Sometimes that dream just might not be what you expect, but you just go with it anyway. That’s the way I feel about this eyeball-grabbing Harley-Davidson bagger build by person or persons unknown. It’s quite a stunning build with a lot of high quality work from the stretched neck to accommodate the front wheel to the tail-dragging rear fender and bags. Nothing’s been left to chance with air suspension front and rear to drop it down to the pavement (or carpet) and an audio system that looks like it could wake the dead. I can feel those gigundous fairing speakers thumping my chest hard enough to stop my heart so I’m sure they’re more for action at rest than humping through traffic. That’s cool as I bet most are appreciated when you’re a few feet away.

   Assuming this is a very late model Road Glide, I’ll bet that the majority of the engine budget money was spent on things like the powdercoated block, cylinders and heads that have been Diamond Cut for a bit more flash. Toss in a nice Stage 1 kit like the tiny-cool air cleaner working with the reverse (and I really mean reverse) slash cut 2-into-1 exhaust and you’ve got ample custom bagger power. I don’t know if the venturi effect of the wind rushing by the forward-facing exhaust helps or hurts power, but it’ll sure grab some attention.

  Grabbing attention is what a show bike is all about and this Glide certainly does that. I’m still trying to figure out the curving front wheel spokes that pick up colors here and there so much so I didn’t know what was spoke and what was air. At times it even looks like green Lucite and there’s purple in other views. It’s quite an illusion that makes my eyes get a bit crossed. But like all custom baggers, it comes down to paint and by that I mean color(s) and scheme.

   I’m sure the builder or owner or whoever chose the paint got exactly what they want with a bike no cager could ever say, “Officer, I didn’t see it.” Like I said before, this bike is an eyeball grabber and obviously the builder/owner is seeking just that. Personally, it would not have been my choice, but then it’s not my bike. I just find the lime green and purple a bit jarring along with black and silver fades and yellow pinstriping. As far as the carbon fiber look like on the wheels, spoiler, dash and a few other places, there’s just too much going on. The giant fairing speakers? They’re ridiculously cool to a non-audiophile like me.

  Hey, paint is personal and you can still paint your bike anyway you want in America as far as I know. It’s gotta be tough trying to make a custom bagger stand out in a sea of custom baggers. Some times it works and sometimes it doesn’t. It all depends on your personal view and the best part is all of us looky-loos can give opinions without realizing we’ve fallen for the wicked old children’s taunting rhyme, “I made you look, you dirty crook, you stole your mother’s pocketbook.” The builder/owner got exactly what they wanted and they made us look.