TWO METRIC CUSTOMS

WHO SAYS IT HAS TO BE AF? WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR

“A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint Has an advantage with me over one whose ain’t.”

Ogden Nash, Biological Reflection

Customising is a funny business, isn’t it? On the one hand it is all about personalising your motorcycle, making it “yours” in a way that factories simply can’t match. On the other hand it is just as subject to fashion as almost any other human activity. And in customised motorcycles, the fashion has pretty much always been to start with an American bike – all right, let’s not put too fine a point on it: a Harley. But does the base bike for your custom job necessarily have to be put together with AF nuts and bolts?