surgery. A frame cutting was in order to allow the
installation of a 26” front wheel and tire along with
a new front fender. An HHI front end topped with
Sinister Industries handle bars with new levers
and grips completed round one of the scooter’s
renovations. Lonnie picked up his bike, and Hard
Core Customs had yet another satisfied customer,
and a new friend.
It wasn’t long until Lonnie decided it was time
to take the bike to its ultimate state. He originally
thought that he could live with a rear wheel that
didn’t match the big 26” unit out front...but he was
wrong. The Road Glide was going to have to make
the trip south once again. Now here is a little customer service lesson for you, Eddie’s Northland
Tow happened to have a truck heading north to
drop off some steel. Kevin made a couple of calls
and worked out the logistics to have that same
truck pick up Lonnie’s bike and bring it back to his
shop in Gladstone. It’s easy to send a trailer across
town to pick up a bike for service, but this little
jaunt, on the other hand, was truly a demonstration of how to take care of a customer.
During round two of the makeover, the bike
gained a rear wheel that matched the big 26", a
stretched fuel tank to clean up its lines, a chin
spoiler, a custom seat, chromed hand controls, air
ride suspension, LED lights out back and a Daymaker head lamp up front, along with a few other
assorted odds and ends. When Lonnie made the
trip down to pick up his finished machine, to say
he was pleased is to say the Titanic was just a big
boat. As a matter of fact, he was so pleased that he
started sharing the story of his totally impressing
experience with Hard Core Customs. Somebody
must have been listening; the President of Lonnie’s club has his bike at Hard Core Customs for a
full blown custom job, right now as I write t