2025 Drag Specialties FatBook cover bike is a beautiful blend of two eras of performance – it taps into the current popular “bagger racing” trend but has design cues and custom touches that are drawn from a type of custom motorcycle design that was popular a few decades earlier. “The performance bagger style is really hot right now,” Cheeseman said. “But I am really a fan of the 90s Pro Street look and style – a little more sheet metal, the overall look of the bike dropped a little lower. I wanted that Pro Street look, but to improve on the performance aspect of it with parts we didn’t have back then but are available now.” The build started with a stock 2023 Low Rider ST. Then Cheeseman and his crew took a look through the FatBook for parts that would result in a cool blend of those two styles. “There are so many good parts to choose from,” he said. “What it really came down to when making the choices was, does it really work for this build or not?” The first change was a Paul Yaffe “The Fix” rear fender kit. “That Yaffe fender is phenomenal,” ON THE COVER Cheeseman said. “It just works so well at cleaning up the rear end of the bike. And the little details like the license plate frame already being Frenched into the fender, the no taillight look,” he said. To further clean up the rear lines of the bike, Cheeseman fabricated a new set of saddlebag mounts. “It drops the bags maybe an inch or so,” he said. “It brings the line down a little bit, tucks them in more, makes it look smoother and sleeker. And the mounts are fully adjustable.” The front end uses a modified Klock Werks front fender. Cheeseman also fabricated custom fender brackets to get the ideal fit and flow of the fender line to match the Pro Street shape he wanted. The front suspension was upgraded using a Legend Suspensions 43 mm AXEO kit, and the rear suspension is now handled by a Legend Suspensions Air-A Mono kit. Braking power was upgraded with SlyFox 2-piece rotors at the front and rear. The front end also saw a set of Speed Merchant radial brake rotor caliper mounts paired with Performance Machine 4-piston brake calipers for an impressive boost in braking power. The engine features an S&S Superstreet 2-into-1 exhaust system with a stainless steel finish and a Kodlin Builder: Dan Cheeseman and the team at Custom Dynamics,Youngsville, NC Paint Desinger/Painter: Jason LeCavalie, Artistimo Customs, Waukesha, WI
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