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Confederate X132 Hellcat – Feature132 cubic inches of “Sweet Home Alabama.”
Alabama’s Confederate Motors just released the third generation of its X132 Hellcat, named after the legendary F6F Hellcat fighter plane. Unique to the latest X132 are the billet engine cases, which are machined from two blocks of 6061 aircraft-grade aluminum. The numerical designation denotes the 56-degree V-Twin engine’s 132-cubic-inch (2163cc) displacement. Confederate claims that the [...]
Klock Werks Kustom Cycles Victory Hard-BallHard-Ball, Cross Roads or Klock Roads?
When Brian Klock of South Dakota’s Klock Werks Kustom Cycles (www.kustombaggers.com) was let loose to create a customized version of Victory’s Hard-Ball, his first question was, “What do we do with it?” The bike had to be completed by the Long Beach International Motorcycle Show, which gave Klock some inspiration. And he would need it, [...]
First Look: 2012 Harley-Davidson XL1200V Seventy-Two and FLS Softail SlimThe Motor Company brings back “big metalflake” and introduces the “essential” Softail.
In early February, Harley-Davidson unveiled two new “mid-year” models, the 2012 XL1200V Seventy-Two and FLS Softail Slim, at Southern California biker hotspot Cook’s Corner. The Seventy-Two is part of Harley’s popular Dark Custom line, which also includes the Iron 883, Nightster, Forty-Eight, Street Bob, Fat Bob and Blackline. Drawing its name from Route 72— the [...]
Harley Launches New Models: XL1200V Seventy-Two and FLS Softail SlimThe Motor Company brings back “big metalflake” and introduces the “essential” Softail.
In fact, the widest part of the Slim is its brand-new cross-brace-equipped “Hollywood” handlebar that stretches across the 5.0-gallon gas tank and black “cat’s eye” speedometer console. “This bar has been in our past,” said James. “No one knows where the name came from. There’s some thought that guys in that era mounted extra lights [...]
2013 Victory Judge – First Look“All-new!” doesn’t mean in marketing-speak what it means to the rest of us, but the Victory Judge sport cruiser is okay by us anyway.
Leaving no marketing stone unturned in its zealous mission to close the cruiser gap, Victory’s latest is the 2013 Judge, available in Suede Nuclear Sunset (orange) and wearing five-spoke wheels that actually do conjure up Pontiac’s famed special-edition GTO of the same name. Teasing wildly and throwing off the veils cattily in the lead-up to [...]
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