Contents

Departments

8 From the Editor

10 Editor’s Note

18 Speed’s Spotlight

20 Product Pics

28 The Hot Seat

86 Used and Abused

97 Readers’ Showcase

Tech

In Depth

50 Shovelhead self destruction

A Phoenix Rises

DIY

62 See What’s Inside

RSD Clarity Covers Install

At a Glance

80 Knuckle Sandwich

Inside the S&S KN93 Knucklehead Engine

Bikes

Forefront

32 Hands-On Harley

Awards May Come and Go, but Style is Forever

Chopped

56 Overt Ops

Fast and Evil, Yes. Stealthy? Not So Much.

Bagged

66 Fire and Ice

A Road King Built for the Masses

Modified

74 Defensor Am Jack’s Escape Plan

Classic

80 Of Heroes and Hoodlums The Long Beach Cut Down

Historically Speaking

38 Sturgis 2012 You Never Forget Your First

In Production

40 Best of the Baggers 2013 CVO Bagger Road Tests

Living the Life

48 Rosarito Beach Harley Run Boarder Crossing for a Cause