Mercury Pusher:
Pat Patterson's Wicked Shovel!

I met Pat Patterson some years ago, well I guess it’s about ten years ago now, and he was wild as hell. Time, it’s said, mellows the most restless souls but when I look at the builder Pat is today, I realize that time has given him the skills that have made him into one of the nation’s best custom motorcycle fabricators. I’m almost embarrassed to say it, but it’s been three years since I’ve had one of Pat’s bikes on the cover. Not that we haven’t featured quite a few of his projects and finished builds, but the last time we did give him a cover, it was a bike he built called, The Impaler. Compared to this bike, The Impaler would make you believe it was built by another shop, that’s how far this cat has come in just a few years. His shop, Led Sleds, is host to many talented people and together there isn’t anything they can’t figure out. But this isn’t Pat’s bike, so let’s take a look at the story of the owner, his brother Jeff.

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First Ride On A Sucker Punch Swinger:
Cycle Source Test On Sallys Cool Little FL Styler!

With all the different production custom bikes that have been produced over the past ten years, it seems amazing to me that nobody thought of going back to the roots of this thing. Now, I don’t mean the roots of motorcycling, or even as far back as the bobber or board track racer era, those have been done quite well. No sir, the time period that I’m referring to are the FL days where a well motivated wrench could turn their basic stock Harley into about fifteen different styles of bikes, provided they had the proper imagination.
   This had to be some of the sensibility behind Sucker Punch Sallys releasing the Swinger for 2008. I mean, it’s pure genius that they took a page right out of the guide to customizing a Shovelhead and passed it along in such a timeless design. The fact that they are alone in the industry with a swingarm frame design is just all the better for Sucker Punch.

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Suspension Upgrade:
Geno Gets Some New Progressive 440 Shocks For The Street Glide!

So, we have this cat on our staff who is in his early twenties and rides like a maniac. He has constantly outridden everyone else on our staff, no matter what type of bike or riding condition we are in. I thought I might get him one time, at least in distance riding, but after he put a few of us to bed after a thousand-mile-day, he not only rode on the rest of the night but went to breakfast, almost coned his way into a sleep-over at the waitress’ house and eventually took his morning bath in a lake at a public park. This was all just to tell you a little about his credentials of riding, he has them. So I wasn’t entirely surprised when he showed up and told me that the 2007 Street Glide he had bought wasn’t performing in the bends the way he wanted it to. He asked me if there were any tricks we could pull like he had been used to in the motocross game which he’d been involved in. I assured him I knew the exact remedy and we got on the phone to Dave Zemla at Progressive Suspension. Read More Of This Article In The Current Issue Of Cycle Source, On Newsstands Today!"

The 2009 New Model Harley-Davidsons:
The Trike, New Touring Chasis, Lot Of Changes!

Christmas has arrived! Well, at least for the die-hard Harley enthusiasts who anxiously await at their computer in July to see what the Motor Company will “unwrap” this year. So, was it something to get excited about? Well, if 4 new models, including a V-Rod on steroids and a three-wheel touring Cadillac and some major touring changes excite you, then the 2009 models are right up your alley.