Photo: Bundnerbike
There are many Harley-Davidson model families that have established themselves over the years as the pillars and backbones of the custom industry, but few of them are so important and present in our lives as the mighty Sportster.
Tracing its roots back to the K series and the Ironhead XL motorcycles of the 1950s, the current generation of the Sportster is perhaps the most exciting we've seen in a very long time. As it is described by its maker itself, the ride is after all "the first chapter of a whole new book of the Sportster saga."
Exciting as it may be in its all-new form and with all the modern-day goodies it is equipped with, it seems that at times the new Sportster can't even hold a candle to a properly made version of itself from the family's past. A case in point is the Blue Lagoon we see sitting before us now.
The bike started out as a Sportster of the Iron variety of unknown model year. It crossed paths with a Swiss-based shop called Bundnerbike and it was transformed into a ride that despite looking skinny and frail it's anything but.
The bike is described as a complete conversion of the base two-wheeler, with the main goal being that of "reducing the frame to the absolute minimum." And that was clearly achieved, as all the bike has to show for at the moment is the fully exposed frame, two flimsy-looking wheels, and the engine sitting in the frame, guarded on one side by a custom exhaust system.
Although there's a good chance the engine sitting below the restyled fuel tank is the original one, the bike has changed elsewhere quite extensively. The oil tank, for instance, has been relocated, the front wheel is now supported by a Springer fork, and all the electronic bits have been hidden as well as possible from sight.
The old-school look of the ride was further achieved by deploying vintage-looking handlebars and footrests.
When everything was finished, Bundnerbike opted to paint the very few body panels of the ride in shades of blue, offset by black stripes and the coldness of the engine's metal.
The Harley-Davidson Blue Lagoon is an older build of the Swiss garage, and that means its current whereabouts are not known. We also don't have any info on how much it cost to put together.
If you do want to have a relative starting point for that, you should know a brand-new Sportster sells from $16,399. An older Iron version, on the other hand, can be found on the used motorcycle market for prices ranging between $6,000 and $12,000, depending on model year, condition, and a series of other factors.
Exciting as it may be in its all-new form and with all the modern-day goodies it is equipped with, it seems that at times the new Sportster can't even hold a candle to a properly made version of itself from the family's past. A case in point is the Blue Lagoon we see sitting before us now.
The bike started out as a Sportster of the Iron variety of unknown model year. It crossed paths with a Swiss-based shop called Bundnerbike and it was transformed into a ride that despite looking skinny and frail it's anything but.
The bike is described as a complete conversion of the base two-wheeler, with the main goal being that of "reducing the frame to the absolute minimum." And that was clearly achieved, as all the bike has to show for at the moment is the fully exposed frame, two flimsy-looking wheels, and the engine sitting in the frame, guarded on one side by a custom exhaust system.
Although there's a good chance the engine sitting below the restyled fuel tank is the original one, the bike has changed elsewhere quite extensively. The oil tank, for instance, has been relocated, the front wheel is now supported by a Springer fork, and all the electronic bits have been hidden as well as possible from sight.
The old-school look of the ride was further achieved by deploying vintage-looking handlebars and footrests.
When everything was finished, Bundnerbike opted to paint the very few body panels of the ride in shades of blue, offset by black stripes and the coldness of the engine's metal.
The Harley-Davidson Blue Lagoon is an older build of the Swiss garage, and that means its current whereabouts are not known. We also don't have any info on how much it cost to put together.
If you do want to have a relative starting point for that, you should know a brand-new Sportster sells from $16,399. An older Iron version, on the other hand, can be found on the used motorcycle market for prices ranging between $6,000 and $12,000, depending on model year, condition, and a series of other factors.
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