'The Bikeriders' was the name of the 1967 photo-book by Danny Lyon on which the film is based, but the title always intended as a working title during production. However, nobody could think of anything better so the name was kept for the release.
In October 2018, Jeff Nichols revealed he had been thinking about making a biker film set in the 1960s for five years, although he did not at that stage have a script, and mentioned the idea on the set of Lucero: Long Way Back Home (2018) to Michael Shannon who reportedly told him "You've been talking about that damn idea for so long. You're never gonna make that [film]."
The song playing over the end credits, "Bikeriders" by Lucero, recaps the entire story-line of Benny and Kathy, despite being released in 2004, 20 years before this film was released. The song was written by Lucero member Ben Nichols, the brother of this film's writer and director, Jeff Nichols.