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I’m assuming you already ride? Get out in the motorcycling community and talk to people. Go to bike shows + runs. See something you like? Ask people how they did it or who did the work for them. Usually there’s a handful of guys in an area doing most of the work for everybody else, you wanna meet those guys. Hang around with those people that have the knowledge if they are willing to teach you.

People you see who build choppers have spent years building skills in mechanics, metal fabrication (welding, machining) paint/autobody. While nobody’s an expert at everything, they usually trade skills with people that know how to do what they can’t.

And “…some people just have their older brother or boyfriend do it lol.” ? No, most people learn how to do it or pay somebody else to.