He wanted to do a mild custom job on the Kawi, to stretch it and run a wider tire, so he asked around about a shop. Fellow riders directed him to Coyote Customs in Oklahoma City. There, owner Jason Conley gave him a guiding hand and “changed my mind about some things.” Jason lowered the bike by installing shorter Progressive Suspension shocks, stretched the tank several inches and flattened its sides. Welding in some quarter-round bar he created an inset on each side of the gas tank; custom painter Robin Townsend rendered a skull inside of them.             Martz wanted the bike to be painted Lamborghini Orange, but then the man who owned the paint decided he didn’t want to part with it; Martz went with Candy Tangerine instead. Other cool touches include those Wicked Image skull flame mirrors, Adjure headlight, Thunder Mfg. air cleaner and RC Components Star Fighter wheels. That one-off handlebar by Coyote Customs really sets the bike apart.             Three-inch BUB pipes were Martz’s original choice, but when he got a better look at them, he didn’t like how they left a “breadbox” opening underneath. That’s when they decided to let Jason get creative and craft these unique 2-into-1s with crossover pipes. “Jason came up with this idea for a racy, hot rod look,” Martz said.             A shop foreman in the oil industry, Martz services and manufactures equipment; he uses the bike as a daily driver. “I ride everywhere,” he said, which includes trips to Florida and Kansas. Of one thing he can be sure, a V-twin with a 1552cc engine is certainly going to be big enough for any highway.                                                                                                             --Bill Stermer   Owner: Martz Galura City: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma General Model: 2003 Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Design: Coyote Customs Fabrication: Coyote Customs Chroming: Sharp’s Polishing Engine Model: Vulcan 1600 Displacement: 1552cc Modifications: stock Carb: EFI Exhaust: Coyote Customs Frame Builder: Kawasaki Type: backbone Rake: 32 degrees Modifications: 7-degree trees, lowered 1-inch Front End Type: stock, 2 inches over Builder: Kawasaki Paint Painter: Robin Townsend Type/ color: House of Kolor Candy Tangerine Special Paint: Cinnamon flames Accessories Bars: Coyote Customs Grips: Pro-One Ribbed Mirrors: Wicked Image Headlight: Adjure Taillight: Pro-One Diamond Arched Fenders: Fat Katz/ Coyote Customs Seat: Rage Dave Electrics: Jay Kirkland Wheels: RC Components Star Fighters Brakes: stock, polished Tires: Avon Photos: Michael Lichter