If you take just one glance at this bike, you’ll immediately know it’s not a Harley-Davidson, but perhaps it could be one of these days. That’s how a lot of vehicles start their lives – as concepts made by hopeful designers.

It’s Friday, the week is ending and we all need a good laugh. Thankfully there is Friday Funnies to get it started.

When it comes to badass custom bikes, there are few who do it better than Deus Ex Machina. The Los Angeles-based team makes some of the best bikes out there, and recently they got their hands on a Sportster 750 to create a machine they are calling “The American.”

Early pioneers in the field of aviation often relied on motorcycle engines to power their winged creations as they were cheap, reliable and readily available.

What you see here is fast squared. A man named Andreas Georgeades combined the power of a Ferrari with the light weight of a motorcycle.

It’s always great when a bike stays in the family! HDForums member Edward (A.K.A. “ebross217”) has started a build with his 1980 Tour Glide FLT. His father bought the Harley when it was brand new in 1980.

The man riding the motorcycle is Fred Osborne, and in the video, everything that could go wrong does. This is perhaps the first ever, recorded, attempt at jumping a motorcycle off a cliff and using a parachute to stop your fall.