Photo: Thunderbike
We have no study telling us how many custom motorcycle shops are out there, but we do know most of them are generally one-hit wonders, coming up with something incredible at one point, and then completely falling off the map.
That’s not the case with German garage Thunderbike, a group that over the past 30 years or so has grown so large that they have literally hundreds of builds in their portfolio. There are so many of them, in fact, that they had to be brought together in product lines, families, or series.
Racing Series is the name of the family this here bike is part of. An FXDR by birth, it was completely transformed using mostly bolt-on parts, in an attempt to prove that this way of doing things is at times as effective as a full-custom build.
Over 30 pieces of original hardware were taken out and replaced with an equal number of custom ones. Among the most visible bolt-ons added are the two fenders, the seat shell, front spoiler and side covers. But there are others, all combining in a very visually-effective impersonation of a stock FXDR.
The bike was changed in other ways as well, being at the receiving end of a new triple tree, a fork modification, the fitting of a new exhaust system, and the addition of the mighty Harley-Davidson Stage II torque kit. The entire two-wheeler was then wrapped in a livery envisioned by Thunderbike’s favorite partner in this field, Ingo Kruse.
The GT Style, as the bike is known internally, is one of the shop’s more recent builds. As usual, we are not told how much it cost to put together, but also as usual we are able to at least estimate, based on the long list of parts used. And in this case, simple math points to a cost of over 15,000 euros, which is over $18,000 at today’s exchange rates.
Racing Series is the name of the family this here bike is part of. An FXDR by birth, it was completely transformed using mostly bolt-on parts, in an attempt to prove that this way of doing things is at times as effective as a full-custom build.
Over 30 pieces of original hardware were taken out and replaced with an equal number of custom ones. Among the most visible bolt-ons added are the two fenders, the seat shell, front spoiler and side covers. But there are others, all combining in a very visually-effective impersonation of a stock FXDR.
The bike was changed in other ways as well, being at the receiving end of a new triple tree, a fork modification, the fitting of a new exhaust system, and the addition of the mighty Harley-Davidson Stage II torque kit. The entire two-wheeler was then wrapped in a livery envisioned by Thunderbike’s favorite partner in this field, Ingo Kruse.
The GT Style, as the bike is known internally, is one of the shop’s more recent builds. As usual, we are not told how much it cost to put together, but also as usual we are able to at least estimate, based on the long list of parts used. And in this case, simple math points to a cost of over 15,000 euros, which is over $18,000 at today’s exchange rates.
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