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Every bike build is an adventure. It takes a brother from an explosive divorce to the open road. It could drag a rider from a stock Sportster to his first ground-up bobber. Hell, I’ve seen riders start choppers, grow long hair and beards, lose their 9-to-5 jobs, get kicked out of their pads and end up happier than a lotto winner. Choppers have that unleashed freedom code etched into every component. That’s why the HORSE staff, the Bikernet.com crew, and the gang at Brass Balls Bobbers hooked up with a bunch of industry giants to bring a lucky reader a shot at open-road freedom. The odds are terrific, and the build adventure continues in every issue.
We missed a month when our Brass Balls girl, twinkling eyed Haley, was seduced to roll from the Brass Balls Headquarters in Oklahoma to Las Vegas. What could possibly lure any hot broad from the flatlands and constant jiggers in Oklahoma to the celebrity glitter and 24 hour-a-day action in the Nevada desert? I’ll bet it has something to do with a band called America. She’s a back-up band member, and when she took off, I buried myself in a hot tube fulla Bulleit frontier Whiskey for a month of limestone filtered distilled in Kentucky depression.
We didn’t turn a wrench on the bike until the Englishman called an editorial meeting and kicked our asses. I pulled my ass out of my female-induced funk when Dar called and started to describe Haley’s replacement. Seems she goes hot and heavy for older bikers with thinning hair. My spirits improved, although I’m currently steering clear of the bottled variety. Then I saw the new Brass Balls frame from Paughco.
I like the lines of the 3-inch up, 1-inch out profile. Plus Dar asked Jason and the Paughco crew to add 3 inches to the stern to afford room for the battery behind the Bikernet-supplied transmission. We started to make some progress and the Brass Balls crew loaded in the Rev Tech engine with the Xotic Pans for that traditional chopper look, coupled to late model RevTech technology for long road reliability.
This Paughco frame is set up with oil tank mounts and a Brass Balls battery box welded in. I like the Brass Balls design touches and the Paughco wishbone downtubes for that classic old school Harley rigid configuration.
Okay, so sign up for a chance to win this puppy, and I’ll do my damned best to insure a new girl comes into play and erases the Haley doldrums that sent members of the Brass Balls team to the bar. Next issue, more progress and a new female HORSE sweeps mascot.
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