Yank the headlight off this bike and you’d swear this was a fast ‘70s quarter-miler, just a lot better finished. From a side view, few customs look this simple, open, and airy. This is truly a Motor-cycle, with the motor, two wheels, and a tank dominating the visuals. The Santee Gooseneck double-downtube frame sits low and long and provides the category defying style with a 3” stretch and a drag-look 38-degree rake. Guilty welded a flat gusset plate full of hot rod holes between the top tubes whose theme is carried over to the beefy fender struts in back. A Redneck Enguinuity springer lets the bike sit level and adds to the open “tubiness” of the frame. I’m a big fan of ‘60s spoked car mags like Halibrands and Cragars, and the Weld Racing Blade wheels Ralph chose replicate that style, but in a modernist clean way. His choice of a Scotch-Brite wheel finish only enhances the overall look by downplaying bling for design harmony. A 120/70×21 Metzeler wraps around the front wheel while a low profile 260/40×18 envelopes the wide rear rim. The deep dish rear wheel effect is intensified by a Hawg Halters Inc. 4-piston sprocket brake and balanced by an offset-mounted HHI front brake so you always get a full wheel effect no matter what side you’re on.

If you’re going to look like you’re fast, you better have something to back it up with. Ralph chose a 93” S&S Indian motor and combined with the bike’s light weight provides more than ample go-power. “I wanted something with round jugs as it looked better with the frame,” says Cj. “It’s not an engine you see a lot of, but it’s one of the most bulletproof engines you can get for the price.” The velocity stack hanging off the carb shows its serious intentions while the short, header-wrapped Exotic Choppers’ exhaust adds a Top Fuel soundtrack to the mix. The front mounted spun-aluminum Mooneyes oil tank tips its classic design hat to the likes of ’32 Ford hi-boy roadsters while adding real world riding comfort. “I don’t like the bulkiness of an oil bag under the seat design-wise, but more importantly, there’s too much heat radiated to the rider with that set-up,” says Cj. “I also don’t like a lot of side panels obscuring the mechanicals of the bike.”

The Sportster-style tank is mounted so the frame’s tubes have a defining say in the bike’s style. Guilty’s minimal fender finishes off the body pieces and paint by Jason Gray ties everything together. “He had the paintjob bouncing around his head for a year,” says Cj. Metallic root beer, metalflake with pearl white and copper inlay, it just fit.” The reach to the almost hidden drag bars from the paint-matching seat by Ace Auto Interiors makes for a comfy ride with a foam base and gel pad insert.

“Our approach is less is more and rideability,” says Cj. “I’m guilty of building bikes that I would enjoy riding.”