I always wondered when somebody was going to start with a un-bagged bike to make a custom bagger. It only makes sense as nobody seems to use stock bags or even modified ones or most body pieces (including the fairing) when they’re making an all-out-assault show bagger anymore. More and more they’re working from a bare frame and engine to a finished product with most everything that came stock sitting on a shelf gathering dust. Leave it to Richard Wright to figure this out when he decided to knock out this 30-inch wheel Victory custom bagger. What he needed was a frame and engine to build on so why not just get a stripped Victory King Pin and be done with it?

There were some interesting things Richard had to deal with on this build like the inverted forks that made mounting the (don’t take it wrong, but it is) giant front fender a different trip. In a raked-out frame with a huge, heavy hoop spinning away, the beefier inverted fork compared to a traditional FL-style makes a lot of structural sense. Making good sense too is Victory’s 100-inch Freedom V-twin engine that teamed with their 6-speed makes for a more than adequate power plant without having to hot rod it to death.

What really makes this bike interesting to me is that it appears to be a second custom version of what it once was. Hey, I’m guessing here, but this YouTube video of what I figure has to be the first version (and please correct me if I’m wrong) in its much less dramatic form. Yup, drama as in a killer airbrush paintjob by a man (I’m assuming) mysteriously known only as “The Australian.” Although it’s famous for Paul “Crocodile Dundee” Hogan and kangaroos I don’t know if Australia is famous for breeding air brush artists. But, if you take a look at the super-realistic Mardi Gras-themed asymmetrical graphics, you have to be impressed by the finished work. Maybe it’s not your cup of tea for your bike, but you have to admit there was a really skilled hand holding that air brush for a very long time. Be sure to check out the photo gallery on this bike as it only gets better.

As far as checking things out, be sure to also check out Richard Wright’s web site (www.richardwrightschopshop.com) and his extensive body of work over the years on not only motorcycles, but cars of all kinds, boats, RVs, and even Freightliners.