Volume 44, Number 11 Hot Bike Table of Contents

On the Cover: Michael Mancini catches Meghan Williams aboard the military-themed Thug Couture bike. ON THIS PAGE The one and only Hulk Hogan posing down with his Arlen Ness-built machine straight from the Hot Bike archives.

On the Cover: Michael Mancini catches Meghan Williams aboard the military-themed Thug Cou

Contents

Departments

8 From the Editor
10 Editor’s Note
18 Speed’s Spotlight
20 Product Pics
27 The Hot Seat
88 Used and Abused
98 Readers’ Showcase

Tech

In Depth
48 Go Big or Go Home
Goin’ Big for More Power With H-D’s 110 Big Bore Kit, Part II

Swap
62 Rollin’ Deep
Inside Performance Machine

DIY
72 Control Yourself
FXR Handling Upgrade Tips

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On this Page: The one and only Hulk Hogan posing down with his Arlen Ness-built machine s

Bikes

Forefront
28 Slim Pickings
UK’s Shaw H-D Picks Apart an ’04 FSXTI

Chopped
56 The Sex Panther
Mike D. Ellis’s Cherry Poppin’ Chopper

Bagged
66 CVO Softglide
A Hard Ass With a Softail Bagger

Modified
74 Thug Life
Never Say Never to a Builder

Classic
80 Red Gold
LA Speed Shop Strikes It Twice

Historically Speaking
34 Historically Speaking
JD George

In Production
38 Slimming the Softail
Softail Slim Road Test

Living the Life
42 Chopper Campout
Getting Outdoorsy the Deathtraps M/C Way