And that’s not even taking into account any of the other sensory modalities like balance, pain, temperature, vibration and proprioception (the sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement). In other words, this bike is a full frontal assault on everything that makes you who you are. Just don’t take any of this personally as Nick would do the same for anybody and it all begins with one of his Assault-series intercooled turbo kits attached to a built motor. Yeah you got that right, when a turbo is just not enough, Nick cranks up the engine internals to please just about anyone but the foolhardiest of horsepower freaks.

    Even though Nick is all about performance, crazy ass performance, he seems to have picked up a lot of style along the way too. Maybe I just haven’t been paying enough attention, but every one of his Assault series Road Kings is a real looker with their own personality. This assaulting green version sits straight up and down on its frame at rest and looks like it’s ready to go in a split second. Hit the buttons for the engine and air suspension, twist the throttle and you’ll be a quarter-mile away in about 10 to 11 seconds. A half-mile away and you’ll be holding onto those bars for dear life at speeds that’ll make you a felon in most states. I call a run like that being lovingly assaulted, but it may be why this bike is aptly named Repeat Offender.

    Obviously there are all the custom bagger mods we take for granted now, but you wouldn’t if you had to do all the hard work to get there. Frame mods to locate the Trask-built 30-inch front wheel (including the spectacular Trask six-piston perimeter brake setup) are down to a science now, but stripping, cutting, welding, finishing and assembling is plain, hard physical work. I’ve gotten so jaded by extreme custom baggers that if this rad stuff isn’t there I wonder why. Nick’s got a finger on it and leaves no custom bagger stone unturned. One thing I really think is bagger spectacular is the way Nick handled the extended neck with its reshaping and speed holes in place. It’s really different and I find it a neat, new solution to extending the neck to fit a big hoop.

    When it came to the inevitable custom bags and rear fender, Nick looked to his Speed Glide rear end kit that ads just the right amount of bagger zest without looking like a lost swan or something. It’s packaged nicely with good, tight lines and just the right amount of Trask personality. The tank looks great in profile, but I think it looks best from the seat where its broad shoulders (i.e. width) really give it some presence. Also the skinny flowing dash board housing a lineup of useful instrumentation looks great and provides important information about what’s happening between your legs.

   The hand-built aluminum chin spoiler is attractively edgy compared to most of the smooth composite ones you normally see. The mesh screen work letting air through is repeated throughout the build as necessary and also where it’s just cool looking. Actually, I shouldn’t say that as it’s cool looking anywhere in a stainless mess kinda way. It seems people either love the mesh look or they hate it. I’m not a hater.

    But, my favorite bit of bodywork is the number plate-style headlight nacelle. I usually see something like this on street trackers and I find it kinda boring. But, on a big ass bagger with serious horsepower, it’s a revelation. The twin projector beam headlights looks marvelous jutting out at an angle and framed in stainless look aggressive as hell. Toss in the #5 mesh assembly number for a little style along with the hooded instrument binnacle sitting on top and you’ve got a winner of a nacelle. It really fits the look Nick was going for and it’s just not an expected bagger touch, it’s a style of its own.

   Okay, maybe I spoke too soon about my favorite bit of bodywork as I’m totally enthralled the way Nick handled the front fender of all things. Normally it seems like custom front fenders on a bagger are just a given and they’re usually nice, but nothing outstanding. Here I think it’s been handled quite differently and dare I say it, in an outstanding way. Nick’s beefy, yet attractive race-style fork brace and fender mount apes a race bike more than a custom bagger. Chuck on the unexpected short and sporty fender and you’ve got a fender statement you’ll possibly never see again on a bagger so drink it in. I really like this more than another Heritage-style or nicely generic bagger front fender.

   The Twin Cam engine displacing 106-inches of force-fed glory looks dark and ominous in its Cerakote gun coating finish. From the left side, the engine almost looks stock except for all the safety wiring that just looks high-tech cool in its raciness. Normally you only see this on something with track intentions, but it’s a lovely bit of kit to just look at and admire the extra touch Nick put into his build. On the right is where all the action is from the turbo itself to the intercooler and all the plumbing. The clear view through the Assault air intake unit on the EFI is cool as living hell while Nick’s short, downward-dumping megaphone style exhaust looks ready for battle and then some. Again, the mesh heat shields are a work of stainless art on a mechanical sculpture so it’s a double dip on beauty here.

   Paint-wise, this bike is all about catching your eye and holding it. These are showcase bikes for Trask Performance as well as for sale and Nick succeeded on both counts here. The too bright for Saint Patty’s Day green was a great choice and its translucent high-gloss finish is completely complimented by the dark matte black finish running down the middle of the bike. Through in all the various cut stainless mesh pieces and the balance is perfect. Not too flashy, but no shrinking violet either. Apparently it was just perfect for its new owner, Dan Davies of Chicago, Illinois, who stepped up and paid what I’m sure was big bucks for his piece of performance bagger pie. The best part might be if he gets some crap from somebody about his dream in green, he can be gone in a lot quicker than sixty seconds ─ a hell of a lot quicker. Turbo away!

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