1998 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy And More - Readers' Rides

Peace Offering
MJ sent us a pic of her slammed '06 Heritage Softail Peace Officer Special Edition complete with hockey-puck bags and custom fender with molded taillight treatments. Tons of chrome has been added throughout the bike. The throaty Samson True Dual fishtails do a great job of setting off MJ's neighbors' car alarms as well as keeping the SUVdriving soccer moms at bay. The bike also has a killer one-off custom-stitched blue flake seat with memory foam that keeps the buns from going numb with style. In the paint department, two-tone gray and blue pinstripes break up the OE Harley Vivid Black finish. The 12.5-inch ape hangers, twisted 80-spokes and Caddy emblem let you know that this bike is a Cali Cruiser for sure.

Retro Glide
Coming to us all the way from Canada, this custom build was indeed a true family affair. Kim Green and her husband Dave built this bagger from the ground up with a Softail frame from Ultima using a Twin Cam Harley-Davidson motor rebuilt by none other than her son Kyle. Kim wanted a bagger that reflected her love for the cars of the '50s, and with the low-slung stance of this bike coupled with a two-tone black and '57 Chrysler Parakeet Green paint job, the theme has proven to be well executed.

Keeping with the sleek retro theme, Kim used a 2-inch under billet frontend with mid-'80s Tour Glide fairing and Dakota Digital gauges, which follows the line of the custom-stretched, one-piece, 5 1/2-gallon tank and LePera Silhouette seat to a tee. The bags are Harley-Davidson with custom LED lighting and are attached with a bracket kit from Cycle Vision and finished off with a set of chrome trim moldings from H-D's Parts & Accessories catalog up top. The bike rolls on an 18-inch 80-spoke wheel from DNA in the front with a solid 16-inch H-D Fat Boy wheel out back.

It seems that bikes are a labor of love for the Green family as well as a vehicle, so to speak, through which they can show off their own brand of family values.