2003 Custom Fat Boy - The Othr WM

The more Rick and John talked, the more parts were added to the build list, such as wheels from Carrige Works, a six-speed transmission from Mid-USA, Wicked Bros. pipes, a Force Winder air cleaner, and a gas tank from Independent. There were a few components John left off the build list, knowing that he and Kai would handle those in-house, such as the front fender, rear fender with internal struts, and the pullback handlebars with built-in risers. Once the list of parts was complete, the last question John asked Rick was the hardest: What about paint? "After weeks of thinking about it and looking through several magazines, I still couldn't come up with a paint scheme," Rick said. "I just came up with three colors (purple, yellow, and silver) and told John and his painter Mark Easton to have at it."

It took a total of three months for John and Kai to turn Rick's list of parts into a reliable, triple-digit-displacement, wide-tired, Fat Boy-killing machine. "When I saw the bike for the first time, I immediately knew it was exactly what I'd been missing in my life. I even decided to get a personalized license plate that reads 'OTHR WM,' which stands for 'other woman,'" Rick said.

Apparently Rick's older brother Robbie wasn't too happy being left in the dust. So Robbie had John and Kai install a 124 into his Fat Boy as well. "He can't keep up, but he comes close," Rick said. It's probably the fastest Fat Boy around, but it's still not an Exxxtreme Custom."