Article By: Tyler Porterl Photos By: Heather Hurst
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ith a bike like this carrying a name like Elsa built by a guy like Jake, you’ve got to know that something is afoot. Is it the icy blue color? Maybe it’s a tribute to a lost relative? No, Jake came up with the name because just like the Disney movie “Frozen,” Jake “Let it go.” That’s right, shortly after this feature was shot, Jake sold
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this bike to its new owner where it can still pound the streets around Nashville, Tennessee with pride. That’s not to say that Jake didn’t like his creation, far from it. Jake tells me that this may be his favorite build of all time, even though it went from a Facebook marketplace find to the finished product you see here in a scant 3 months. Jake isn’t a professional builder,
though you couldn’t tell by quality oozing from every detail of this bike. The quick timeline of this build was fueled by the 2020 Corona Virus pandemic’s effects, as I’m sure a lot of future features in this magazine will be. Jake is employed by KST Kustoms, a fast-growing aftermarket handlebar supplier in the V-Twin industry. When he’s not on the production floor in Bremen, Georgia, he’s on the
