June, 2006 Archive

Richard “Taz” Green Rides with Metric Thunder Here’s Richard’s ‘01 Custom Midnight Star and just a couple of highlights of his work: Continued »

If you’ve ever been in the Jacksonville Florida area, there’s a good chance you may have seen this baby cruisin’ down the road!

Richard has done just about everything you can imagine to his Vulcan 1500 Classic. Vance & Hines Longshots, Continued »

Check out Radon McKinney’s award winning V-Star 1100 Classic. Radon has done more to his bike than we have space to list. Continued »

This eye-catching Goldwing in black is a long distance riders dream. Chuck has really set it up with some nice extras… Continued »

Here’s Curt on his ‘03 Suzuki Intruder 1500LC. In additon to a great looking custom marblized flame paint job, Curt added a few more goodies recently… Continued »

Mike’s Vulcan 2000cc monster cruiser is built to ride. He’s got Kuryakyn’s TFi fuel injection module and a Thunder Manufacturing Odyssey Air Intake Kit move that 125 cubic inch V-Twin even faster down the road. Continued »

Here’s Leigh and his silver and white Intruder 1500LC.

He’s done some great hardbag mods adding lots of space for those long rides. Those white walls sure make that big long range cruiser look nice! Continued »

Jerry recently went scooting down the Wyoming flats at 110mph and claims that it was “still in the yellow RPMs at 4,000. Rock solid and cooking down the road.” Continued »

“The Black Beauty” designed by Dmitri. This clean black and white bike is all about chrome, leather and studs. The National Cycle fender tips and chrome side panel really add a great touch to complete that sleek look. Continued »

John is constantly adding on to his 1100 Sabre. Today he picked up a set of Bub billet slash-cut tips to add those great looking Big Willy pipes. John recently replaced all of his stock cables with Barnett and Goodrich braided steel lines to really clean up that front end nicely. Continued »

Talk about a great looking full dresser! Danny installed RoadHouse Slash Cut Dooley’s, a Custom World Driver Backrest and OEM saddlebags, Sissy Bar/pad and windshield for the long haul. Continued »

Salty John and Margot really enjoy the ride and comfort of their Royal Star Venture, especially during their recent 7100km trip this summer! The journey began in Alberta, Canada and traveled through Montana, Continued »

Here’s Tom’s great looking ‘05 Honda VTX 1300R in a hard to find factory paint job and Samson exhaust pipes. His bike gets lots of looks wherever he rides.

Tom has recently added Cobra Fatty Freeway bars and Kuryakyn Dually ISO pegs for comfort on the long rides. Continued »

Here’s my Suzuki 1500 LC. “Anything on it that shines came from Metric Thunder!!!” Some of the highlights include: Continued »

The King and I rode our metric cruisers from Orange County Ca to Las Vegas for Bikefest 2005. Hope to see ya next year, baby!

Harley-Davidson motorcycles are a big part of BUB ENTERPRISES.

In 2005 BUB has come up with over forty new parts to satisfy the growing needs of the Harley marketplace. Just as no two people are exactly the same, we can’t expect their tastes to be the same either. That is why BUB offers such a wide variety of pipes and price ranges.

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Bub Enterprises builds performance pipes for Harley-Davidson Dyna motorcycles. Performance pipes with a twist, Jug Huggers have the right mix of air flow and back pressure to make for increased performance and incredible sound. The stepped header design comes standard with an 02 sensor port for after market fuel management. Continued »

Performance Sportster Exhaust Pipes

Jug Huggers have the right mix of air flow and back pressure to make for increased performance and incredible sound. The stepped header design comes standard with an 02 sensor port for after market fuel management. Continued »

Metric Thunder provides BUB Enterprises performance exhaust pipes for Harley-Davidson V-Rod motorcycles. Jug Huggers have the right mix of air flow and back pressure to make for increased performance and incredible sound. Continued »

The big Jug Hugger exhaust pipe are built with quality by Bub Enterprises. These are Softail performance pipes for Harley-Davidson motorcycles with accessory options: Continued »

Please join us for the 7th Annual Olive Crest Cruise 4 Kids on Sunday, October 16, 2005. All proceeds benefit the Children of Olive Crest Homes for Abused and Neglected Children. For the 3rd straight year Metric Thunder is a sponsor and featured vendor on the lot at CBS Studios.

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Look to Kuryakyn for the ultimate in style and comfort. They have set their sights on making your ride a richer experience on short commutes or the long haul. Continued »

From Engine Performance Kits to Light Bars Kits to Big Air Kits to Exhaust Pipes, Metric Thunder delivers the Show Polished Motorcycle Parts to make enhance your ride from mild to Wild! Metric Thunder carries thousands of high quality polished and chrome motorcycle for your metric and domestic crusier.

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Kuryakyn Is the #1 Maker of Metric Cruiser Aftermarket Parts

Honda VTX Kuryakyn Parts and Accessories from Metric Thunder

Kuryakyn is a pioneer in the design and development of performance parts for Metric Cruisers. Metric Thunder carries a complete line of Kuryakyn products for the Honda VTX motorcycles.

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Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Catalog

Performance The Vance and Hines catalog provides you with everything you need to increase performance and rideability of your Harley Davidson crusier.

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At the forefront of exhaust technology, Vance & Hines brings you some of the highest quality products on the market today.

Vance and Hines Metric Catalog is available for download in PDF file format. It provides you with everything you need to increase performance of your metric crusier.

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Product: Rinehart Exhaust Pipes Staggered Style by Bub
Application: Increase Performance,Appearance
Installation: Afternoon Project
Selection: View both flush and staggered pipes

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Product: Rinehart Pipes Flush Style Exhaust by Bub
Application: Increase Performance, Appearance
Installation: Afternoon Project
Selection: View both flush and staggered pipes

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Vance & Hines is a leader in the motorcycle aftermarket industry and recognized for quality high performance exhaust systems.

Vance & Hines (V&H) has set the standard in exhaust system technology and have done it with quality employees. Many in the growing V&H team have worked with V&H for over 15 years.

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These Big Shots not only replace the excessive bulk and weight of the stock systems, but substantially increase horsepower and torque.

That Custom Look The Big Shots Staggered is finished off with 2 1⁄2” diameter plasma-arc cut, full-coverage heat shields, making them blue proof systems with long lasting style. Big Shots Staggered models come complete with Slash End Tips for a completely custom look.

Baffles, mounting hardware and easy-to-understand instructions are included for a hassle-free, perfect fit every time.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (August 22, 2005) - GT Tonglet and teammate Andrew Hines assured Harley-Davidson with a win at the 24th annual O’Reilly Mid-South NHRA Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park.

Hines – the defending NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle champion – earned the victory in a shootout between the two riders for the second consective race. Tonglet took the victory and the category points lead last weekend at the race in Brainerd, Minn., but Hines was the top racer this weekend in Memphis. It was also the third consecutive final round appearance for Hines.

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Product: Cobra Speedster Shorts Exhaust Pipe Vulcan 2000 Application: Increase Performance, Appearance Installation: Weekend Project Selection: Cobra Speedster Shorts Pipes

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Product: Cobra Speedster Long Exhaust Pipe VTX 1800 Application: Increase Performance, Appearance Installation: Weekend Project Selection: Cobra Speedster Long Pipes

Honda’s VTX1800 model line up takes Big Red’s meanest cruiser to a whole ‘nother level. The VTX is one of the largest displacement V-Twin cruisers in the world today. Continued »

Product: Cobra Fi2000R Application: Increase Performance Installation: Weekend Project Selection: Cobra Fi2000R Selection

ISSUE Due to stringent emissions requirements, most modern day motorcycles arrive from the factory with lean air/fuel settings. Once a rider installs an aftermarket exhaust system or air filter, the engine flows more air, potentially leaning out the mixture even more than the stock settings. This can lead to conditions such as overheating, backfiring on deceleration, hesitation on acceleration, or an uneven idle. Unfortunately, most motorcyclists seem confused about how to correct lean air/fuel mixtures when it comes to fuel injected engines.

SOLUTION – A Digital Jet Kit Cobra’s Fi2000 and Fi2000R digital fuel processors supply the solution. Think of this product as a digital jet kit, giving tuners and home mechanics the product needed to fine tune FI engines quickly, easily, and economically.

QUICKER INSTALLATION Our new Fi2000R functions the same as the standard Fi2000 and the R version comes with connectors that snap directly into the bike’s fuel injector bodies, making the installation even easier than before.

PRODUCT DETAILS The model-specific Fi2000R features three adjustment screws, called pots, which are preset for the make and model. Two pots adjust low speed and mid-range settings that should take care of most lean air/fuel mixture problems. The Fi2000R also has a third adjustment for high range that functions much like a main jet on a carburetor. This third tuning option is for use with engines that have high flow air filters and or extensive modifications such as big-bore kits, higher compression or other performance increases where more fuel is required in order for the engine to run properly in full-throttle positions.

SMOOTHER POWER DELIVERY Because the Fi2000R is designed to eliminate the low rpm lean air/fuel mixtures (just like the Fi2000), it does not increase maximum horsepower, though in most cases it does provide a smoother power curve and improved rideability across a wide rpm range.

WEEKEND UPDATE The Fi2000R installs quickly and easily, usually in under 60 minutes, and comes with detailed tuning instructions. There are no computer settings to make nor Internet downloads to configure. It’s a simple plug-n-play installation that improves the overall rideability of a lean motorcycle immediately.

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• Metric Thunder Bob

WITH 110 CUBIC INCHES OF V-TWIN KABOOM pushing it, Honda’s VTX1800F moves down the road quite smartly, thank you.

As originally appeared in Cycle World

But you know how we motorcyclists are when it comes to performance: Enough is… well, never enough.

We always yearn for more - especially if getting it involves reasonable expense, easy installation and immediate results. So, when we decided to give our test VTX-F a bit more urge, we took a route that promised to deliver those easy, immediate results. We swapped the stock exhaust for one that breathes a little more freely, and coerced the fuel-injection system into being more generous with its distribution of dead dinosaurs.

Fortunately, we were able to obtain the equipment needed for both tasks from the same source: Cobra Engineering. At the time, Cobra was the only company selling an aftermarket exhaust for the F-model VTX: the drag-style Speedsters ($579), which feature full-length heat shields and a cleverly hidden crossover that connects the two pipes right at the front of the straight sections.

We also snagged one of Cobra’s Fi2000 Digital Fuel Processors ($200) (discounted at Metric Thunder) to juice up the Honda’s EFI.

Installation of these pieces was straightforward and absent any surprises. The entire stock system came off as a unit in less than five minutes, and bolting up the Speedsters required just short of a half-hour - much of which was spent fiddling with the hose clamps that hold the heat shields in place.

Installing the Fi2000 Digital Fuel Processor is another no-brainer that most people should be able to accomplish in minutes. It involves velcroing the unit to the top of the EFI black box under the seat, and connecting four wires using the provided Scotchlok connectors.

We were pleasantly surprised at the results. Stock, the F-model churned out 83.5 horsepower at 5100 rpm and 97.0 foot-pounds of torque at 3700. The pipe and Fi2000 bumped those numbers up to 88.6 hp at 4900 and 104.7 ft.-lb. at 3400 - increases of 6 and 8 percent, respectively. From idle to around 2700 rpm, the torque curve didn’t change much; in fact, between 2000 and 2700, it was a foot-pound or three lower. Despite that, throttle response right off idle was noticeably more crisp, and the torque increase from 2700 up to redline was significantly greater than stock. Indeed, at around 4100 rpm, the torque output was almost 9 ft.-lb. higher.

We perceived the biggest improvement when rolling the throttle open at 3000 rpm and above, and when running up through the gears wide-open. In those circumstances, the VTX accelerated noticeably harder and was much more willing to rev. And because both the horsepower and torque peaks occurred at slightly lower rpm, that added performance was more easily accessible.

Credit much of this improvement to the crossover in the exhaust system. Without it, the Speedsters would likely have behaved like most other straight pipes and poked a sizable hole in the powerband, probably in that 2000-to-2700-rpm range. But the crossover gives each cylinder’s exhaust pulses access to the total volume of both pipes broadening the system’s effective tuning range. So, it allows the pipes to be tuned for higher-rpm performance without greatly penalizing the low-end and midrange. Plus, the resonant changes brought about by the crossover give the VTX-F a deeper, more pleasing exhaust note than the VTX1800N we tested in our December 2004, issue, which was fitted with non-crossover Cobra drag pipes.

Some of those performance improvements also result from the more-efficient fuel mixture provided by the Fi2000. When checked with an exhaust-gas analyzer, the modified VTX maintained a near-ideal air-fuel ratio of between 14.2:1 to 14.5:1 all the way through the rpm range, whereas in stock form, it was much leaner at low and mid rpm. Cobra’s Fi2000 Digital Fuel Processor incorporates three richening screws under its flip-up lid, but the mixture was perfectly dialed-in as delivered, so we never had to touch them.

For just over $750, then, practically anyone can bump the performance of their VTX1800F enough to get rewarding results. All they need are a few basic tools and a burning desire for more kaboom.

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Project 100 As originally appeared in Cycle World

IT WAS A SIMPLE QUESTION, REALLY. How best for Cycle World to celebrate Harley-Davidson’s 100th birthday?

An important milestone, a centennial. Only about 0.2 percent of you reading these words will live to see 100 candles, and precious few companies reach that ripe old age. In fact, no other motorcycle manufacturer has been in business for 100 uninterrupted years - hell, more than once even mighty Motor Company almost went ta-tas to the sky.

But it didn’t. Through both World Wars, through the Depression, through an arch-rivalry with the hated Indian Motorcycle Company, through the rise of Japan, Inc. in the Sixties, through self-inflicted quality-control cock-ups that should have scuttled it in the Seventies, and through a shaky buy-out that came within hours of unraveling in the Eighties, there’s always been a Harley-Davidson. Given the company’s recent Wall Street successes, it seems there always will be.

So to toast Harley’s hundred years of building bikes, Cycle World decided to…well, build a bike!

To help ascertain exactly what shape our “Project 100″ bike should take, we called in some experts, our friends at Cobra Engineering. Best known for their line of metric cruiser exhausts and add-ons, Cobra recently expanded its catalog to include Harley-Davidsons. More to the point, Cobra Engineering also has a Special Projects Division, consisting of point man Ken Boyko, industrial designer Mike Rinaldi and ace fabricator Denny Berg. Besides a string of show-stopping customs, Cobra SPD was responsible for the prototype Kawasaki Drifter and more recently the Harley-powered Trakker, a neo board-track bike now installed in the Guggenheim Museum’s “Art of the Motorcycle” exhibit in Las Vegas. Hey, good enough for the Goog, good enough for us.

After some discussion, we hit upon our concept: Project 100 was to be “Old/New.” That is, in silhouette the bike would hark back to an important model from Harley-Davidson’s past, but we’d integrate as many up-to-date components as possible. The base bike would take its inspiration from the 1971 FX Super Glide, a seminal model not just for Harley-Davidson but for the whole of modern American motorcycling.

The FX marked the first appearance of one William Godfrey Davidson, yet to be known universally as Willie G. Then in his 30s and not far removed from design school, Davidson wanted The Motor Company to throw off its dowdy Ma-and-Pa-Go-Touring image. Plugged into the customizing scene, he’d witnessed stripped-down Big Twins fitted with lightweight Sportster front ends, and liked the look. Company elders saw this as a validation of the unholy “One-Percenter” outlaw lifestyle and dug in their heels.

“I had to so some heavy internal convincing,” said Willie G.

Having your name on the gas tank carries clout, though, and the Super Glide - yep, a stripped-down Big Twin fitted the lightweight Sportster front end- was born. It was the first of the so-called “factory-customs,” what we now know as cruisers. Norton Hi-Riders and Kawasaki LTDs and Yamaha Midnight specials would soon follow, but the Super Glide was first. In years to come, the bike’s wonky double-decker fiberglass tailsection would give way to a conventional fender, and disc brakes, rubber engine mounts and beltdrive would be added, but the style had been set. Today, about half of all Harley-Davidson models - and a fair number of competitors’ bikes - can trace their roots back to that ‘71 FX.

So, just like Willie G., we started with a Duo-Glide frame, so-named because back in 1958 it was the first Harley to have dual (as in front and rear) suspension. Not trusting half-century-old steel, though, we ordered a replica Paucho frame through Drag Specialties - same geometry as stock but an all-welded affair rather than the brazed construction of the original.

Paucho’s rendition had another alternation we were sorely in need of, namely more room in the engine bay courtesy of dogleg downtubes. The extra inches were required because we intended to stuff the old frame full of new Twin Cam 88B crate motor. Old/New, get it?

That theme carries through to the running gear. Fork is a full-adjust Showa cartridge unit from the current Sportster Sport, complete with XL triple-clamps, headlight and trademark “eyebrow.” Out back, a pair of traditional - looking Progressive 440 Series shocks carry the company’s impressive Inertia Active System technology. Front brakes and rotors are from Performance Machine; rear brake is a hydraulic drum from Custom Chrome, a dead-ringer for the old-style H-D binder.

It’s a sprocket-and-drum combo, which allows us to run a chain (”old”) rather than a drivebelt, though it’ll be an O-ring type (”new”).

With the rear wheel’s tackle all grouped on the left, the right side becomes a showcase for our black-powdercoated Hallcraft rim and its chrome spokes - all 80 of ‘em! “Old” necessitated the 19-inch front/18 inch rear wheel sizes; “new” was taken care of by the self-balancing Hallcrafts (a sealed hoop of mercury is contained in the rim’s drop center), which are intended to run tubeless.

Paying homage to past customizers, we mounted a smoothed, 4.5 -gallon Fat Bob fuel tank and a rear fender that takes its shape from the valanced front fenders old dressers used to run, trimmed to fit. Both are repro items from Drag Specialties.

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- Metric Thunder Bob

We take a couple of Cobra’s famous customs for a spin.

As originally appeared in Motorcycle Cruiser

When Cobra Engineering unveiled the latest work from its master builder Denny Berg at the Indianapolis dealer show last winter no one oohed or ahhed. That’s because this stunning chopper takes your breath away upon first sight, making even simple utterances impossible for a second or two. The congratulatory chatter soon followed though, and once again Cobra’s latest custom was the envy of the event.

I can’t remember how many years I’ve stood there post-unveiling, cranking my jaw back into place while vying for a chance to question the Cobra team about its latest marvel. Cobra has become almost as famous for these extreme customs as it is for its innovative exhaust systems and accessories. The bikes are worlds apart from the showcase customs other aftermarket companies come up with, and the designs are consistently unexpected. We spend all year debating about what the next Denny Berg bike might be, and time after time we’re left slack-jawed.

Chatting it up with Berg is always a delight, especially when the beans are good to pour. Although he’s very, very good at keeping Cobra’s secrets, we believe it’s excruciating for him when he can’t talk about his projects. Denny is a 24/7 motorcycle guy. His is the kind of passion that’s thicker than 50-weight motor oil. If you saw him on the street, however, you’d never take him for a fanatical biker - instead, you’d simply want to take him home to meet your daughters. For a genius, he’s pretty darn unassuming. And as an artist, Berg’s anything but pretentious. Laid-back, yes. Persnickety, never.

When I finally had Berg to myself at the Indy show I asked him the usual. “Whence the idea for a four-cylinder chopper, how difficult was the project, how long, how much, how many…?” I slipped in a “When can I ride it?” for good measure, fully assuming this Cobra bike would follow tradition and move straight to the show circuit, Jay Leno’s garage or some frou-frou museum. “Come out to my place in Palm Springs and we’ll take it to my new favorite biker hangout…” wasn’t what I was expecting to hear. (A strap for the jaw would be really nice, you know? It could loop right around your ears and match your outfit.)

Berg’s hideout in the desert Eden of Palm Springs, California, is tiny, but tightly organized. Denny insists that a builder doesn’t need much space, just a good idea and the right tools and materials. Not only was the Copper Chopper there for my enjoyment that day, but also Cobra’s exotic 1999 creation, “Low Star” with it’s tricky foot clutch (see Yellow Submarine).

The concepts for these wicked customs are most often a collaboration between Cobra’s ken Boyko, Berg and his cohort, renowned concept illustrator, Mike Rinaldi. Building a ’70s-style chopper with an inline four was something Boyko had wanted to do for a long time, and a perfect fit for Berg who says he wishes he had a nickel for every chopper he built back in the ’70s. The only thing that held up the project was finding the right motor. They considered using something older, but felt it would date the bike, and the new high-horsepower powerplants found in modern sportbikes were just too ugly. The Honda Nighthawk engine was a perfect solution because it’s “beautiful, smooth and makes decent horsepower” but it’s also prettytimeless considering Honda’s been making the same version since the early 80s.

“Choppers are a real simple recipe,” he says “If you went back to my doodles from high school that’s exactly what this bike is…a massive motor with a spindly frame and a big tire on the back.” When you get to know Berg you realize he thinks everything about customizing at his level is easy. “Yeah right,” we think as we humor him knowing all too well that it’s only easy for him.

One fine example is the fact that Berg’s Copper Chopper is a dream to ride…very much unlike any custom choppers we’ve ridden before. I couldn’t believe how smooth and manageable the thing was in any situation. There was none of the sloppiness you’d expect, and none of the heaviness in the front end either. Not a blip of badness in the entire system. Just fun - major fun. But again, Berg will tell you in his perpetually cheerful yet ho-hum manner, “It’s just a formula - nothing magical. If you get the geometry right - the rake and the offset on a triple tree, then add the right front tire - it makes the bike pleasant to ride.”

He does admit that his professional history, which has included everything from building from wildly fast café racers to world-class championship motocross bikes, has allowed him a special blend of knowledge. From the street-racing side he learned how to make horsepower and from the MX world he gained expertise in chassis balance and suspension modification.

Berg tells us that making a chopper that’s this heartbreakingly beautiful isn’t all that difficult either…just that some things in the recipe are very important. “The front downtube, for example, has to be set at a complementing angle to the fork. Say, if the fork is 38 degrees you bring the front downtube back to 38 degrees. It’s also really important that the line from the axle to the steering stem is straight. The rest is in the details…like not having the clutch cables doing some big arch or hanging on the frame with zip ties.” While Berg is always fast to compliment other builders, he gets pretty judgmental in this one area. “People do such a good job doing a bike and then they blow it. I spend a lot of time routing the cables through the frame and to me it makes a big difference. If someone has taken the time to think through the wiring when they were building the frame it impresses me.”

Berg is as mild-mannered as Clark Kent on a slow news day, but when he talks about some of the “new” Harley riders, he can get a little, ah, warm. “These poseurs buy a new Harley and think they are experts,” he says, “and it irritates me when they look down their noses at you because you’re riding something else. If you know anything about the history of choppers you know it didn’t start with Harley’s. In the ’50s it was British bikes and in ’60s and ’70s we were building choppers and cruisers out of anything but Harleys. If you pull out old chopper magazines from the ’70s you see Japanese bikes- and four cylinders, not V-twins.”

Berg should know, since he was building choppers as early as the late ’60s. At 14 he turned his first street bike, a 450 Honda, into a chopper even though his dad wouldn’t let him extend the front end. “I just put a smaller front wheel on it and raised the headlight and tank so it looked like it had a long front end,” he says. “I’ve always been creating illusions with bikes to get what I want.” That wasn’t Berg’s first custom though. When he was just four he took the front fender off his tricycle, added some streamers on the bar tips and slathered it with house paint.

Berg thinks that being raised in rural South Dakota had a lot to do with his focus and methodology as a bike builder. “Necessity is the mother of adventure,” he says. “I didn’t have access to custom stuff, so I was always walking through a hardware store, junk yard or tractor supply place and I’d see a little piece and find a place for it. We didn’t have a lot of money either…but we had welders and big hammers,” he says. “The poseurs miss out on the fun of making something personal. Anyone can look through a catalog and pick out parts that will look good to everybody…but it’s not your own.”

When I asked Berg about the next Cobra project he pointed to a bunch of metal rods and tubing propped in a corner of his shop, “There it is” he said, and I knew it was true. At least partially. The core of the project, whichever model or motor Cobra has selected for 2003, had been tucked into some cranny so I wouldn’t see. And I suppose I was glad. It would have ruined that moment next February when the sheet gets ripped off and my jaw hits the floor.

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• Metric Thunder Bob

As originally appeared in Motorcycle Cruiser

Honda Shadow VLX THINK OF HONDA’S BEST-SELLING Shadow VLX, and you might think, “good looking yet uninspired,” “underpowered, pedestrian,….” Okay, maybe just “slow.” On the other hand, when you think of custom bike builder Denny Berg, you probably think of elegant hand formed custom machines dripping with innovative design and clever parts. Put them together and you have…well you have an enigma.

Chop-shop Frankenbike Berg didn’t plan on creating yet another custom. He was just tinkering with his daily driver, which happens to be a VLX. But when Denny Berg tinkers, you can bet the motorcycle ain’t gonna turn out looking like any ordinary chop-shop Frankenbike. So when he called us, we knew we were in for a treat.

When Choppers Ruled Much of Berg’s inspiration for this project came from fond memories of the 1970’s, when choppers ruled the Sunset Strip and the grease monkeys of the day cut their teeth on the credo of “Keep it clean, keep it simple and keep it low.” That’s exactly what happened with the Honda, as Berg fused a “DIY” ethic with common sense, imagination and a few random items lying around his shop. The result is the feel of a classic ’70s chopper in a modern bike-for really cheap.

Starting With a Stock 1999 Shadow VLX When you start with a stock 1999 Shadow VLX, you’re pretty close to terra firma (25.6 inches) already, but Berg knew the most effective route to a radical look was to drop the rear end which, in this case, involved yanking out the stock shock and changing in a spacer bar. The shock came out easily from under the rear fender and seat, with a few turns of a wrench. The replacement strut was a short piece of steel stock Berg had lying around in the garage. He cut it to size, drilled mounting holes in both ends, and swapped it in. Perfect.

Now he had a squatty, hard-tail low-riding VLX. This step is not irreversible, however. You can still jack the bike up and bolt the shock back on in just a few minutes if your passenger’s hollering about the harshness of the ride (or maybe that’s a personal problem).

Berg continued the less-is-more theme by stripping off the bar-mounted speedometer unit along with accompanying cables to unfetter the whole front end. More experimentation yielded inverted Cobra risers pushing up a wide drag bar for heaps of attitude. The bar is just a piece of straight generic stock that Berg bent slightly to fit to his liking.

At this point, Berg broke down and actually sent out for a pair of extended fork tubes from the venerable Forking By Frank shop in Evanston, Illinois. Set at an in-your-face 44-degree rake, said tubes were six inches longer than stock (with 5.25 inches of travel) and stretched down to cradle a skinny 2.75-by-19.00 inch Cheng Shin front tire.

Initially Berg thought of modifying the front fender to fit, but decided the bike’s tough-guy looks would be better served by leaving it off completely and going naked.

A Heavy Breathing VLX The VLX got a real breath of fresh air when Berg pulled out its airbox. A K&N filter, Cobra Jet Kit and (in a fit of creative fury) a Suzuki Intruder horn cover replaced the stock triangular abomination, with plenty of room to spare. With a little hand-polishing and cable rerouting, the engine suddenly became something to gaze at, as it now was isolated in the frame with nothing to hide it.

Cobra Slash Pipes Slashed When you spy the short-chopped exhaust pipes jutting up at an exaggerated angle, you’d probably think they are a one-off custom fabrication. And you’d be half right. They did start life as standard Cobra slash pipes, but Berg decided more attitude was required, and his predisposition for changing lines and details took over. He shortened the header pipes considerably and chopped the mufflers down an inch or two from the ends (still with a slash cut, but not at the same 45-degree angle). Juxtaposed over the lowered rear, the pipes’ angle was radical, bordering on raucous. The Cobra pipes and jet kit added a bit more meat and muscle besides making a forceful visual statement.

Getting the Clean Profile Final touches included rerouting cables and brake lines (wrapping them together in some cases) to obtain the cleanest profile. And that’s part of Berg’s secret. He rethinks existing problems to come up with what seems like the simplest solutions. He doesn’t believe adding elements to designs will always enhance them; sometimes, subtracting or refining what’s there is just as effective. For example, an obtrusive metal exhaust bracket was simply camouflaged out with a few dabs of flat black paint, thus isolating the stark chrome beauty of the angled pipes. Little touches such as nut covers from Cobra also combine to further clean up the gray areas that might not be noticed by Joe Average, but that drive Berg nuts.

Let’s break it down then………Figure $100 for the fork legs and approximately $35 for the front tire, and you still got enough green to take the missus out for a burger. Even when you factor in the cost of the pipes, you’re still looking at well under $500. (Make that a burger and fries, then.)

After all was said and done, Berg reckoned he’d come up with something any Tom, Dick or Denny could whip together in a weekend, with some imagination, a few parts and even fewer bucks. To the King of Customs, this made more sense than a $50,000 showbike. The notion that a truckload of bolt-ons can create a custom, flies in the face of the good old American ingenuity that Berg’s work always flaunts. And isn’t that the root of all customs?

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• Metric Thunder Bob

strong>Project 100

As originally appeared in Cycle World

IT WAS A SIMPLE QUESTION, REALLY… How best to celebrate Harley-Davidson’s 100th birthday?

An important milestone, a centennial. Only about 0.2 percent of you reading these words will live to see 100 candles, and precious few companies reach that ripe old age. In fact, no other motorcycle manufacturer has been in business for 100 uninterrupted years - hell, more than once even mighty Motor Company almost went ta-tas to the sky.

But it didn’t. Through both World Wars, through the Depression, through an arch-rivalry with the hated Indian Motorcycle Company, through the rise of Japan, Inc. in the Sixties, through self-inflicted quality-control cock-ups that should have scuttled it in the Seventies, and through a shaky buy-out that came within hours of unraveling in the Eighties, there’s always been a Harley-Davidson. Given the company’s recent Wall Street successes, it seems there always will be.

So to toast Harley’s hundred years of building bikes, we decided to…well, build a bike!

To help ascertain exactly what shape our “Project 100″ bike should take, we called in some experts, our friends at Cobra. Best known for their line of metric cruiser exhausts and add-ons, Cobra recently expanded its catalog to include Harley-Davidsons. More to the point, Cobra also has a Special Projects Division, consisting of point man Ken Boyko, industrial designer Mike Rinaldi and ace fabricator Denny Berg. Besides a string of show-stopping customs, Cobra SPD was responsible for the prototype Kawasaki Drifter and more recently the Harley-powered Trakker, a neo board-track bike now installed in the Guggenheim Museum’s “Art of the Motorcycle” exhibit in Las Vegas. Hey, good enough for the Goog, good enough for us.

After some discussion, we hit upon our concept: Project 100 was to be “Old/New.” That is, in silhouette the bike would hark back to an important model from Harley-Davidson’s past, but we’d integrate as many up-to-date components as possible. The base bike would take its inspiration from the 1971 FX Super Glide, a seminal model not just for Harley-Davidson but for the whole of modern American motorcycling. The FX marked the first appearance of one William Godfrey Davidson, yet to be known universally as Willie G. Then in his 30s and not far removed from design school, Davidson wanted The Motor Company to throw off its dowdy Ma-and-Pa-Go-Touring image. Plugged into the customizing scene, he’d witnessed stripped-down Big Twins fitted with lightweight Sportster front ends, and liked the look. Company elders saw this as a validation of the unholy “One-Percenter” outlaw lifestyle and dug in their heels.

“I had to do some heavy internal convincing,” said Willie G. Having your name on the gas tank carries clout, though, and the Super Glide - yep, a stripped-down Big Twin fitted the lightweight Sportster front end- was born. It was the first of the so-called “factory-customs,” what we now know as cruisers. Norton Hi-Riders and Kawasaki LTDs and Yamaha Midnight specials would soon follow, but the Super Glide was first.

In years to come, the bike’s wonky double-decker fiberglass tailsection would give way to a conventional fender, and disc brakes, rubber engine mounts and beltdrive would be added, but the style had been set. Today, about half of all Harley-Davidson models - and a fair number of competitors’ bikes - can trace their roots back to that ‘71 FX.

So, just like Willie G., we started with a Duo-Glide frame, so-named because back in 1958 it was the first Harley to have dual (as in front and rear) suspension. Not trusting half-century-old steel, though, we ordered a replica Paucho frame through Drag Specialties - same geometry as stock but an all-welded affair rather than the brazed construction of the original.

Paucho’s rendition had another alternation we were sorely in need of, namely more room in the engine bay courtesy of dogleg downtubes. The extra inches were required because we intended to stuff the old frame full of new Twin Cam 88B crate motor. Old/New, get it?

That theme carries through to the running gear. Fork is a full-adjust Showa cartridge unit from the current Sportster Sport, complete with XL triple-clamps, headlight and trademark “eyebrow.” Out back, a pair of traditional - looking Progressive 440 Series shocks carry the company’s impressive Inertia Active System technology. Front brakes and rotors are from Performance Machine; rear brake is a hydraulic drum from Custom Chrome, a dead-ringer for the old-style H-D binder. It’s a sprocket-and-drum combo, which allows us to run a chain (”old”) rather than a drivebelt, though it’ll be an O-ring type (”new”).

With the rear wheel’s tackle all grouped on the left, the right side becomes a showcase for our black-powdercoated Hallcraft rim and its chrome spokes - all 80 of ‘em! “Old” necessitated the 19-inch front/18 inch rear wheel sizes; “new” was taken care of by the self-balancing Hallcrafts (a sealed hoop of mercury is contained in the rim’s drop center), which are intended to run tubeless.

Paying homage to past customizers, we mounted a smoothed, 4.5 -gallon Fat Bob fuel tank and a rear fender that takes its shape from the valanced front fenders old dressers used to run, trimmed to fit. Both are repro items from Drag Specialties.

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• Metric Thunder Bob

Just to Ride Everyday

As originally appeared in Hot Bike

Cobra Engineering Exhaust Pipes - Parts - Accessories Denny Berg is the manager of the Special Project Division at Cobra Engineering in Yorba Linda, California. He was given the task of showing off some of the goodies that Cobra is known for, such as smooth-flowing running boards, and good-looking and sounding exhausts. first thing he needed to do was figure out which bike he should showcase the products on.

Denny had a small pow-wow with co-workers Ken Boyko and Mike Rinaldi, and after a flip of a coin, the choice was made to makeover a stock ‘00 Fatboy. The biggest problem was getting this bike in the shop and off the road. See, the owner was one of the guys who worked in the shop, and it was his everyday rider. It took some convincing and a backup rider, but he finally gave up the keys after he was told the bike would be done in less than 30 days.

The first order of business was to strip the bike down. Denny rolled the bike onto the lift, and in less than six hours, the only thing left was the frame. The motor would stay with the factory-black paint, but the rocker boxes, the cam cover, the lifter blocks, and the air cleaner cover were rechromed. With the heads off, Denny had the valves redone and all the ports polished.

A set of Cobra Lo-Boy Shotgun pipes handled all the exhaust. the transmission, the top side covers and support plate were treated to some new chrome, and while the top cover was off, the shift forks and return springs were replaced. After it was all back together, it was covered, bagged, and put to the side of the shop until it was time for it to go back into the bike.

The frame and sheet metal were next to get reworked. The frame was treated to a sandblasting and molding session, making all of the welds and any rough spots look like they disappeared. The gas tank was sanded down, and a small ding was repaired to have a smooth place to lay some paint. The rear fender was also given some attention. They trimmed down a little off the sides, and filled the old mounting holes, redrilled new holes, and repositioned the fender so taller wheels could fill the space. Just the Low-Boy front fender from Drag Specialties needed the mounting holes drilled. Finally, the chrome on the oil bag was removed and prepped for paint.

The task of giving this everyday rider some new color was handed over to the crew at Zeak’s Design in Riverside, California, where all of the raw metal was sent into the paint booth. When it finally came out, it was covered in Sunset Pearl from House of Kolor. To add to the paint, some platinum pearl graphics were airbrushed to look like the H-D 100th anniversary emblems. With the paint dry, it was sent back to the Cobra team; where the mad dash was on to get it back on the road.

The frame was placed back onto the lift, and the motor and trans were the first things to go in. The front end was wrapped in all-new chrome covers and lower legs and bolted up to the frame.

To get this bike mobile, a set of PM Vintage wheels were slid between the swingarm and the fork tubes: 21 x 3.5-inch up front, and a 17 x 5.5-inch out back. Both of these were covered in Dunlop rubber. Stopping came from the matching PM rotors and polished H-D calipers. For the rear, adjustable Progressive Suspension shocks would smooth out the long ride to and from work.

The final assembly was wrapped up with Denny chroming the H-D hand controls, securing them to the speedster bars from Drag Specialties, and adding H-D risers, mirrors, and a Screamin’ Eagle dash assembly. The foot controls are H-D; however, Cobra has a new style of floorboards and matching passenger boards, called Swept, so a set of both of those had to go on. Lighting up front came from a Screamin’ Eagle headlight, and a Drag Specialties taillight will let you know he is stopping, and seat from Drag Specialties will cushion his ride.

All in all, the Cobra crew built one hell of an everyday rider, with good looks and cool accessories, but most importantly, one that would not be lost in a crowd of stock bikes. Keep your eyes open for this one sailing by in the carpool lane.

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• Thunder Bob

As originally appeared in V-Twin

The folks at Cobra Engineering in Anaheim, California, make no bones about their status in the metric custom cruiser field. They know they stand out like a beacon on a stormy night in the aftermarket metric world. That’s because they’ve been around for quite a few years, manufacturing, distributing, and creating many of the cool custom parts and accessories fans of Japanese cruisers take for granted these days.

They have no intention of going away any time soon. The bike seen here proves Cobra’s stamina in the market.

“We built this bike, because, at the time, there weren’t any Japanese custom cruisers around, period,” said Blaine Birchfield, sales manager at Cobra Engineering. So, what you are looking at is actually a piece of custom history. Whether or not it’s really the first custom cruiser of the metric persuasion is about as easily answerable as the age old chicken-and-egg question. Most certainly, this excellent bike represents the early stages of custom designs specifically aimed at this metric species.

Built in 1994, this awesome Intruder has been around quite a bit already, and according to Blaine, it started as a showcase for what you could do with a Japanese bike in terms of customizing it and dressing it up.

“We had it at the Cincinnati Trade Show back in March of 1994, just to see if there was a market out there for Japanese custom cruisers, and we ended up manufacturing a whole series of parts and accessories for it.”

In fact, nowadays, Cobra makes and sells parts and accessories for all Japanese cruisers, things like light bars (or freeway bars, as they call them), billet accessories, floorboards front and rear, luggage racks, sissybars, and a whole slew of dress-up parts. They even have stuff for Harley’s… Dial us TOLL FREE (866) 744-7900 at Metric Thunder if you can not find what you are looking for.

The main wrench on this Intruder was Denny Berg, who, together with Ken Boyko, is an instrumental force in Cobra’s Special Projects Division. The two of them have put together many an awesome metric cruiser so radically altered that even the less erudite connoisseur of motorcycles cannot help but notice just how different they are.

In a way, this Suzuki is a testament to Cobra’s strength and endurance in a highly volatile custom bike market. “We still have it,” confirms Blaine. “It’s sitting right here in our showroom.” So, do yourself a favor.

When: September 16, 2005 - Staging from 6-6:30AM Where: Metric Thunder - 1411 N. Batavia St Orange, CA 92867 What: Stuart “Limey” Hamilton, co-started Metric Thunder in May 2003 Note: (1 mile east of the 57 fwy/The Pond of Anaheim near Katella & Batavia)

Stuart passed away suddenly in August of 2004. He and I rode to the Vegas Bikefest together in 2003 and vowed to attend again in the years ahead. In keeping Stu’s memory alive and celebrating his life, Metric Thunder began sponsoring an annual ride to the Las Vegas Bikefest, http://www.lasvegasbikefest.com/, in his honor.

We’ll have hot coffee, donuts, bagels and some Stu memorabilia to share with friends of Metric Thunder who join us at the shop on Friday morning the 16th of September before we head out to the high desert. We plan on stopping along the way to pick up other riders, as we did last year. There will also be a brief remembrance at the Calico Ghost Town cemetery off of I15 along the way.

Once we arrive in Vegas, there are no formal plans, just have fun and enjoy the town along with about 30,000 other bikers!

Please RSVP to bob@metricthunder.com if you can attend all or a portion of the ride.

Hope to see you on the 16th!

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