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Anybody who has ever battled cancer or had a loved with cancer knows what a horrible and crippling disease it is.

Anybody who has ever battled cancer or had a loved with cancer knows what a horrible and crippling disease it is.The person fighting has to endure months—many times years—of emotional and physical stress beyond what the human body and mind were meant to endure. The roller coaster of highs and lows is also shared, to a different degree, with loved ones and family who surround them. It’s well known that twins have a special bond only they recognize and can explain, so when Parker Blanchard’s twin brother, Hayden, began to battle cancer it was no surprise that no expense was spared for his 1953 Panhead built by Dago’s Speed Shop in Whittier, California.

Rene Astengo, owner of Dago’s Speed Shop, was called upon by Parker to help lift his brother’s spirits. We sat down with Rene to find out how this custom Pan began.

How did you come in on this project?
Rene Astengo: Hayden had asked to build a bike about a year ago. At that time I just didn’t have the time to do it. Sometime around July, Parker got ahold of me and asked if I would be interested in putting something together for Hayden as a surprise. I told him what Hayden and I had already talked about in terms of style. There was no way to get a ground-up build that I was proud of done by Christmas time. If they really wanted to do something, I said maybe we could find something that was more done and redo it or finish it. That’s when I found this bike from Jose. He had this bike, and it fit what we needed it to do. Obviously they are twins, so there’s a bond there already.

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they are twins, so there’s a bond there already.