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Duane Ballard Custom Leather has made seats for Discovery Biker Build-Off master builders such as Hank Young, Dave Perewitz, Cole Foster, and Paul Yaffe. Now you can have Duane build a seat for you as well. Each seat is hand-tooled on top-grain cowhide or a range of exotic leathers and put together using the finest materials. You provide a seat pan and talk to Duane about the design and how you would like the seat shaped. Any kind of pan is fine.
Aluminum, steel, fiberglass, plastic, carbon fiber, or a poly-pan will work. Duane will draw up a design based on your conversation and e-mail the pics to you. Once you've found a design you like, Duane will start the seat.
The fellas at Thompson Choppers have done it again. Their new Full Clip Model 360 chassis with a framed, contained oil bag is hung like a bull with a massive 360mm tire and 18x14 rim. The chassis is available in both rigid or Softail models, and you pick the stretch and rake, with options including dropped seats, curved backbone, double or single downtube, and right- or left-hand drive, among others, starting at $1,825.
Diesel Customs has made building a world-class custom easer than ever. Whether you are a chop with limited time or a builder with limited metal-fab skills, using one of these chassis will make that special project fly to completion. Diesel Customs takes care of the hardest part of making a show-stopping custom: the metalwork. The company sells frames with all the custom metalwork already done, from one-off tanks to metal that flows throughout the whole bike with style. Give Diesel a call, whether you need a one-off tank, a frame, a rolling chassis, a kit, or anything in between.
Moto Arts proudly offers Deadheat, another original exhaust heat-shield sculpture by artist Bobby Pelli. Just released for 2007, these pieces can be fitted to anything tubular as a practical, functioning heat shield. Cast from high-grade aluminum, each piece is hand-finished by the artist and triple-plated to perfection. The unique blind-mount system used on all Moto Arts heat shields allows only the artwork to be seen, as all hardware is hidden.They are available in mirror-image pieces for exhaust on either side and allow for nine different finish combinations.
For more information, contact Moto Arts at (818) 957-1059, or visit www.motoarts.com.
American Performance Cycle (APC), a market-leading world-class custom production bike manufacturer located in Las Vegas, Nevada, has introduced its '07 Wild Card S 300, a drop-seat Pro-Street-style bike packed full of features. APC has reengineered its entire product line so that all of the company's models are now offered with right-side drive, Baker six-speeds, billet closed primaries, forged one-piece Forge-Tec or 80-spoke wheels, and way too much chrome and billet to list. APC has also decided to go "bigger" with its rear tires, so most models will be available with either 240, 280, 300, or 330 rear tires. The Wild Card features a blind-side swingarm, 5-inch frame stretch and a 44-degree rake, and starts at $26,995.
For more information, visit your local American Performance Cycle dealer, or visit www.apccycles.com.
Katech Inc. has been selected by Confederate Motor Company (Birmingham, Alabama) to design and manufacture a V-Twin engine for Confederate's new "Renovatio" motorcycle.
Following a conceptual design investigation phase, the companies have entered into an agreement to produce five prototype engines. The engines will be dyno-tested and validated by Katech, then installed into prototype Renovatio motorcycles.
The 90-degree pushrod engine features 1,686cc (103ci) of displacement. According to Caleb Newman, Katech vice president and director of aftermarket operations, the V-Twin was inspired by General Motors' accomplished LS7 7.0L V-8, and represents the company's first foray into motorcycle engines after 28 years as an industry leader in advanced automobile racing and high-performance engine development.
In 2005 the company, then headquartered in New Orleans, was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The Renovatio, whose name is Latin for "Rebirth," will signal Confederate's return to alternative American motorcycle design and production when it goes on sale in 2007.