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Despite the worlds of cars and motorcycles being somewhat related and similar in many respects, it doesn't happen all that often for a carmaker to get involved with two-wheeler-making companies, and vice versa. Yet from time to time we do get a blend of the two worlds, even if in most cases we're not talking about an official collab.
We've seen over the years custom motorcycle garages try to link their creations to some high-profile car through either design or message. The Germans from Thunderbike are a crew who usually does that, perhaps more than others. And the Harley-Davidson Green Booster is the latest blend of cars and motos, even if the thing that ties them together is subtle to say the least.
The Green Booster is one of the shop's most recent builds, and it started out as an unassuming Fat Boy. The bike was modified at the request of a customer, and includes throwbacks to other high-profile Thunderbike builds, including the Red Booster, Big Mike, and Red Force.
It's the color of the ride that makes one think of the car world, because that green hue that gave the project its name is actually a Mercedes-AMG hue the world knows as Olive Metallic.
Sprayed all over the bike's most visible body parts, the color is carefully blended with matching black everywhere else, making for a very potent visual impact, especially when taking into account all the other changes made to it.
The Fat Boy now rides on aftermarket spoked wheels, sized 21 inches at the front and the same at the rear. Both are wrapped in Metzeler tires and the whole thing rests on an air ride suspension system, with a lowering kit included for the front fork.
At the back the Softail lost its factory stance and got a new one, spearheaded by the single-side swingarm that supports the wheel. Above that a custom fender floats, matching the one at the opposite end.
The engine of the Fat Boy remains mostly unchanged from its stock form, but a new breathing apparatus has been included and in comes in the form of a Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde exhaust system.
A present-day Fat Boy is selling new off the Harley lot in exchange for $20,199, but a customization process such as this adds about as much on top of that. The parts Thunderbike says it used for the Green Booster cost a total of almost 16,000 euros ($17,500), but that does not include the exhaust system, the man hours, and the AMG paint job.
That easily gets the value of this ride in the $40k range. Expensive, of course, then again a price many are willing to pay to be unique.
The Green Booster is one of the shop's most recent builds, and it started out as an unassuming Fat Boy. The bike was modified at the request of a customer, and includes throwbacks to other high-profile Thunderbike builds, including the Red Booster, Big Mike, and Red Force.
It's the color of the ride that makes one think of the car world, because that green hue that gave the project its name is actually a Mercedes-AMG hue the world knows as Olive Metallic.
Sprayed all over the bike's most visible body parts, the color is carefully blended with matching black everywhere else, making for a very potent visual impact, especially when taking into account all the other changes made to it.
The Fat Boy now rides on aftermarket spoked wheels, sized 21 inches at the front and the same at the rear. Both are wrapped in Metzeler tires and the whole thing rests on an air ride suspension system, with a lowering kit included for the front fork.
At the back the Softail lost its factory stance and got a new one, spearheaded by the single-side swingarm that supports the wheel. Above that a custom fender floats, matching the one at the opposite end.
The engine of the Fat Boy remains mostly unchanged from its stock form, but a new breathing apparatus has been included and in comes in the form of a Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde exhaust system.
A present-day Fat Boy is selling new off the Harley lot in exchange for $20,199, but a customization process such as this adds about as much on top of that. The parts Thunderbike says it used for the Green Booster cost a total of almost 16,000 euros ($17,500), but that does not include the exhaust system, the man hours, and the AMG paint job.
That easily gets the value of this ride in the $40k range. Expensive, of course, then again a price many are willing to pay to be unique.
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