What was once a Harley-Davidson Road King built by The Motor Company to take its new owner across town or across the country on a moment’s notice is now doing show duty under a whole new façade. Gone are the familiar FLHR pieces of bodywork replaced by a complete makeover that is smoother than the late Barry White introducing his song Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love Baby....

   Taking a look at Black Label Bagger’s web site, they state right up front, “Passion leads to design, Design leads to performance, Performance leads to success!” If you had a mission statement for this elegantly radical big-wheel bagger with an always exciting turbo hanging all over the engine, I’d say they met their mission statement and then some. I’ve got to admit that I can’t...

     I don’t know if Robert Snipes, owner of Snipes Machine in Kershaw, South Carolina, and builder of this bagger is a purple freak or not, but I do know he’s a big wheel bagger freak. But, he uses his skills as a machinist and fabricator to always try to take a custom bagger to a different level. Snipes Machine has contributed to a number of Barnett’s articles like his Street...

   Then it dawned on me, that’s not a 30-inch wheel, but a 32-incher and all the proportions are just slightly larger to accommodate it. Maybe you don’t feel the same way, but it looks slightly larger scale than what I’m used to seeing. Apparently Dennis is a firm believer like all good Americans that big is good, but bigger is better. Just like the American automakers of old that...

       Go ahead and take a good look at Jack Cofano’s always lovely photo gallery and see what you think about this nice looking ride built by Robert Snipes and crew at Snipes Machine in Kershaw, South Carolina. Maybe I’m just getting a bit jaded after seeing so many 30-inchers along with the occasional 32-incher dominating the front end of so many custom baggers. Or, maybe the 26...

       Well if you’re thinking about taking this angle, you’re a day late and a big wheel short. Yup, Garrett Onetime Lewis and David Crabill of One Time Customs in China Grove, North Carolina, beat you to the punch with a 30-inch front wheel that looks like it was designed for street magician David Blaine to use in his next show. Hey, I don’t mean to take away any of the hard work...

   Yes, it’s striking enough to have garnered “Best of Show” at this year’s 2016 Daytona Rat’s Hole Show and you don’t get much more admiration that that. I don’t know how much the latest and greatest (as in Texas big) 32-inch front wheel entered into the winning equation, but it didn’t hurt. All Star’s 3D wheel is a pip of a design with some of the most graceful spokes you’ll ever...

  What makes this bagger particularly interesting is that it’s a rolling catalogue of Dirty Bird parts and pieces that anyone can order for their own bike. Even though John’s bolting on a lot of parts on this 2014 Harley-Davidson Street Glide, that’s totally okay with me as the guy fabricates and manufactures those same parts. Matter of fact, you could build a complete custom...

     Just imagine this radical Road King without the bags and you’d have a pretty damn nice chop right there. All the elements of a modern day chopper are there with a lot more sophistication than what we think of when we think chopper, but it’s getting hard to really see the big friggin’ difference unless you’re comparing it to a real Old School chop. That’s the David Mann stuff...

   Usually taking a walk on the wild side as far as custom baggers go involves some new crazy bodywork twist or an audio system that would drown out an F-22 Raptor on takeoff or it could be a completely mind blowing paintjob. All honorable things that a lot of honorable big wheel bagger fans can’t get enough. For Zach Johnson and Travis Hathcock of Kendall Johnson Customs in...