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The Proper Baggers Meetup and Performance Show went down Friday, June 19th in the upper lot at Laconia Harley-Davidson during the 103rd Laconia Motorcycle Week, and it did not disappoint. Laconia H-D billed it as an evening of thrills and motorcycles. That is exactly what we got: wall to wall performance baggers, FXRs, and club style builds, plus burnouts and stunt riding until the smoke rolled over the whole lot. Deadbeat Customs was set up as a vendor alongside a killer lineup including Kraus …

Biltwell just dropped the all new Tahoe Helmet and it is available now at Deadbeat Customs. Sitting right between the Bonanza and the Gringo S, the Tahoe is the first Biltwell open face helmet engineered to meet both US DOT and European ECE R22.06 safety standards, and it comes with a built in bubble shield straight out of the box. Biltwell’s First Dual Certified Open Face Helmet Biltwell has been building helmets riders actually want to wear for two decades, and the Tahoe is the next ste …

Photos courtesy of Chris Kong Chris Kong built this 1975 FLH Shovelhead the way good bikes should be built. A clear vision, a pile of parts he’d been sitting on, and the patience to make things fit that were never meant to. A barebones tough-guy chopper with retro heart, built entirely by one person in a small personal workshop in Perth, Western Australia. Builder Profile Chris Kong is 35 years old out of Perth, Western Australia, where he runs a small personal workshop capable of hand …

Doug “Rainman” Jones built this 2005 XL1200 chopper the hard way. Five years in a home garage, late nights after work, and a whole lot of figuring it out as he went. No shortcuts, no fluff. Just a real bike built to ride. Builder Profile Doug Jones is 32 years old out of Greenville, South Carolina, where he runs a small garage setup called Rainman Garage. Before all this, he grew up in South Jersey riding mini bikes, dirt bikes, and skateboarding. From early on, he was drawn to gar …

We just brought Cone Performance Exhaust Systems to Deadbeat Customs. Cone Engineering has been building high quality American made exhaust components since 1970, supplying custom builders and many of the biggest names in the industry for decades. Now they are putting that same experience into complete systems built for riders who want real gains, real sound, and clean fitment. Cone Engineering Since 1970 Since 1970, Cone Engineering has been driven by one goal: building high quality, American …