obstacles along the way, obstacles that must be either
gone around or blasted through and that’s what the
boys found on their journey.
Starting with a rigid 1949 FL frame they added
five degrees of rake, fitted a 1996 Wide Glide front
end and slipped in a 1976 1200cc Shovelhead engine
bored out to 1380cc (84ci). They then added – what
the Frogs call the pièce de résistance – the cherry on
top of the cake – a Garrett T25/28 hybrid turbo.
Now, back in the ’90s, the good old carburettor
days, when EFI was just beginning to gain in popular-
ity as a performance modification, a popular slogan
was “Injection is nice, but I’d rather be blown,” and
even today you can buy stickers and t-shirts online
featuring it. There is also a Facebook page by the
same name – essentially for drag racers – which