Okay, that’s all a lot of introductory blather on my part, but what I think I’m trying to get at is that everybody has their own idea of what’s cool and what’s currently the hot thing may not be in their taste palette. Radical beyond belief custom baggers or hot rod bobbers might be the flavor of the moment, but that doesn’t deter those who get all hot and sweaty just thinking about a crazy long and low, super-fat rear tire, chromed-out showbike-style custom. And that’s good as, just like life, it takes all kinds of people to make things interesting. Think of what it would really be like if everybody was exactly the same as you. Why there’d be no need to ever leave your house again when all you’d have to do is look into a mirror to see the world. Now that would be boring and it’s the same with bikes. If the motorcycle world was just flat black bobbers and/or giant wheel baggers, what fun would that be?

One guy who loves ‘em long, wild, and wooly is Rick “Kat Daddy” Abbott, owner of Kat Daddy Customs and our feature bike is proof of that from one shiny end to the other. Not all of his bikes are this extreme as this recent Barnett’s article shows, but that was more of an anomaly than anything even according to Kat Daddy. He revels in making them showbike-shocking and intricately detailed. And, most importantly, he does it all in-house at his Auburn, Indiana, shop from fabrication to paint and graphics. It might offend some people to say that the devil is in the details on a bike called Resurrection, but in this case it’s true.

“This is my attorney’s bike I built for him a few months ago. Unlike most attorneys I know of, mine is an awesome guy and I appreciate everything he does for me. The cool part about building bikes for him is he gives me free reign to do what I want,” said Kat Daddy. “The only quirk he has is I have to put the number 13 on every bike we build for him. The only other stipulation on this bike is he hands me that skull head light and says, ‘This has to be on the bike.’ “

KD does love his bodywork and he’s spent some serious time with his English wheel on this one. There’s just a lot going on everywhere you look and there’s probably a lot going on that you miss at first glance. “The tank, fenders, handle bars, air breather, oil tank are all one-off custom built by me while the frame and swing arm were heavily modified. If you look closely, the gas tank is split down the center and the backbone has a fin that goes in-between the tank and is visible,” said Kat Daddy. ”The bike sports a 113” Ultima chromed and polished engine, a 6-speed trans, and an open primary. The front end is an American Suspension Dragon Slayer springer. The paint is House of Kolor marbleized blue/black with Orion silver metallic tribal and pastel royal blue pinstriping.”

The end result is a bike you’d never lose in a parking lot at Sturgis and if you did you shouldn’t be riding anyway as you just can’t see my man. If you like what you see and you’d like to see more of his work, check out www.katdaddycustoms.net. Oh, and one more thing I should add to all of this, Kat Daddy’s a real nice guy too.