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Kat Daddy Customs’ Sporty Trike
Story by Wendy Manning
Photos by Rose Abbott
For the past five years, Rick and Rose Abbott, owners of Kat Daddy Customs in Auburn, Indiana, have been turning out one-off high-end customs. The couple offer killer designs, hand-formed and fabricated craftsmanship, and specializing in custom designed front and rear fenders, tanks, air breathers, complete one-off custom motorcycles, and trike conversions at a reasonable cost.
For this bike, we’re striving for something simple that could be produced easily with just a few style changes depending on the customer,” Rick said. “All the jigs and patterns are made so now is just a matter of paint and fender styles. On this trike, my wife and I designed the fenders suited for women. The tank was stretched and the bottom was lowered to take up that huge gap on top of the engine area.”
He added, “The air breather was also a pretty simple design. Over all, it turned out pretty good. Now working on a 2006 Honda VTX I bought wrecked, and I’m making new fenders for it. I hope to wrap it up pretty quick so I can get back to the radical, but it’s looking like its going to turn out to have that wow factor.” Everything at Kat Daddy’s is built in-house using Old School skills. “We build our own frames, or we will modify frames that have the dimensions that you want.
Tanks are built using the old English wheel. Fenders are spun on an old turret lathe, and hand shaped with style. Everything that can be fabricated in-house is; that includes pipes, headlights, air breathers, handle bars, etc. We also offer bike modifications.”
Rick said, “Our goal is to give you the most unique bike on the road, something you can be proud of. If Jay Leno was impressed with our designs and detail we are sure you will also.”
Check out Kat Daddy’s awesome photo gallery of award-winning customs at www.katdaddycustoms.net
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