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, 2570 E. Cerritos Ave., Anaheim, CA
92806, or e-mail us at
bikeworks@primedia.com.
Six weeks of late nights and a loyal team effort got this '02 H-D Fatboy to the 2004 Smokeout in Salisbury, North Carolina. Although it was done under the gun, Bulldog Sheller, Snake Sheller, Bulldog's uncle Jimmy, Vince and Lemp made it their goal to pay close attention to the details when it came to customizing the Fatboy. One of those standout details is the rear fender with a Maltese cross and flames. According to Bulldog, a lot of filing and sanding went into getting the sheetmetal to meet the crew's standards. The orange-amber pearl paintjob with almond and red pinstripes were done in-house as well. They also chose Vance & Hines Big Radius pipes and Performance Machine Wrath wheels. With the bike getting completed just hours before it was time to leave from their Pittsburgh hometown, the guys quickly packed some bags and hit the road.