Photo: Bad Land
Say all you want about the two Pacific Rim movies, but I personally absolutely loved them. I mean, what's not to love about monsters from another dimension being met here on Earth by the firepower of giant human-controlled robots called Jaegers?
For one reason or another, the above image is what the custom Harley-Davidson V-Rod we have here created in my head as soon as I laid eyes on it. Sitting dark in the dark, it looks not like the Gipsy Danger or the Striker Eureka, but like one of the many Kaijus that keep pouring into our world from the bottom of the ocean.
Just like the flesh beasts or mechanical monsters, the Gozu, as the bike is called in this form, originated in Japan. In fact, the name itself is a reference to a Japanese demon shaped like a human but with an animal head (generally that of an ox) who is said to be guarding the gates of hell. Among other things…
The bike is the creation of local custom shop Bad Land, which started out with a 2017 V-Rod and ended up showing to the world this monstrosity.
The stock bike suffered the usual transformation at the hand of the customizer. First up, it received new wheels on which to ride into battle. Those would be pieces of hardware made in-house, sized 21 inches at the front and 18 inches at the rear. Each is shielded by a fender also made in-house and are wearing Avon Cobra tires.
A girder fork is used to hold the front wheel in place, while the one at the rear is equipped with a wide swingarm. The frame placed in between these two elements has been modified to some degree to accept the sunken seat, custom fuel tank, and above all the 300 mm of tire width at the rear.
The engine sitting in the bike's frame is the standard V-Rod, enhanced only with the fitting of an air filter and an exhaust system made by Bad Land itself. Stopping power, on the other hand, is taken care of by means of Brembo and Rick's Motorcycles gear.
The earliest reference to the Harley-Davidson Gozu we were able to find dates back to 2021, making it one of the freshest V-Rod conversions out there - do remember the model stopped being made in 2017 (the year this one comes from), and many of the existing muscle bikes have already been customized to some degree.
We don't know how much the bike is worth in this evil-looking configuration, but don't expect it to come cheap. After all, just the base 2017 V-Rod will set you back over $12,000 in the best of circumstances, and even in used form.
Just like the flesh beasts or mechanical monsters, the Gozu, as the bike is called in this form, originated in Japan. In fact, the name itself is a reference to a Japanese demon shaped like a human but with an animal head (generally that of an ox) who is said to be guarding the gates of hell. Among other things…
The bike is the creation of local custom shop Bad Land, which started out with a 2017 V-Rod and ended up showing to the world this monstrosity.
The stock bike suffered the usual transformation at the hand of the customizer. First up, it received new wheels on which to ride into battle. Those would be pieces of hardware made in-house, sized 21 inches at the front and 18 inches at the rear. Each is shielded by a fender also made in-house and are wearing Avon Cobra tires.
A girder fork is used to hold the front wheel in place, while the one at the rear is equipped with a wide swingarm. The frame placed in between these two elements has been modified to some degree to accept the sunken seat, custom fuel tank, and above all the 300 mm of tire width at the rear.
The engine sitting in the bike's frame is the standard V-Rod, enhanced only with the fitting of an air filter and an exhaust system made by Bad Land itself. Stopping power, on the other hand, is taken care of by means of Brembo and Rick's Motorcycles gear.
The earliest reference to the Harley-Davidson Gozu we were able to find dates back to 2021, making it one of the freshest V-Rod conversions out there - do remember the model stopped being made in 2017 (the year this one comes from), and many of the existing muscle bikes have already been customized to some degree.
We don't know how much the bike is worth in this evil-looking configuration, but don't expect it to come cheap. After all, just the base 2017 V-Rod will set you back over $12,000 in the best of circumstances, and even in used form.
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