You
may
recognize
Rogue’s
name
by
seeing
it
as a
contributor
to
Paisano
Publications
for
over
the
past
30-plus
years.
Yes,
he
does
shoot
pictures
and
do
articles
for
us
and
you
may
have
met
him
at
an
event
somewhere
‘round
the
country.
Rogue’s
daily
job
for
the
past
50
years
has
been
working
on
and
building
motorcycles.
The
motorcycle
pictured
here
is
an
assembled-out-of-parts
custom
that
he
constructed.
He
says
it’s
sorta
like
a
modern
day
Swap
Meet
Special.
Actually,
most
of
the
parts
that
he
used
were
acquired
while
working
at a
motorcycle
manufacturing
company.
Rogue
made
a
deal
with
the
owners
to
buy
their
used
parts
and
items
that
were
no
longer
being
used
in
production.
He
used
a
lot
of
them,
swapped
some
and
sold
others.
The
motorcycle
you
see
here
is
the
end
result
of
all
that.
Some
of
the
parts
went
right
on.
Others
had
to
be
modified.
But
years
of
experience
and
knowing
what
parts
could
be
mated
helped.
Having
friends
in
the
motorcycle
business
was
also
a
plus.
Some
things
are
just
not
practical
to
do
yourself,
like
polishing,
powder
coating,
and
chroming.
Rogue
has
a
problem
operating
a
brush
or
spray
can
so
Sonny Keeton
came
to
the
rescue
for
paint.
Rogue’s
son,
Dale,
did
the
machine
shop
work.
Ron
Lambert
handled
the
flush-mounted
tail
and
signal
lights.
Though
Rogue
has
built
many
an
engine
himself
he
didn’t
have
what
he
needed
at
home
to
do
the
job,
and
besides
that
he
says
his
friend
Berry
Wardlaw
is a
lot
better
at
it.
These
are
people
that
help
each
other
all
the
time
and
they
all
have
certain
things
going
for
them
that
they
are
really
good
at.
The
only
real
problem
was
when
the
bike
was
finished
and
taken
to
the
State
of
Florida
to
be
inspected.
When
it
came
time
to
show
where
all
the
parts
came
from
they
FREAKED
because
the
frame
had
no
numbers
on
it.
Well
Duh,the
frame
was
made
and
before
it
was
issued
numbers
the
company
changed
the
frame’s
design—
so
they
weren’t
going
to
issue
numbers
to a
frame
they
weren’t
going
to
use,
Rogue
had
gotten
a
bill
of
sale
for
it
that
very
clearly
stated
the
frame
was’
never
issued
numbers.
The
folks
at
the
Motor
Vehicle
Department
had
a
real
hard
time
understanding
how
that
could
happen.
It
took
lot
of
paperwork
from
Quantum
employees
to
explain
and
convince
the
DMV
that
frames
were
made
and
not
stamped
until
they
were
actually
ready
to
be
used,
They
really
freaked
when
they
were
informed
that
numerous
other
frames
were
also
sold
without
serial
numbers.
An
Assembled
Out
Of
Parts
title
and
registration
was
finally
issued
for
the
motorcycle.
That
took
almost
as
long
as
it
took
to
build
the
bike.
The
good
side
is
that
everything
on
the
scoot
is
accounted
for.
Rogue
sent
some
metal
to
Sonny
Keeton
Custom
Motorcycle
in
Texas
that
needed
some
paint.
The
instructions
were
to
make
the
basic
color
black
and
maybe
some
kind
of
design
on
it
about
photography,
and
make
some
kind
of
tour
pack.
Hell,
they’d
been
friends
so
long,
Sonny
knew
what
Rogue
needed.
The
primered
parts
that
got
Rogue
to
Texas
from
Florida
were
swapped
for
the
freshly
painted
stuff,
The
homemade
tour
pack
was
built
from
another
fender.
Shakin’
it
down
and
finding
out
what’s
going
to
work
and
what
isn’t
has
left
a
minimum
of
things
to
change,
repair
or
adjust.
Not
bad
for
a
bunch
of
parts
from
the
nonconforming
area.
Rogue
says
to
look
for
him
at
events.
I
don’t
know
about
him,
but
the
bike
shouldn’t
be
too
hard
to
spot.
—Sinkhole
