Photo: Bundnerbike
Although they have not been specifically made for such tasks, some production motorcycles can be ridden to work by executives wearing business suits, or even to a formal dinner in the proper garments. For one reason or another, their custom siblings do not seem properly equipped to handle such tasks.
That may be because, generally speaking, custom work performed on a motorcycle ends with the ride looking too aggressive to play dress-up, too massive to be elegant, and too noisy to be a proper, silent companion during a night out. Yet somehow the Stylist seems to fit right in with such deployments.
Stylist is the name Switzerland-based Bundnerbike gave one of its older, Harley-Davidson Sportster-based builds. And just a quick look at it will make it immediately clear that it's a very fitting name.
The garage, one of the most prolific on the European continent, does not share many of the details about the build. We don't know precisely the kind and model year of this particular Sportster, we have no indication as to its current whereabouts, and we haven't the slightest clue how much it is worth in this modified form.
It's obvious though that Bundnerbike was going for a roadster-style build with this one. It dressed the wire wheels of undisclosed dimensions in fat enough rubber as to become impossible to ignore, raised the handlebars enough to give the human on top of it an entirely new riding position, and modified the seat.
Just like it happens at the front, the shop left the rear wheel completely exposed, unguarded by a fender like we're used to. This apparently simple move does wonders in painting the bike as both a casual and elegant cool machine.
Speaking of paint, various tones of black are used all over because we all know nothing beats black when trying to be elegant. The only spot where black is interrupted by its forever nemesis, white, is the fuel tank, where just enough of it was sprayed to make it look as if you're staring at the white shirt beneath the dark blazer.
Retro-style letters spell out the Harley-Davidson name inside that stain of white, bringing it with a well-deserved touch of old-school class.
Mechanically only a handful of things have changed, the most important of them all being the fitting on the left side of the motorcycle of a custom exhaust system made by KessTech.
Unlike many of the bikes Bundnerbike makes, which are for all intents and purposes one-offs, this one appears to be one that can be duplicated if requested, not only in black, but also in any color a potential customer would want.
And if you're wondering how it might look in any other hue than black, the short answer is "probably not this good."
Stylist is the name Switzerland-based Bundnerbike gave one of its older, Harley-Davidson Sportster-based builds. And just a quick look at it will make it immediately clear that it's a very fitting name.
The garage, one of the most prolific on the European continent, does not share many of the details about the build. We don't know precisely the kind and model year of this particular Sportster, we have no indication as to its current whereabouts, and we haven't the slightest clue how much it is worth in this modified form.
It's obvious though that Bundnerbike was going for a roadster-style build with this one. It dressed the wire wheels of undisclosed dimensions in fat enough rubber as to become impossible to ignore, raised the handlebars enough to give the human on top of it an entirely new riding position, and modified the seat.
Just like it happens at the front, the shop left the rear wheel completely exposed, unguarded by a fender like we're used to. This apparently simple move does wonders in painting the bike as both a casual and elegant cool machine.
Speaking of paint, various tones of black are used all over because we all know nothing beats black when trying to be elegant. The only spot where black is interrupted by its forever nemesis, white, is the fuel tank, where just enough of it was sprayed to make it look as if you're staring at the white shirt beneath the dark blazer.
Retro-style letters spell out the Harley-Davidson name inside that stain of white, bringing it with a well-deserved touch of old-school class.
Mechanically only a handful of things have changed, the most important of them all being the fitting on the left side of the motorcycle of a custom exhaust system made by KessTech.
Unlike many of the bikes Bundnerbike makes, which are for all intents and purposes one-offs, this one appears to be one that can be duplicated if requested, not only in black, but also in any color a potential customer would want.
And if you're wondering how it might look in any other hue than black, the short answer is "probably not this good."
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