The exhaust is a raw stainless steel 2-into-1 from the Californian company Bassani, with stepped headers and a reverse-cone megaphone muffler. Ancillary updates include a Dynatek 2000i single-fire ignition system and a Daytona oil pump (with reworked engine venting) to keep the engine running cool. Séb has also replaced all the fuel and oil lines with racing-spec Vibrant Performance black braided hoses, hooked up with black AN fittings.
(“It’s genuine new- old-stock, mounted via a one-off Gasbox bracket.”) A Motogadget Speedster speedometer is hidden behind the air filter to keep it discreet. These are combined with ported heads and Buell M2 cams, with an S&S Super E carb sucking air from a classic and rare S&S ‘Two Throat’ air filter. He’s used a 1250 kit from Hammer Performance, with iron-lined, aluminum-finned cylinders and forged pistons. And the goal was to create the most torque possible: “For street bikes, that’s where the fun is-in our opinion!” says Séb. There’s a special graphite grey paint for the cases and polished covers, but the real work is inside. The iconic V-twin has been completely refurbished inside and out. The latest build to roll out of their workshop in Chartres, 90 km southwest of Paris, is this very classy 1994 Sportster called ‘Glamster.’ And yes, that’s a reference to the retro-styled Shoei lid: the top-flight Japanese helmet manufacturer helped to make this build happen.Īt first glance, Lucky Cat’s Sportster is a street bike with custom bodywork and a slightly tuned engine, but there’s a lot more going on under the hood. So he and Laurence have kept themselves busy spinning wrenches and spraying paint. The drag racing is on hold for the moment, for obvious reasons, but Séb has a solid background as a talented custom builder.
Japanese sportster chopper series#
What’s worth noting is that the chopper is going with no reserve.Remember the Sultans of Sprint drag race series in Europe? The man behind this brilliant idea was Séb Lorentz, who runs the Lucky Cat Garage with his partner, the artist and restoration specialist Laurence Chatokhine. Mecum does not provide any technical details on the two-wheeler, and it’s not venturing into making a guess as to how much it is expected to fetch. It also looks extremely fresh, thanks to the warm blue custom fuel tank (hinting to an Indian Larry build) and rear fender that complement the cold of the exposed engine, exhaust, and wheels. It’s raked build makes it look aggressive, though not as long as other bikes of the segment. The one we have here pays tribute to the custom choppers of the 1970s. Like all other Harleys, it was quickly adopted by custom shops and turned into different things entirely. Harley started making Sportsters in 1957 and launched them into the wild sporting four-stroke, V-twin engines, at first from the Ironhead family, and later on using the famed Evolution. It comprises 36 motorcycles owned by the museum’s Rick Salisbury, and the 1971 Harley-Davidson Sportster chopper seen here is one of them. One prominent such display of bikes is by the Legends Motorcycles Museum in Springville, Utah. In all, 1,750 bikes are listed for sale, either on their own or as part of collections. Before this happens, though, the year opens with the Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle auction at the end of January.Īs usual, the auction house is flooding the market with old, vintage, rare, or custom builds. That means we’ll probably be getting all those juicy gatherings like Mama Tried, Congregation, or Born-Free again. The coming year is shaping up to mark a relative return to normalcy.
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