This thread was opened in all seriousness as favor to a friend who has had several baggers and is currently riding a V-Rod and speaking with me about building a from scratch custom bagger due to his past experience with modifying stock bikes. The whole issue was why after a couple years of lurking I have begin posting. Perhaps we can begin again. We (my friend and I ) are looking for a A-Z list of what the members of this forum consider to be the best parts one could find to build the "perfect" bagger from. If it's been discussed to the nth degree previously, I apologize for not having paticipated in those past discussions. With the 2011 H-D line-up on the showroom floor, my friend does not see anything he likes.