Photos Spec The Tech
  • BIKE

    Harley-Davidson Fat Boy
  • PERFORMANCE

    Vance & Hines Big Radius 2-into-2 exhaust, Tech Cycle belt drive, upgraded ECM calibration, tuned induction
  • BARS, BRAKES AND BALANCE

    Harley-Davidson Beach Bars, NYC Choppers grips and risers; Hawg Halters: hand controls, raked triple trees and lowers, brakes, foot controls, and VAIL style wheels, rotors and pulleys; Metzeler tires; and Softail lowering kit
  • LIGHTS, GAS AND FLASH

    Headwinds headlight; Russ Wernimont taillight and gas tank; Duane Ballard Custom Leather custom seat; custom molded Russ Wernimont and Klock Werks rear fender; Harley-Davidson braided steel fuel lines and custom chrome pieces: air dam, regulator, forged billet rocker boxes, billet push rod tubes and lifter blocks, starter, dipsticks, belt covers, wheel spacers, fuel tank fitting covers, flush mount fuel cap and gauge kit
  • PAINT

    Custom airbrushing by Cory Saint Clair; House of Kolor Brandywine paint
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Ludacris' Harley Davidson Fat Boy
Ludacris' 2009 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy

Way back in 2007, American motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson collabo’d with Ludacris and his Disturbing Tha Peace crew to do a little something for the kids. Together, the Milwaukee motorcycle masters and the Ludacris Foundation hosted parties and even auctioned off a Harley-Davidson Fat Boy to help raise money for underprivileged kids. A good deed indeed, but in the midst of his charity work, something rubbed off on ol’ Luda: a craving for a Harley of his own. Fast-forward two years, toss RIDES into the mix and what do you get? An all-out custom Fat Boy, cooked up as comfort food to satisfy Luda’s fixin’. But everyone knows riding on chrome is even better with a partner, so instead of stopping at one, RIDES also built DTP’s top lady, Shawnna, a modded hog of her very own—in a ladylike pink hue.

After being tapped for the task, a Fat Boy and Street Bob for Luda and Shawnna, respectively, were sent to NYC Choppers, where shop owner “New York Nick” Genender worked alongside Luda and RIDES to whip up these two one-of-a-kind motorcycles. “What we try to do is garner input and take what they represent and build the bike around them,” explains Nick. “For Luda’s bike, we used a deep rich color, and we went with a pro street look, to give it the appearance of being lower to the ground like a drag bike.” In addition to changing up the geometry, everything able to be dipped was chromed and the custom tank and fenders were sent to airbrush extraordinaire Cory Saint Clair. To accomplish a more retro-inspired look, Shawnna’s bike sports a Harley-Davidson springer fork, wire wheels and a ton of shiny bits. And not to be rebellious without cause, her bike is also a rolling tribute for the fight against breast cancer. Bring the noise.