Paul Yaffe with a Café Racer-inspired front fender for Sport Touring / Performance Baggers or FL Softails .
Paul Yaffe of Phoenix , Arizona based Paul Yaffe Originals and Bagger Nation fame is now into his 30th year in the motorcycle industry . The four-time V-twin industry " Trendsetter of the Year " recipient is no stranger to inserting his views on style into any given genre of H-D models that happen to grab his attention . With the recent introduction of Harley ' s all-new Milwaukee-8 powered monoshock Softails , Yaffe received a fresh new canvas to focus his attention . In a few short years , Paul and his experienced team have managed to create a continuously growing line up of " Fixes ," as Paul likes to call them , aimed at enhancing the M-8 Softails . With the Factory ' s release of an unprecedented eleven introductory models in 2018 , Yaffe certainly had his work cut out for him ( Paul calls it job security !). The company immediately created a shortlist of the common attributes that
' Lightning Bullet ' taillights needed attention across the entire new Softail line . The list includes losing the plastic side mount license holder , curing the dirt bike look created by the travel that the monoshock chassis creates , and last but not least , ditching the " mouse ear " brake lights and signals . The first result was " The Fix " Rear Fender line that eliminates the plastic side mount and replaces it with an ultra-clean , frenched license frame with hidden LED lights . It also features a new fender shape that cures the " dirt bike " look , plus Bagger Nation offers optional ' Lightning Bolt ' flush taillights that will eliminate the " mouse ear " taillights - one product , three solutions . The company then took the popular flush mount ' Lightning Bolt ' flush mount lights and created super small bullet housings for them , creating ' Lightning Bullets ' that still are " laser bright " as well as direct bolt-on replacements for the stock front signals . The latest idea to come from the Bagger
' The Fix ' rear fender
Nation ' Ideas Factory ' and Paul Yaffe ' s lust for details and design perfection are inverted fork adapter kits for custom fenders . These allow you to mount Bagger Nation ' s line of real steel fenders as well as their new super light Café fenders for Sport Glides , Fat Bobs and Low Rider models . All that is without mentioning the easy to install Sharknado fairing - a major hit , proving to be a very desirable option for Sport Glides and Fat Bobs , as well as fitments for everything from V-Rods to Road Kings . Yaffe ' s M-8 Softail line is in full swing now with new products being added regularly - from digital gauge conversion products to chin scoops , suspension upgrades and M-8 Softail applications for Yaffe ' s worldfamous ' Monkey Bars .' Find out more on pages 40-41
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