing and creating parts and motorcycles that Read more…
Rick Fairless’s Strider Rider Custom Rick Fairless’s far out, tie-dyed sensibilities belie his early adopter attitude. See, there’s nothing retro about Rick’s awareness of cool opportunities. That’s why the Flying Piston Builders Breakfast organizers (Jeff Najar and Marilyn Stemp) were Read more…
Paul Yaffe’s Strider Custom When Paul Yaffe texted me a picture of Low Brow’s peanut gas tank and asked if I could procure one for his Strider custom, it threw me off at first. I politely confirmed that he was Read more…
Pat Patterson’s Strider Custom When we pitched the idea of customizing a tiny Strider bicycle to Led Sled’s Pat Patterson, there was no hesitation. “Sure,” he said, “both my kids learned on them and never needed training wheels. They were Read more…
Motorcycle Mission Strider Custom “It was built around the suspension. And it was Moos’s brainchild,” said Krystal Hess, founder and spearhead of Motorcycle Missions, a 501(c)3 organization that helps veterans dealing with PTSD find hope and healing through motorcycles. Krystal Read more…
Kirk Taylor’s Strider Custom Custom builders, especially builders with decades of experience and focused knowledge of powersports culture, draw upon a myriad of touchstones when they take on a project. In the case of Kirk Taylor and the tiny custom Read more…
Jody Perewitz’s Strider Custom “They are wicked cool little bikes,” said Jody Perewitz when I asked what she thought of Strider balance bikes. In fact, she said she’d bought one for her niece and also told how a friend’s son Read more…
Bryan Fuller’s Strider Rider Custom This tiny Strider bike, customized by Bryan Fuller of Fuller Moto in Atlanta, is unique among its peers, which include 7 Striders customized for the Flying Piston Buiilders Breakfast during the 2018 Sturgis Rally.* First, Read more…
Lena Fairless Strokers Dallas Lena Fairless AKA ‘Bigun’ can be found daily at Strokers Dallas. She has been working alongside her father Rick Fairless her entire life since the early days when it was Easyriders of Dallas. She got her Read more…
Ashmore Ellis is a co-founder of Babes Ride Out, Babes in the Dirt, Sierra Stake Out, and Blue Ridge Stake Out. With over 25 events produced and often sold out across the United States, she sees the value of giving Read more…
