And, it should be no big surprise that Rich let his fingers do the walking through CCI’s catalog to find the pieces and parts to work with initially. It should also come as no surprise that a lot of the now-modified parts are now listed in the current CCI catalog as bolt-on parts for your Softail. “The most challenging part of the project was making all the new parts ‘bolt-on’...

  The bike’s streetfighter styling didn’t spring from a single mind, though; it was Matt’s interpretation of what his customer, Jason Ostrander, wanted. “At first Jason told me he just wanted a bagger that was clean and fast, but when we got down to business, I heard the real story. He wanted to make sure his bike was faster than his friend’s bike that I built a few months...

This Big Dog K-9 is owned by Trent Purdue of Troy, North Carolina. Purchased new in 2006, Trent has put about 2,000 miles on the bike so far. It’s one of three bikes he owns. Photos by Jack Cofano.

It was that Old School look with modern comfort that drew Karen Proctor of Ashland City, Tennessee, to her 2007 Heritage Softail Classic she calls Stinger; the look, but also the classic paint job. “The bike began as a dealer build and I purchased it off the Boswell’s Harley-Davidson [in Nashville] showroom floor with many of the custom parts installed, including the numbered...

This now sleek and clean ex-repo wasn’t always that way as Ric described what he started with. “When I bought this bike, it had a set of 10” struts replacing the shocks and a set of off-brand street-sweeper-style pipes hanging low to the ground.With the lowered struts, any right-turn corner you went around just mutilated the tips of the pipes, digging into the ground on every...

Making things all the more interesting when it comes to building a vintage Triumph is that every one has a back-story of how the builder ran into it unlike ordering up a new S&S engine from a catalogue. A Britt Different is no different as owner/builder Ross Calvagna of Jupiter, Florida, explained his saga. “I helped a friend move and when we were done, he offered me what was...

The R90S was based on BMW’s proletarian slash-5-series introduced in the 1971 model year. It’s no surprise that San Jose BMW owner Chris Hodgson with BMW experience going back to the mid-‘70s was aware of the fun factor that was part and parcel of the old Slash-5 DNA. “I had one just after I got out of college, a Slash-5 that I put dual disc brakes on, low bars, and a flamed gas...

Justin’s had his finger on the pulse of what’s happening economically and has been turning out a series of really delightful and affordable bobbers for today’s budget minded buyers, but he wanted to try his hand at something new. Luckily for him, brother Jarrod was the spark that made this cool café a reality. “He’s got more of a racing background than I do and that really helps...