Remember the stylish Big Bear Choppers Titanium we showed to you in early 2013? Good, because the bike is only getting better-looking and more desirable, as Kevin Alsop is delivering more and more goodness from his workshop. We know Christmas has just passed, but we’ll bring you this new custom Titanium beast anyway, as a neat incentive for your next machine. Who knows, maybe you’ll go BBC…
Now, the Titanium is Big Bear Choppers’ flagship machine, and for good reasons. The bike is not only loaded with the very best premium parts money can buy in the cruiser world, but it has also been designed as a flagship model from the ground up.
Harley’s best frame made better
The Titanium is centered on the FXR frame Erik Buell and 6 other engineers designed for Harley-Davidson back in the day. Kevin tweaked it for even better compliance and the result is a bike which rides like nothing else in the segment, as Big Bear Chopper claims. The bike feels firm and boasts exceptional torsional rigidity, with sharp turning, yet provides unrivaled comfort. Kevin says that a rider can effortlessly do 800 miles (1,300 km) a day aboard his Titanium.
Inside the frame, Big Bear Choppers maintains the V111 Carb Evolution v-twin from S&S mated to a 6-speed Baker overdrive transmission. Almost 116 horsepower and 123 lb-ft (166 Nm) of torque are reined by a modern Öhlins inverted fork in anodized gold trim, while the rear end was loaded with dual Öhlins units, also inverted.
Other additions are custom machined wheels with huge drilled petal rotors and radial Brembo calipers, a DayMaker LED headlight and two additional projectors which improve sight in mid-turn at night, the carbon fiber front fender and side panels, plus leather saddlebags for touring purposes.
There are even more goodies Kevin has in store if you’re looking forward to ride a bike that’s like an FXR, but only so much more than your off-the-mill Harley. Base prices start at $37,900 (€31,000) but Kevin will also sell you unassembled kits if you feel like building your own Titanium.
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