# Big Time: CamTech Customs’ One-Piece Road Glide Bagger

- Link: https://custommotorcycles.info/big-time-by-camtech-customs/
- Published: 2015-06-29T10:00:09-04:00
- Author: Manny Costa

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CamTech Customs’ “Big Time” takes the long, low bagger formula and pushes it toward
show-bike theatre. Built from a 2010 Harley-Davidson Road Glide, the motorcycle 
is defined by its unified bodywork, stretched proportions and a sharply graphic 
black, red and silver finish. The result is less a collection of catalog parts than
a single visual shape running from the nose of the fairing to the tips of the extended
bags.

## A fairing designed around the headlight

The most distinctive feature is the front end. CamTech molded the outer fairing,
windshield and surrounding structure into one piece, then incorporated a Hayabusa
headlight into the design. In the supplied views, that treatment gives the Road 
Glide a much more enclosed, swept-forward face than the standard touring silhouette.
The headlight sits inside a pointed fairing profile, while the broad front wheel
and exposed fork hardware keep the machine from looking completely sealed-in.

A reported 26-inch Racine wheel from HHI establishes the bike’s front-to-rear proportions.
Its large diameter visually lengthens the front half, an effect reinforced by the
low bars, extended bodywork and narrow-looking cockpit. The wheel design also leaves
enough of the brake assembly visible to prevent the front end from becoming a solid
black mass.

## One continuous body line

CamTech’s bodywork approach is unusually integrated for a bagger. The reported starting
points included a Bad Dad rear fender, side-opening bags, tank extensions and a 
Yaffe front fender, but the shop then shaped the major pieces into a cohesive package.
The source describes roughly one thousand hours of bodywork, including the molding
of the rear body sections together in a form inspired by pro-stock race bikes.

That effort is easy to understand from the profile. The tank extensions flow into
the low seat area, while the bags extend rearward and downward rather than reading
as separate luggage boxes. The paint follows those surfaces with long, flame-like
red and silver strokes. Instead of using graphics merely as decoration, the lines
emphasize the bike’s length and point toward the rear axle, making the stretched
silhouette even more pronounced.

## Reported performance hardware

According to CamTech’s account, the powerplant was built as a 124-cubic-inch engine
using Revolution Performance components, finished in black with diamond-cut fin 
treatment. The shop also reported fitting a ProCharger, a custom-built intercooler
integrated into the frame and an air dam molded around it. Chain drive and a modified
D&D two-into-one exhaust completed the mechanical direction.

Those details matter visually as well as mechanically. The integrated cooler avoids
adding a visibly separate unit to the already busy front of the bike, while the 
blacked-out engine keeps attention on the paint and body contours. The source says
ThunderMax management was used during final tuning, with the completed motorcycle
prepared for its trip to the Atlanta show.

## Built for the show circuit

The build reportedly came together under severe time pressure, with CamTech completing
final assembly shortly before leaving for Atlanta. The source credits Robbie Closson
with describing the project and also names Josh Zak, Mitch Melling and Mario Camacho
as contributors. It further reports class wins at Atlanta and Greenville, along 
with a Bagger of the Year award on the 2010/2011 Easyriders tour and qualification
for the AMD World Championship of Bike Building.

Those results place “Big Time” firmly in the period’s show-bagger conversation, 
but the motorcycle’s strongest argument remains its silhouette: a Road Glide transformed
into a single, aggressively styled composition rather than simply fitted with larger
accessories.

_Source attribution:_ [Cyril Huze](http://www.cyrilhuzeblog.com/author/cyrilhuze/).

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