You can’t imagine how relieved I felt after checking out our feature bike and found that this super sharp Road Glide custom built by Jason Geter of Absolute Custom Cycles in Denver, North Carolina, is named Kandy Kane. Yeah baby, that’s a Christmas candy of dubious deliciousness too and it has pretty much the same glossy finish, but not the variety of colors. Since this bike is obviously white and red like a candy cane, then Kandy Kane it is and I’m off the hook by a builder with a sense of humor.

   Like all radical custom baggers, a complete strip down was in order and this 2007 Harley-Davidson FLTR became an exploded pile of parts with many of them finding a new life on somebody’s shelves. Jason did the old cut and thrust on the stock frame with a Hawg Halters Inc. neck rake kit to accommodate a Glenndyne Design Forged G-6 30-inch front wheel. Just to put things into perspective, the huge 18-inch Glenndyne custom rotor is the same diameter as the hidden Glenndyne rear wheel. A stout pair of four-piston calipers work their magic on this huge brake disc reining it in like a dual rotor setup would while showing the wheel off completely on the right side of the bike. Man we’ve come a long way in this world of huge motorcycle parts. Big, big, and even bigger seems to be the way of the custom bagger world and I wonder if it will ever stop?

     Somehow I doubt the stock Twin Cam 96 had internal work, but I don’t have the slightest doubt about all the exterior work. Just look at that engine with all its chromed bling and tell me some chrome plater somewhere is planning a huge vacation off this bike alone and I’d totally believe you. It’s almost like what isn’t chrome is chrome if you catch my drift. Helping the chrome quotient reach critical mass is the ferocious looking Covingtons Customs Destroyer 2-into-1 exhaust that dominates the right side of the engine before eventually dumping out the blood-curdling bellow of America’s favorite style of V-twin engine.

   Style is what a custom bagger is all about and Jason doesn’t disappoint with smooth lines that gracefully flow front to rear in a windstorm of fiberglass. Camtech Custom Baggers was called on for one their stretched tank kits while the angled and extended bags and rear fender is from TOL Designs. I do like the slimness of the bags and appreciate the angled design as I’ve scraped an extended bag or two. Not too badly, but when you’ve got a bazillion dollar paint job on there the last thing you want is road rash of any kind on the bags. Jason didn’t kid around when it came to choosing high quality bodywork that looked lovely, but not too over the top. Classy in a big-wheel bagger way.

   Jason stayed with the classic Road Glide fairing but turned things up a notch or two or three with a 1 Off Creations inner fairing. Take a close look and you can see why. With a combo of Memphis and Diamond audio equipment on board, there is plenty of power and enough speakers on this bike to permanently and instantly deafen you like sitting in front of the speakers at a Rolling Stones concert. I’m not a big fan of listening to music while riding or do I know (or care to learn) much about motorcycle audio, but I’m impressed by what I see. If you’re a two-wheel audiophile, you’d love it and all its excesses. Good for you.

    The white and red paintwork by Hampton’s Body Shop in Gastonia, North Carolina, is a complete example of shock and awe in red and white. No, I shouldn’t be so simple describing it as that as you look into the paintjob up close you can see there’s a whole lot more going on than meets the initial peek. It’s way more than just a two-tone candy apple red and pearl white paintjob. Peering into the paint reminds me of experiences I had in the ‘60s with a quiet world of graphics going on inside the white base and red panels. Combine the paintwork with all the chrome and you’ve got a blingtastic finish that just sparkles in sunlight or any light. Now that I think about it, I wouldn’t stare directly into this bike outside at high noon as you might lose your eyesight like those fictitious kids supposedly did back in the Summer of Love staring into the sun on acid. Groovy man.

    If you like attention, you probably love custom big-wheel baggers and all their over-the-top loveliness. Absolute Custom Cycles has stayed within the acceptable extreme boundaries of what makes a custom bagger a custom bagger, but have really taken their own approach to how the finished product presents itself. The combo of chrome, white and red has never looked better and Absolute deserves a pat on the back for coming up with such a looker. Even if it’s not your style, you have to admit it’s a looker. Kudos to Jason Geter and Absolute Custom Cycles for making such a beautiful bike even if I still think it looks more like ribbon candy than a candy cane. I gotta admit that Kandy Kane does sound a lot more appetizing than ribbon candy so just like every Christmas, I’ll leave ribbon candy in box and maybe try a candy cane again. It works for Jason.

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