Aaron Jenkins owns a small shop in Hanford, California and is trying his hand at custom bike building. One of the first bikes he and his buddy Shannon Lewis built is this blue CFL hardtail. It all started when Aaron wanted to build a bike for himself but as soon as the bike was done some guy came into the shop and bought it. He didn't want to let it go, so he had to build another one for his customer. Before he knew it, the idea for Jenkins Customs was born.
Strat-Cat Willie is a New York City guitar playing blues man in a band called Blues Plate Special. When he's not out playing the blues, Willie spends all his off time riding his custom built '93 Fat Boy. Willie had custom wheels, rotors and a pulley cut to match his guitar. Then he had the pegs, shift linkage, and the mirrors cut the same, followed by a custom paint job that Willie feels expresses the way he feels: "Blue."
Arian Hidalgo from Miami, Florida, wanted to show us how his '07 Night Train turned out after seeing what we did to black out our long term Night Train here at HOT BIKE. Arian started with gloss black paint for the sheetmetal then pulled the headlight, trees and lower leg and hand controls and had them powder coated black. Then Arian swapped out the stock pipes, seat, and added all the H-D blackout parts then bolted on an RSD air cleaner. For the last pieces Arian called Sam at Ride Wright for a set black Fat Daddy wheels with chrome rims. Good job. This will get more guys to think about fixing up what they already have.
Criss Guinn of Seneca, South Carolina, bought a stock '01 Fat Boy to fix up and customize. After riding sport bikes for years he wanted a bike with some soul; something he could call "All Me." It started out as a stock bike, however, a 95ci big bore kit, BDL open primary, Detonator Wheels with yellow lettered tires, chromed frontend, WCC Maltese cross Velocity stack, and Vance & Hines Pro Pipe, were added. As soon as the bike was done Criss rode the bike to all his favorite hangouts and everyone told him his bike fits him to the T.
Mike Hughes of Eureka, Missouri, wanted a bike so bad he asked his wife to sell her old Jaguar XJ8 so he could buy an old '97 H-D Fat Boy. At first she was not so happy about how the money was spent, but Mike told her that with a little time and the left over money, this would be the coolest looking bike ever. She hung in there as Mike took the bike down to the frame and rebuilt it from the ground up. In the end she was glad she did it and could now see the investment paying off.