As the sponsor of HOT ROD'S BIKE-WORKS Readers' Rides, Bassani motorcycle exhaust, available exclusively from North County Customs, wants to help you get the most out of your motorcycle. If we select your bike to run in the Readers' Rides section, the folks at North County Customs will give you a gift certificate good for $75 toward the purchase of a set of the shop's pipes. Now what could be better than that? Getting your bike displayed on these pages is as simple as sending a couple of good-looking photographs of your motorcycle shot against a clean background (no poles growing out of the seat, no cars or trash cans in the background). Please include some information telling us what you've done to make your bike cool.
If you think your bike has what it takes, then show it off for all to see. Mail your photos, a brief background of the bike, and your contact information to HOT ROD'S BIKE-WORKS, Attn: Readers' Rides, 720 Hundley Way, Placentia, CA 92870, or e-mail us at bikeworks@primedia.com.
No Cookie-Cutter Custom Here
Charlie Baker of San Diego, believes you don't always have to "chop the frame, stretch the tank, or have a way too busy paintjob to have a show-winning (or magazine-worthy) motorcycle." We think his customized '03 Screamin' Eagle Deuce certainly proves his point. Paying close attention to the details, Charlie added Arlen Ness pipes, pegs, and controls, a Perse frontend, PM wheels and brakes, and Eurocomponents mirrors. He decided to leave the H-D tank but modified the fenders with the help of Rock & Roll Custom Paintworks in Orange, California, who also took care of the gold and black leaf paintjob and graphics. When building bikes, Charlie tries to stay away from "cookie-cutter customs" that bleed bank accounts dry. His goal is always to create a bike that is tasteful and classy. Mission accomplished.