Reader’s Ride Roosterz Rigid Sporty

PHOTOS: ERICK RUNYON

This month we kickstart our Reader’s Ride program with a sizzlin’ rigid Sportster. It’s the perfect barhopper that was freshened up by our friend at Roosterz Rod Shop John Benedict, Jim Cecil and Tim Hahn out of Clearwater, Florida. The boys specialize in traditional American hot rods, custom cars and motorcycles. Tim found this scooter on eBay and bought it with thoughts of it becoming the Roosterz shop bike. They took apart the Sportster motor and gave it a refresh, changed up the front end to a 2-inches under stock springer by D&A and changed out the front wheel. They handmade many of the one-off pieces right at Roosterz including the sissybar and hand shift. They also modified the pipes and massaged every part on this Sporty to make it the gleaming groundpounder seen here. The orange, purple and pink paint

on the gas tank came with this awesome eBay find, so they have no idea who the original painter was but it sure fits the look of this little badass. Roosterz has been involved with Born To Ride for quite some time, participating in last year’s Choppertown. The boys are well known for their super killer swap meet parties including hot rod/bike shows and their special burn out contest is not to miss. For more info or to check out some killer customs visit www.roosterzrodshop.com or call 727-289-2896. You can also find Roosterz on Facebook and Instagram. A friend of John’s named Trey Davis recently saw the shop bike and just had to have it. He’s now the proud owner of this month’s Reader’s Ride.