I was sitting at my desk the other day pondering the woes of the world and, at the same time, wondering just how much crap I could stuff into my garbage can before the trash company would refuse to empty it when the phone rang. It was George Smith from S&S Cycle calling in the loan of his 40th Anniversary Engine. I had been running this beast for a couple of years and tried to convince him that he’d given it to me. “Notta chance, Oz,” he said. “You know the drill, run it for a couple of years and then we get it back to see just how much damage you were able to do to it.” S&S and Hubba-Hubba Racing (George’s Drag Racing Operation) had asked me to punish the 40th motor for a while and I’d readily agreed.

I whined for a while about how used I’d become to all the power and torque, and said that I didn’t know how I’d be able to ride anything else. I threw in a couple of tears along the way. George finally got tired of listing and said they’d cut me a fine deal on a new 113 inch ground pounder, with one catch. I’d have to assemble it.

Knowing what a fine motor man I wasn’t, I jumped at the deal, and as soon as I’d hung up the phone I called my pal Fuzzy, owner of Shakedown Street, in Ventura, California. “Fuz, I need your tender touch on some S&S parts I got coming!” Fuzzy said no problem and I eagerly awaited the promised packages from Wisconsin.

The stuff arrived in short order, and into the truck it went on it’s way to Shakedown Street, arguably one of Southern California’s premier shops. Fuzzy and his crew specialize in everything form radical customs, such as the one seen here,

to this soon to be finished drag racer.....

If Fuzzy’s name sounds familiar, he’s well known in H-D drag racing circles, and most recently handled much of the precision stuff for Jim’s Machine. Shakedown also offers all the service any street rider could require.