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The Wild One
a "Rocker’s Bike" is reborn.
When Marlon Brando thundered across the screen in "the Wild One" during the 50s we saw the first soft ape hanger bars on a bike. OK it wasn’t a Harley®, but then everyone makes a mistake during their lifetime. Shortly afterwards ape hangers were a requirement for every rocker bike, like beer is for a party, but no one thought of riding a Harley® at 200 Km/h. No-one spoke about rear tires wider than their own boot soles and of course Rockers didn’t carry anti-wrinkle cream or a toothbrush in their saddlebags. Times change. The "Rockers" realized that water can be used for more than just brewing beer and Harley® sells bikes that are sometimes a bit soft. But with the Street Bob® the company appears to have re-discovered the spirit of the rocker bike and presented an affordable bike with power and matt paintwork.
Jurgen didn’t really get that rocker feeling when he looked at his machine parked in his garage. The tires were too narrow, the sound reminded him more of Enrice Iglesias than Steppenwolf, the handlebars were too flat, overall it was all too soft. He wanted a brutal sound that would rattle the windows in Johnny's Bar, Ape Hangers, higher than the bar top in the legendary Californian drinking hole, a fender shorter than the barmaid’s skirt and a rear tire fatter than the Sheriff of Wrightsville’s ass. So his bike came to us and we knew what we had to do. We had to build a machine which could be used, like in the film, to lure the sheriff’s daughter away and to flee the scene at the twist off the throttle.
The Street Bob® was stripped down and the transformation into a real rocker’s bike began. Firstly we dealt with the rear end, where our Stiletto rear with a 9x18 Zero Cool® wheel fitted with a 240 tire to chew up the tarmac. We fitted our Bigger Swing swing arm to fit it in the Dyna® and that ensured both wheels were in alignment. To free up the view of the wheel we fitted a drive side brake mounted behind the drive pulley. At the front we retained the standard wheel, but fitted a 5° raked Bob Style triple tree which has an extremely cool & clean look, and extends the wheelbase slightly but retains the riding behavior. Of course a real rocker’s bike should have a low seating position and high bars, so we fitted a set of 400mm high ape hangers to the risers. Following that radical modification the control cables & wiring were too short so we fitted stainless steel lines & cables, manufactured the necessary mountings and tidied up the electrical systems. Jurgen can now place his boots on the OMP forward controls. The heart of the beast, the Twin Cam® 88, would have been enough for Johnny to win every race and to elope with the sheriff’s daughter, but in those days a measly 50 BHP was the most you could expect. Today, with 1450cc and 106Nm torque, everything’s changed, but the sound still need’s sorting. So we’ve fitted Zero Cool® pipes with matching silencers for about 100dB, all legal, which can be increased if you want to, but not on public roads, by the use of the adjustable end caps.
A Hypercharger provides better breathing and is painted black to match the engine block. In 2007 we have to adhere to the traffic regulations and have fitted a Matrix LED rear light with Kellermann indicators. Although a real rocker would never look back we had to fit mirrors, so we chose Rebuffini ones. That was enough to satisfy the lawmakers & it’s 100% street legal, which is more than could be said for Johnny’s bike.
Ok, the sheriff’s daughter that Johnny ran off with would be over 70 now, the small town where the rockers went crazy is a forgotten nest somewhere, but the spirit of the film can be found in every small town when you turn up on the Wild One and order a beer at the bar.
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When Marlon Brando thundered across the screen in "the Wild One" during the 50s we saw the first soft ape hanger bars on a bike. OK it wasn’t a Harley®, but then everyone makes a mistake during their lifetime. Shortly afterwards ape hangers were a requirement for every rocker bike, like beer is for a party, but no one thought of riding a Harley® at 200 Km/h. No-one spoke about rear tires wider than their own boot soles and of course Rockers didn’t carry anti-wrinkle cream or a toothbrush in their saddlebags. Times change. The "Rockers" realized that water can be used for more than just brewing beer and Harley® sells bikes that are sometimes a bit soft. But with the Street Bob® the company appears to have re-discovered the spirit of the rocker bike and presented an affordable bike with power and matt paintwork.
Jurgen didn’t really get that rocker feeling when he looked at his machine parked in his garage. The tires were too narrow, the sound reminded him more of Enrice Iglesias than Steppenwolf, the handlebars were too flat, overall it was all too soft. He wanted a brutal sound that would rattle the windows in Johnny's Bar, Ape Hangers, higher than the bar top in the legendary Californian drinking hole, a fender shorter than the barmaid’s skirt and a rear tire fatter than the Sheriff of Wrightsville’s ass. So his bike came to us and we knew what we had to do. We had to build a machine which could be used, like in the film, to lure the sheriff’s daughter away and to flee the scene at the twist off the throttle.
The Street Bob® was stripped down and the transformation into a real rocker’s bike began. Firstly we dealt with the rear end, where our Stiletto rear with a 9x18 Zero Cool® wheel fitted with a 240 tire to chew up the tarmac. We fitted our Bigger Swing swing arm to fit it in the Dyna® and that ensured both wheels were in alignment. To free up the view of the wheel we fitted a drive side brake mounted behind the drive pulley. At the front we retained the standard wheel, but fitted a 5° raked Bob Style triple tree which has an extremely cool & clean look, and extends the wheelbase slightly but retains the riding behavior. Of course a real rocker’s bike should have a low seating position and high bars, so we fitted a set of 400mm high ape hangers to the risers. Following that radical modification the control cables & wiring were too short so we fitted stainless steel lines & cables, manufactured the necessary mountings and tidied up the electrical systems. Jurgen can now place his boots on the OMP forward controls. The heart of the beast, the Twin Cam® 88, would have been enough for Johnny to win every race and to elope with the sheriff’s daughter, but in those days a measly 50 BHP was the most you could expect. Today, with 1450cc and 106Nm torque, everything’s changed, but the sound still need’s sorting. So we’ve fitted Zero Cool® pipes with matching silencers for about 100dB, all legal, which can be increased if you want to, but not on public roads, by the use of the adjustable end caps.
A Hypercharger provides better breathing and is painted black to match the engine block. In 2007 we have to adhere to the traffic regulations and have fitted a Matrix LED rear light with Kellermann indicators. Although a real rocker would never look back we had to fit mirrors, so we chose Rebuffini ones. That was enough to satisfy the lawmakers & it’s 100% street legal, which is more than could be said for Johnny’s bike.
Ok, the sheriff’s daughter that Johnny ran off with would be over 70 now, the small town where the rockers went crazy is a forgotten nest somewhere, but the spirit of the film can be found in every small town when you turn up on the Wild One and order a beer at the bar.