Photo: Box39
The Breakout motorcycle is one of the most custom shop-friendly products in the Harley-Davidson portfolio. Sure, one could argue that all Harleys ever made are like that, but you only have to look at how many such projects are based on the Breakout to realize this breed is highly sought after.
At the beginning of this year Harley-Davidson brought back the model to the American market following a two-year hiatus, gifting it with a lot of new goodies, including a brand-new and larger Milwaukee-Eight 117 engine.
Enough months have passed since for us to get a sense of how the new Breakout looks like in customized form and I have to admit, it's likely the flood of custom Softails of this kind will continue with this platform as well.
The most recent remake of the model comes from all the way in Russia, where a shop called Box39 just revealed its newest take on the Milwaukee machine. One that, for all intents and purposes, somehow mixes a vintage look with the modern platform in a way that simply works.
As usual with the builds put together by these guys, the focus falls first and foremost on the wheels of the ride. That's because Box39 is primarily a wheel maker, and that more than shows on the pieces of hardware installed on this thing.
The wheels are made in-house by the Russians, and they come in 21 inches at the front and 18 inches at the rear, with the rubber at the back displaying a width of 280 mm. The design is so extreme, with so many spokes (they appear to be more than just simple wires) that I get a sense that just looking at them for a long time could give you a headache, or even hypnotize you in some way.
Work was performed elsewhere as well and it's most visible in the way the white body of the bike is shaped. The white used on the custom fenders, the simplicity of the build, and the blackness displayed everywhere else (including where chrome used to be) tend to give the ride a sort of vintage look the likes of which we don't often come across on a Breakout.
We are not told anything about potential modifications to the bike's engine, so there's a good chance we're still dealing with the powerplant in the stock configuration. Separately, we know a pneumatic suspension system supports the rear of the bike.
Post conversion, the Harley was re-named Breakbox 2 (Breakbox 1 is also a Breakout, an older, darker one), and this is how it reached us, in its shiny, new, 2023 build state. We wish we knew more about it, including the price, but at the time of writing that's about it. Some more digging on our part will probably reveal more, and we'll update the story with the relevant information.
Enough months have passed since for us to get a sense of how the new Breakout looks like in customized form and I have to admit, it's likely the flood of custom Softails of this kind will continue with this platform as well.
The most recent remake of the model comes from all the way in Russia, where a shop called Box39 just revealed its newest take on the Milwaukee machine. One that, for all intents and purposes, somehow mixes a vintage look with the modern platform in a way that simply works.
As usual with the builds put together by these guys, the focus falls first and foremost on the wheels of the ride. That's because Box39 is primarily a wheel maker, and that more than shows on the pieces of hardware installed on this thing.
The wheels are made in-house by the Russians, and they come in 21 inches at the front and 18 inches at the rear, with the rubber at the back displaying a width of 280 mm. The design is so extreme, with so many spokes (they appear to be more than just simple wires) that I get a sense that just looking at them for a long time could give you a headache, or even hypnotize you in some way.
Work was performed elsewhere as well and it's most visible in the way the white body of the bike is shaped. The white used on the custom fenders, the simplicity of the build, and the blackness displayed everywhere else (including where chrome used to be) tend to give the ride a sort of vintage look the likes of which we don't often come across on a Breakout.
We are not told anything about potential modifications to the bike's engine, so there's a good chance we're still dealing with the powerplant in the stock configuration. Separately, we know a pneumatic suspension system supports the rear of the bike.
Post conversion, the Harley was re-named Breakbox 2 (Breakbox 1 is also a Breakout, an older, darker one), and this is how it reached us, in its shiny, new, 2023 build state. We wish we knew more about it, including the price, but at the time of writing that's about it. Some more digging on our part will probably reveal more, and we'll update the story with the relevant information.
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