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Kamome Sprinter Custom Harley-Davidson

Jason — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:49:36 +0000

Kamome Sprinter Custom Harley-Davidson

built by Charlie Stockwell of Warr’s Harley-Davidson, London

This year iconic Japanese Denim label Evisu teamed up with Europe’s oldest official Harley-Davidson dealership Warr’s of London and famous custom designer Charlie Stockwell to create and hand build a one-off classically-inspired Harley-Davidson.

Synonymous with luxurious craftsmanship and one-off design, The Evisu x Warr’s Harley-Davidson Motorbike, aptly named the Kamome Sprinter, showcases a darkened harmonic combination of past vintage styles with modern functionality and celebrates the creativity and hand-made practices for which both brands are famous.

The Evisu Warr’s Harley-Davidson mission statement outlines that every detail crafted has its purpose and function throughout this whole creative process. Warr’s famous engineering is expressed through pure lines and timeless elegance in this design, whilst historic influences of performance, precision and production from iconic label Evisu, blends the styling of this bike to perfection.
Welding, engraving, bending metal; stitching, riveting denim and embossing and treating leather – Warr’s & Evisu heritage is celebrated throughout the entire motorcycle and the same technical exactness that Charlie Stockwell rules by was taken into account throughout the design and ultimately drove this bike to completion.

Every detail of this bike offers more than meets the eye. Look closely into the hand engraved engine covers and you will see Japanese inspired art. Nishikigoi Koi, scales, crashing waves and dragons are just some of what can be found on first glance of the beautifully and probably painstakingly hand engraved work of a local gunsmith in London. Look closer and you see more of the Evisu influence in symbols and characters used by the denim brand throughout their 20 year existence.

Spec:

Name - Kamome Sprinter

Design – Charlie Stockwell & Evisu

Completion - 8 weeks

Donor vehicle – 2011 H-D Softail Crossbones

Engine – 96ci Twin-Cam B

Trans – H-D 6-Speed

Frame – H-D Softail

Swingarm – H-D Softail

Forks – H-D Springer

Brakes – H-D

Exhaust – Warr’s/Charlie Stockwell - Spud Shooter Exhaust

Air Cleaner – Warr’s Cali’ Air Cleaner

Handlebars – Warr’s Kamome Drop Bars

Saddle – Warr’s Messinger Solo Antique Brown

Tire Front – Firestone Champion 4.00 x 18

Tire Rear – Firestone Champion 5.00 x 16

Front wheel – 18 x 3.5

Rear wheel – 16 x 3.5

Fenders – Warr’s Frisco

Headlamp – CSC

Tail lamp – CSC

Engraving – Warr’s by appointment

Denim Wrap – Charlie Stockwell & Evisu

Plating – London Chroming

Custom Paint – Classic Cycle Works

Website - www.warrs.com

Facebook - www.facebook.com/warrscustoms

Twitter - www.twitter.com/warrscustoms

Credits:

Words – Takayuki Ono

Photography – Marianne Logica

Special thanks to:

Charlie Stockwell
Head of Design & Custom

Warr’s Harley-Davidson

Direct Line: +44 (0) 20 7751 9121

Tel: +44 (0)20 7736 2934
Fax: +44 (0)20 7371 0644
eMail: charlie@warrs.com

Russell Mitchell’s Exile, The Anti-Chopper Chopper

Jason — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:03:06 +0000

Past History with Russell Mitchell

By Mark Masker

Photography by Courtesy Of Exile Cycles, Howard Kelly, Ernie Lopez, Mark Masker

Not all of the famous builders got started early on. Some were in grade school (or younger) when Street Chopper first hit the stands. Russell Mitchell was one of them. He was born in Frampton on Severn, a small farming village in the west of England. They barely had color TV, let alone imported American chopper magazines back then. When he hit his teens, he was a huge skateboarder but by the time he was 16 he’d made the jump to a motor and two wheels and hasn’t looked back since. “I had a buddy of mine who was big into cars who’d occasionally come across American bike magazines like Street Chopper. I remember seeing crazy things like Arlen’s two-engine Sportster,” he reflected.

There were local custom chop rags too, though. Back Street Heroes was one of the more successful European chopper books, and Russell agreed that Street Chopper and other American biker magazines influenced it. “The whole custom bike scene in England at that time (mid-to-late ’70s) was very fledgling,” Russell told us. At the time, people went as flashy as possible, including him, believe it or not. Don’t believe us? Take a look at his first custom job: a coffin-tanked Lambretta scooter. No, you read it right. His first build was actually a chopperized scooter. “I was part of a small faction called The Scooter Scum and we did everything we could to piss off the straight mod scooter contingency by doing everything we could to make our scooters look like choppers.” Saying he did that with the Lambretta would be an exercise in understatement. In its stock form the scooter’s gas tank sat under the seat; Russell threw that out and swapped in a coffin tank atop the chassis spine. He also hand made solid hex steel forks, heated up in a forge, and twisted in a hair pin. The paint? Not exactly the flat black that’s Exile Cycle’s signature move. Try a warrior carrying off a naked chick on the back of a sabertooth tiger. “I named it Exile and it won all the shows but it was the sort of deal where you had to have chrome everything. We had a shop in Birmingham that was our go-to place. Bitchin’ chrome, but it was horribly expensive.”

Via: Streetchopperweb.com

1969 Triumph Tiger And 2001 Harley-Davidson Sportster Sport – Double Down

Jason — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:10:04 +0000

Michael Chan’s Got Both Covered

By Mark Masker

Photography by Ed Subias

Via: Streetchopperweb.com