What was once an unsuspecting 2010 Street Glide intended to wile away the miles in cruiser comfort has now become a highfalutin shadow of its former self. Not a big surprise there as Curly’s been knocking out one radical ride after another for the past 12 years or so and he’s not about to resort to chrome Motor Company bolt-ons to do his work. This little baby was taken down to a bare frame and the neck was whacked off and welded back on at an infinitely more radical rake to accommodate a new 26” swirly-spoke wheel. Curly’s Custom Cycles’ trademarked motto of “Don’t fake it, Rake it” sure came into play here through necessity and style.  

  Speaking of style, Curly embraced most of the current trends, but with his own twist to everything from bodywork to motorvation. Yup, there are extended bags (8”), extended  fenders, extended tank, and a killer audio system like any custom bagger worthy of the name custom bagger  has, but Curly found his own niche in the details. That’d be things like incorporating his company’s skull logo carefully throughout the bike without overdoing it in the floorboards, gauge faces, clutch cover, and speaker grille covers. Or installing an air ride suspension front and rear, but setting it up so the bike immediately moves up or down completely at the touch of the on-board compressor. Another nice piece he incorporated is the Matt Risley Innovations’ electric center stand that works well in conjunction with the air suspension while cleaning up the lower frame rail where the kickstand formerly lived. And now that I mentioned that clean-up, there’s another clean-up going on and it’s not in aisle 7, but on the other lower frame rail that used to be hidden by the exhaust. Curly fabbed up a nice piece of sheet metal kit to cover up the now-exposed/un-pretty area which in turn was covered in paint and graphics. What you can’t see will never hurt you seems to be the modus operandi here.

  Any dragster make you unconsciously stare at the engine and you can’t miss the 96-inches of black Twin Cam with Curly’s fast-forward, header-wrapped twin pipe exhaust and industrially pretty air cleaner. Topping off the drag racing theme is a set of drag bars, a NOS setup, and what I’d have to say is a first for me on a custom bagger, what appears to be a Simpson drag chute mounted in the rear fender. I can’t say I’ve ever used a drag chute in real life or if there would ever be any reason in hell for me to try, but it sure does look cool and adds to the fun aspect of this build. And, in all of his seriousness of building a bike to represent his shop, like Cyndi Lauper, Curly just wanted to have some fun with this build.

  If you’d like to see more of Curly’s work at his “one-stop shop” be sure to check out his web site that has lots of great photos of his builds before, during , and after at www.curlyscycles.com.