Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2017 i Baggers Magazine

Growing up, I had that one “cool” neighbor on the corner with a killer collection of Harleys in the garage and nudie calendars on the wall. I would go skating back and forth in front of his house trying to catch a glimpse of those calendars and know that, happy to have an audience, he would eventually invite me in and start up one of the bikes. There was a Shovelhead he had owned for ages that he always seemed to be tinkering on, but of all the bikes that he loved to rev up and reminisce on, the one he would pull out of the driveway every day looking like it had just gotten a fresh coat of wax from the detailer was his purple CVO Electra Glide. My…

EDITOR’S NOTE: I wrote this review a month before receiving the news that Polaris would be ceasing production of Victory Motorcycles. It came as a major shock to me, and honestly, I’m pretty sad about it. From the more recent release of the Octane to this here Magnum X-1, Victory made some amazing motorcycles during its tenure. Not everyone dug their style, but they were new and different. As a company without a ton of heritage, they were free to push the envelope in a way other American V-twin brands aren’t. I’ll truly miss Vic’s unapologetic, aggressive style. From the polarizing Vision line, to the Hammer, Vegas, Gunner, and many more; I’ll miss this bike most of all. With more than 13,000 miles together, it’s all been smooth roads and…

AQUATIC AV 6.5-inch Speakers The AQ-SPK6.5-4HB high-performance waterproof speakers, rated at 360W max power output (180W RMS) per pair, deliver outstanding audio quality and volume even when you’re traveling at speed. To further enhance the listening experience, the 1-inch silk tweeter can be rotated 360 degrees to direct the sound exactly where you need it. The AQ-SPK6.5-4HB speakers feature a complex-fiber cone, silk tweeter, and aluminum basket to achieve a superior acoustic performance and also to create a great-looking speaker. They come complete with black grilles, mounting rings, and mounting hardware for easy installation into your Harley- Davidson motorcycle. Model years 1998–2013 require installation of the grille and mounting ring (included), and 2014–later model years do not require the grille or mounting ring. $449.95 // aquaticav.com PERFORMANCE MACHINE Fork Braces…

We all come in different shapes and sizes, right? Which is precisely why one rider’s handlebar setup might not work very well with another’s dimensions. And let’s face it: Installing bars these days isn’t the easiest of installations since you have to reroute your controls, plumbing, wiring, etc. I believe the last time I checked, a new bar installation at a local dealership was right around $1,000 for just the service alone. Here’s where Hill Country Custom Cycles comes into play. It has a great selection of Hill Country proprietary handlebars to choose from, plus a huge selection from other top manufacturers in the industry, and it streamlines the installation process for you by pre-wiring and installing all the bar components on the new bar for you, making it a…

Don’t you hate having to get off your bike when you get home to open the garage door? Or having a big bulky opener in your pocket? Well, Flash2Pass is changing that with its flashing-of-the-high-beams system. It’s as easy as rolling up, flashing the high beams, and boom the door starts rolling up. The Flash2Pass system costs $129, and it has everything needed to get the job done. Flash2Pass operates with most automatic garage door opener brands manufactured from 1982 until now. It is a simple install process that can easily be done by the average Joe. Follow along as we install the Flash2Pass system on a Harley-Davidson Street Glide.…

To see your bike here in an upcoming issue of Baggers, please provide a highresolution photo—the bigger the better. Please leave out the neighbor’s minivan, trash cans, etc. Send in the year, make, and model of bike, detailed information about it, your name, city, and a description of you. To really get our attention, include a brief touring adventure or an epic ride story. Keep the pics and info coming to us at baggersmag@bonniercorp.com. STYLIN’ CVO Bill Landrum, who hails from Walton, Kentucky, grew up in a custom-car family and is definitely not the type to leave his vehicles alone without making them his own. Bill purchased this 2016 Street Glide CVO brand new from Man O’War Harley in Lexington, Kentucky, in March of last year. He took it to…

HELLO BAGGERS, I read your magazine for the first time this week. Very interesting. The picture is of my 2012 FLHTP Police I turned into a Street Glide look-a-like. It is pictured in the solo version, but at home I can switch into a touring version with a Harley bag attached to the backrest. I am ready to trade the bike for a 2017. In November, I rented a 2016 Electra Glide Ultra to ride through Nevada, California, and Arizona. I liked the bike a lot, and my wife found it very comfortable. I know the 2017 is a much-improved version. In December, I rented a Road Glide Ultra to ride through Florida. I liked that bike even more. However, my wife found that she was getting a lot of…

If you’ve followed the story behind Big Bear Choppers since its birth in the late ’90s, then you’d know that their many successes throughout the years have blossomed from very humble beginnings. Company founder and chief designer Kevin Alsop has seen a lot of trends come and fall face first into the asphalt since then, but what he has yet to stray from is the importance of good, old-fashioned handling and performance, which is more important to him now than it ever has been. A lot of smaller riders might think of bagger model bikes to be too heavy or intimidating for them to handle, but that just isn’t the case, especially when you throw the right parts at them. One of Kevin’s main goals of late was to do…

“It had to be something we could beat on but still look good enough to take to shows.” That’s Walt Sipp’s 2009 Road King in a nutshell. You won’t find wild paint, apes reaching the heavens, or stereo system that can wake the dead on it. What you will find is a ProCharger supercharger, run on a bike that’s set up like most of us would have at home. That’s the whole point. Walt’s the V-twin product manager at ProCharger and wanted his daily rider/tester/parts model to show that the company’s supercharger can help not just big-bore mega-motors but also baggers sporting Stage 1 or 2 mods. Having done a lot of bikes and motors from mild to extremely wild, ProCharger has its game dialed in no matter what someone’s…

When most people think of custom baggers, their minds most likely drift off to forming an image of a tricked-out Harley-Davidson Touring model. More often than not, this particular mental picture isn’t too far from reality. It’s impossible to deny that the vast majority of customized baggers out there do sport an H-D badge, but there are increasingly more in the “others” category that are starting to make their way to the center stage. Allow us to introduce you to one of these bikes in particular: Carson Baker’s 2016 Indian Dark Horse. This cruiser-turned-bagger is different than any other Indian you’ve ever seen and is certainly a piece of eye candy that Carson isn’t used to indulging in. “Baker American Cycles is our Indian Motorcycle dealership in Fayetteville, North Carolina,”…