Our feature bike built by the talented lads at The Bike Exchange in Gastonia, North Carolina, is a perfect example of a spare-no-dollars-until-it’s-over-the-top custom bagger. I say over-the-top for the simple reason that anytime you put a 30-inch Renegade Racine hoop covered in Vee Rubber up front, you’ve got to go OTT to just begin to match the audaciousness of a front wheel...

Flash forward to today and dressers have become baggers and (in my best Carl Sagan voice) millions and millions of lights have been replaced by millions of dollars of parts and pieces. Well, maybe not millions, but checking out the bedazzled bagger built by Gary Hummel of HH Bagger Design in Corona, California, it looks like what might as well be a million dollars compared to...

     No one will ever say that Coby Klein is afraid; at least when it comes time to knock out a whack bagger that’s a showcase for SBD’s own parts and handiwork. Normally, most people use a Harley frame just for its neck and VIN number and the rest be damned, but not Coby. He cut off the frame at the base of the downtubes and right above the engine’s Vee on the top tube, tossed...

  Next, we wanted a generalized “bling” package. Covingtons Cycle City in Woodward, Oklahoma, doesn’t just build customized bikes to order, they also offer an extensive line of custom parts for standard Harley-Davidsons. The one we liked most was the finned billet collection, in chrome. We ordered eleven matching pieces from them. The larger items were the dash panel, derby cover,...

    But, there are some people who can see the good right through the bad and Dustin Maybin of Eastern Rod & Chopper in Hendersonville, North Carolina, is definitely one of them. This relatively young guy took a homely (I’m being kind here) Volare Road Runner and reworked it until it became  something I never thought I’d ever say about one of these, but here it goes, he made...

  That would be the same reaction you’d have after encountering the seemingly stock 2009 Screamin’ Eagle Road Glide belonging to Wayne Stamey. Yeah, a CVO has a 110” engine, but there’s also a lot of weight to move around so pulling out to pass him (unwritten motorcycle law ― if there’s a motorcycle ahead of you it must be passed) shouldn’t be a problem. Just as you close in for...

Blue Custom started out as a 2007 Street Glide and got a serious Covingtons’ performance upgrade with a 103″ Twin Cam stuffed full of Screamin’ Eagle parts. A Terry Components EFI Controller handles the intake side of things while Covingtons Signature Series True Dual Hot Rod pipes takes care of the exit strategy for spent gases. “We originally came out with the Hot Rod...

  Personally I think Kurt’s a smart guy as he chose to make a rideable-appearing custom bike to showcase the H-D parts he’s now offering through his Sumo-X company. Funny how a 23” front wheel that looked so huge only a short while ago now seems a bit conservative and an everyday rider possibility. Coming from a totally dedicated (and probably antiquated) 16” dresser wheel guy like...

So the story about this bike is really about Old Skool’s total rear bodywork conversion that sure takes it out of the commonplace extended-stock-bag-look featured on most custom baggers. “We didn’t do anything ingenious, we just said, ‘Why can’t the fender extend outside the rear shock towers so we can add bags and get the same amount of storage, but have a custom look without...

The parents of Rigo De la Torre, owner of this 2007 Harley-Davidson Road King, came to America from Mexico and decided to settle in the state of the all-American motorcycle, Wisconsin. They became American citizens, worked hard, and started making their contributions to America. Several years later, Rigo was born and like many other children of naturalized citizens, his parents...