BREAKOUT BUY-IN

Doug’s big-wheeler was an offer too good to refuse.

- David Cohen

Those of us of a certain age may recall a famous advertising campaign where a wealthy bloke named Victor loved his electric razor so much that he bought the company that made it… Well, Doug Every – a member of the Parts & Accessories team at Gasoline Alley H-D – and the story of his beautiful Breakout reminded me of that commercial.

After the photo shoot I sat down with Doug in the spares office at Gas Alley and asked for the breakdown on his 2016 FXSB Breakout. “I didn’t plan on buying it. I was building it for a Biker Build-off, ordering all the parts and saying to myself, ‘don’t buy it, don’t buy it’ over and over, because I already had an Evo Softail at home, one that I’d spent waaaay too much money on, but then the parts started to arrive and I thought … ‘Yeah, I’m buying it.’” He grins.

“The first show I put it in was judged by Corey Ness. It took third place overall and it wasn’t even finished! I was pretty proud of that and Corey agreed. All it had then was the 26-inch front wheel set and Hawg Halter triple trees.

“Not long after that I had it painted, got the gold fork tubes from Topline Tubes, had the seat re-done by Nerang Motor Trimmers, and then just basically rode it for the next 10 to 12 thousand kays with a Stage One kit fitted.

“The pipes were interesting. They are prototype Rineharts. Judd Rinehart came over to fit them personally – just to check the prototyping. It also had the RSD Power air filter and a Screamin’ Eagle race tuner installed. I also added a Chop-Z tail tidy.