Steve Zagorski - rider, builder, motorcycle enthusiast 24/7. Just the kind of person you'd expect to be representing Drag Specialties.

In addition to a garage full of big twins, Steve has a pair of restored-like-new 1954 125cc Harley Hummers that he and his wife ride.

rag Specialties has a long history in the motorcycle industry. Throughout that time, hallmarks of Drag have been quality, honesty, commitment and credibility. This ideal permeates through the whole Drag family from vendors to dealers, and is most prevalent in Drag's sales rep force. The guys and gals who visit your dealership are not just mere salespeople, they are riders, builders and enthusiasts themselves who really do love the industry and want nothing more then to be an asset to their dealers.
     Steve Zagorski is a good example: Steve has been a rep for Drag for almost 10 years and serves the dealers in Long Island, Manhattan, the Bronx, and northern New Jersey. Steve is a career salesperson and self-admitted manic builder. "I loved motorcycles since I was a kid, but my parents would never let me get one," says Steve. "But I loved machines so much that I tinkered with everything I could get my hands on, trucks, tractors - I even restored a boat. Then in college some of my friends had bikes and they taught me to ride and I bought my first bike, a 500 Triumph and rode that for a season. Then I purchased a 650 Triumph basket case and took it up to the third floor attic of my frat house and restored it. I've been building motorcycles ever since."
     Even though he loved motorcycles, Steve's career goals didn't focus on the motorcycle industry, at first. "I became a salesman," says Steve. "I sold lumber to lumber yards and then moved on to other profitable businesses." Almost on a whim, Steve sent a resume to Drag Specialties and got a job as a Drag rep. Soon he was visiting the dealerships he used to unwind at, but now he was there as an asset to their business. "I don't have to come in with a sales pitch," says Steve. "Instead, I become an asset to my dealers. I draw from my sales experience and my building experience and I look for ways to help their business be successful with Drag products. And I love it, I literally feel that I go out and see five groups of friends every day."
     When Steve mentions his "building experience" he's not just blowing smoke - Steve is considered one of the best private builders on the east coast. "I'm a builder," he says, "and I'm lucky that I've got so many friends that know how to do special skills, welding, billets etc and they'll teach me how to do it, or do it for me. I've put together a lot of fun motorcycles with my friends."
     Steve's stable includes some machines that have made it into magazines. Currently he has two 1954 Harley-Davidson 165 Hummers, a 1963 Harley Police Special Dual Glide and a 1992 Heritage. "That bike made the Fatbook!" says Steve. There are also two custom 1978 Sportsters, and a 1993 1200 Sportster. And Steve is half-way through a project he's calling a "Boardwalk Sprinter" where he's conceptualized a modern board track racer. "I've made 90% of the bike by hand," he says. "The whole bike was conceived in my head. I've got it digitally mocked up and we've been building it piece by piece.
     "A perfect weekend is getting up early and doing 70 miles on my Panhead" he says. "Then coming home and riding my Hummer to the bakery, then in the afternoon go on another ride and then we have a three-bike day. It's my therapy. The rest of the time I'm in the workshop. My wife rides, we go touring together. My kids are into bikes, the whole family."