What is a little different take on using a Buell as a donor bike was Kat Daddy’s intention of doing something quite different than stock, but keeping some of the Buell flavor in the final product. “The bike was totally built by Kat Daddy Customs using a 2002 Buell M2 Cyclone as the donor bike. I wanted to keep the look of the Buell, but make it lower and longer,” said Kat Daddy. “The bike’s name is Misfit because it’s not really a Buell, it’s not really a Harley, it’s not really a pro street, and it’s not really a crotch rocket.”

So it’s now long, low, and also rigid as Kat Daddy stretched it out four-inches and dropped it down a big five-inches while angling the frame’s headstock from 23-degrees of hyper activity to a lazier, but cruiser-reasonable 35-degree rake. With that chassis out of the way and ready to accept new parts and pieces, Kat Daddy got to work. “We built the tank to resemble the original plastic one. Now it’s just a little longer and narrower at the front,” said Kat Daddy. “We also built the fenders, handle bars, and modified the seat section.”

Like any wise Buell organ transplant recipient, Kat Daddy knew what to use and what to chuck. The wheels, brakes, fork, and engine/tranny are all top notch stuff and to replace them with most anything else is a sideways step in my opinion. Although there was one thing that had to go as Kat Daddy righteously said, “I got rid of that hideous boat anchor of an exhaust pipe and built new ones.” Mass centralization plays no part in this custom bike, although since it’s now longer at both ends, maybe it’s been cruiser mass-centralized. I’m sure no one cares either way and I don’t blame you a bit, sorry.

Like everything else on this bike, when it came time for paint, that was shot in-house. “We build everything in-house using Old Scholl skills,” said Kat Daddy. That may be true, but I doubt he’s using real Old School painting tools as this baby grabs your eyeballs immediately. “The paint on this bike is House of Kolor purple metallic with crazy ‘Cuda flames and hot green pinstripes. People seem to like the bike, but when it’s next to some of my more radical bikes it only gets a quick look before they move on to my more radical ones, said,” said Kat Daddy. “So, in that aspect, I kinda wish I would have gone a little crazier with it, but it was a learning thing for me. I am setting a frame jig up to build a kit for Sportsters so people can build something like our bike called Buckshot that you featured, but still use a Buell engine if they want to. The wiring is much simpler on a Buell and the horse power is much better with a stock Buell than a Sportster. This bike is pretty simple, but what can I say other than it was an experiment.”

For more info on that Sporty frame and Kat Daddy Customs, please visit www.katdaddycustoms.net.