Dana Hallberg's Deadline Customs Bagger Wins the J&P Modified Harley® Class in MN

16 Mar 2017

Dana Hallberg’s Deadline Customs Bagger side view at the Minneapolis IMS

From the front wheel back, the Deadline Customs Bagger build is beautiful

It’s long, it’s low, and it has a front wheel that's nearly a yard tall.

Dana Hallberg’s Deadline Customs Bagger rolled away with the win in the Modified Harley® Class of the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Bike Show Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Mod Harley is one of the competitions that K&N supports at all of the venues of the Progressive International Motorcycle Show (IMS).

Hallberg didn’t have to transport his scintillating bagger far to capture the Mod Harley trophy. Deadline Customs is based out of Forest Lake, which is a short jaunt northeast of Minneapolis.

Dana Hallberg’s Deadline Customs Bagger front view at the Minneapolis IMS

The 30-inch front wheel features an low profile tire and cool retro fender

Let’s get right to that front hoop. Hallberg’s 2011 Road King custom features a towering 30-inch chrome, spoked rim. That eye-catching wheel is accentuated by an ultra-low-profile tire. The wheel is hooded with a very cool, stylized, retro front fender.

The Road King falls back from that signature front end precipitously to an ultra-low seat. The rules of the class state that an entrant in the Modified Harley competition "Must have Harley-Davidson® engine cases and frame. Neck may be cut to rake or stretch frame." Clearly this Deadline Customs Bagger underwent some serious neck-work!

Dana Hallberg’s Deadline Customs Bagger rear view at the Minneapolis IMS

Sweeping bodywork defines the rear end of the Bagger

The full custom body on the build carries that “dripping off the front wheel” aesthetic of the bike to the very tip of the flowing bags. When viewed from the back, it almost looks like a crimson sheet is blowing off the tail-end. All of the custom bodywork is coated in a beautiful deep red candy paint.

Even the custom shorty exhaust pipes that emanate from the cylinders parallel the angle created in the bodywork. While the rear wheel may be concealed behind the hand-crafted bodywork, the custom built V-twin is on full display.

Baggers have taken a bit of a back seat in many of the 2017 IMS J&P competitions. However, Deadline Customs big Bagger doesn’t take a backseat to anyone. K&N congratulates Dana Hallberg on a massive build and a huge win in Minneapolis.