Harley-Davidson introduced the V-twin Racing Street Custom line of motorcycles back in 2001. Known as the VRSC family, or V-Rod later on, it was supposed to fight in the muscle motorcycle segment with the dominant powers of that era, which mostly came from Japan.
The family enjoyed quite a successful and relatively long presence on the market, as it didn’t get discontinued until five years ago, in 2017. During that time, it gave birth to no less than eleven versions, including the non-street legal Destroyer.
Exciting as they were in stock form, the V-Rods were still Harleys, and that means that tons of them got transformed over the years into more or less impressive custom projects by shops across the world.
Some of these garages, like Estonia-based Fredy Jaates, have dedicated years and intense efforts to customizing V-Rods, and this is how they’ve ended up with the large portfolios we have been exploring for years now.
Today’s Jaates V-Rod treat is a V-Rod of the VRSCA variety, meaning the very first generation muscle bike, made between 2002 and 2006. This particular one was made in its original form in 2003, but has long lost its stock appearance.
Now donning white overalls on the main body parts (many of them added by Jaates himself), black on the seats for two, and chrome in all the right places, the V-Rod would sure make head turn wherever it goes.
The mechanical modifications made to it are extensive as well, and include the fitting of Colorado Custom Slammer wheels, which we used as inspiration for the name we chose for the bike. They’re sized 19 inches at the front and 18 inches at the rear, and are backed in making the bike stand differently from stock by a front fork lowering kit and Ohlins rear suspension.
The engine of the bike is the stock one, enhanced with the deployment of a K&N air filter and a Screamin’ Eagle exhaust.
The price of the custom V-Rod and its current whereabouts are unknown.
Exciting as they were in stock form, the V-Rods were still Harleys, and that means that tons of them got transformed over the years into more or less impressive custom projects by shops across the world.
Some of these garages, like Estonia-based Fredy Jaates, have dedicated years and intense efforts to customizing V-Rods, and this is how they’ve ended up with the large portfolios we have been exploring for years now.
Today’s Jaates V-Rod treat is a V-Rod of the VRSCA variety, meaning the very first generation muscle bike, made between 2002 and 2006. This particular one was made in its original form in 2003, but has long lost its stock appearance.
Now donning white overalls on the main body parts (many of them added by Jaates himself), black on the seats for two, and chrome in all the right places, the V-Rod would sure make head turn wherever it goes.
The mechanical modifications made to it are extensive as well, and include the fitting of Colorado Custom Slammer wheels, which we used as inspiration for the name we chose for the bike. They’re sized 19 inches at the front and 18 inches at the rear, and are backed in making the bike stand differently from stock by a front fork lowering kit and Ohlins rear suspension.
The engine of the bike is the stock one, enhanced with the deployment of a K&N air filter and a Screamin’ Eagle exhaust.
The price of the custom V-Rod and its current whereabouts are unknown.