First-time builders create an F-1 Rocket show winner the first time out.

By Marc Cook

You get the vibe as soon as the door to Dick Johnson’s hangar creaks to the roof. In front of you is a sea of Harley orange, a hue when allied with jet black and displayed as both point and counterpoint, in great unbroken swaths and as a checkered flag, gives the unmistakable impression of a man who has found his theme. Look beyond the centerpiece of the hangar and you’ll see a Harley-Davidson FXR motorcycle, a refurbished Harley golf cart, and a shop area so neat, so well organized that you want to set fire to your own and move in full time.

But you will not have seen past that centerpiece, a matching Tangelo-hued F-1 Rocket. Your gaze will tone-lock onto the chrome-effect eagle’s head airbrushed onto the Rocket’s flanks, for sure, and you’ll undoubtedly allow yourself to follow its streamer-wrapped body back to the checkerboard tail. Bright.…

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