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Sharing Time F BOMB BAGGERS MAKES A NEW CUSTOM LOOK CLASSIC HOT BIKE: WHAT’S THE STORY BEHIND THIS BIKE? F BOMB BAGGERS: I’m a big fan of the old nostalgic looks from the ’50s and ’60s and figured I’d try my best to get a newer bike to look old. I guess it’s a matter of trying to make it look both like an old-school chopper and a bagger. It starts with the old-school look towards the front, and you get a taste of new school when it gets to the back with the Black Label bag setup. HB: WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART? FBB: I got to say the coolest parts of this bike are the exhaust, killer artwork by Famous Dave, and that big honkey
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spoke wheel. I always believe less is more when it comes to the big-wheel baggers. We are already getting shit and haters left and right, so I always try to make them clean and simple. I think the biggest compliment is when an older rider comes up to me and says I’m not a fan of this big-wheel shit but I dig this bike. Another touch was just adding a simple red stripe on the front wheel that really peeks it out. When it was finally buttoned up I hit up Brian at Sinister and told him to do it old school, and it couldn’t have come out better—just the clean, simple, ’50s look. A seat should never stick out on a bike; it should just perfectly blend in with the whole bike, and this one did it.
