Photo: Nine Hills
"The legitimacy of using a specific name only makes sense if there are strong grounds for it." That's how custom Harley-Davidson garage Nine Hills describes the reasoning behind the name of this here motorcycle. Let's see if there is any merit to that bold but true statement.
The bike we're here to look at now started life as a 2008 Night Rod. 2008 was the beginning of life for this breed of VRSC machines, the first few years of a model that would go on to be produced, in Night Rod Special guise, all the way until the demise of the VRSC family in 2017.
It's a type of Harley we've seen customized time and time again, by more or less talented hands all over this planet. The Poles from Nine Hills are no strangers to this type of V-Rod, as they've had their say with it in the past as well.
For this particular two-wheeler, the general idea was to give the bike "the features of a real street fighter." What that meant, mostly, was to accentuate the muscle bike features already included from the factory floor through carefully crafted and placed aftermarket bits, and the best-suited color for this type of Harley: black.
Starting from the ground up, we get the same design as stock for the bike's wheels, only they now sit under modified fenders and are backed by what is described as "designer brake discs." The wheel at the rear is also wider, now wearing a 260 mm tire over the rim.
The seat placed on top of the frame is most likely of Nine Hills make, but many of the other bits used (the entire list was not released, but they can be seen all over the ride, from the low and wide handlebar to the seat) are products of specialized shop Cult Werk.
The entire build is now propped on an Arnott air suspension system that helps lower and raise the motorcycle depending on needs and wants. The frame holds the original Revolution engine fitted by Harley (after all, you don't mess with a piece of tech developed with help from Porsche), but an Akrapovic exhaust system was envisioned for it.
In Nine Hill's own words, the end of the customization process brought with it "a custom bike that is saturated with character and matched with quality." True, it does look, from afar, like most other custom Night Rods we've seen over the years, but a closer look reveals that it too, like all the others, is unique, and in this case shows a clean and muscular build.
The Harley-Davidson Warrior is one of the shop's more recent projects, but just like with all others, we don't know how much it is worth, parts and man-hours included.
It's a type of Harley we've seen customized time and time again, by more or less talented hands all over this planet. The Poles from Nine Hills are no strangers to this type of V-Rod, as they've had their say with it in the past as well.
For this particular two-wheeler, the general idea was to give the bike "the features of a real street fighter." What that meant, mostly, was to accentuate the muscle bike features already included from the factory floor through carefully crafted and placed aftermarket bits, and the best-suited color for this type of Harley: black.
Starting from the ground up, we get the same design as stock for the bike's wheels, only they now sit under modified fenders and are backed by what is described as "designer brake discs." The wheel at the rear is also wider, now wearing a 260 mm tire over the rim.
The seat placed on top of the frame is most likely of Nine Hills make, but many of the other bits used (the entire list was not released, but they can be seen all over the ride, from the low and wide handlebar to the seat) are products of specialized shop Cult Werk.
The entire build is now propped on an Arnott air suspension system that helps lower and raise the motorcycle depending on needs and wants. The frame holds the original Revolution engine fitted by Harley (after all, you don't mess with a piece of tech developed with help from Porsche), but an Akrapovic exhaust system was envisioned for it.
In Nine Hill's own words, the end of the customization process brought with it "a custom bike that is saturated with character and matched with quality." True, it does look, from afar, like most other custom Night Rods we've seen over the years, but a closer look reveals that it too, like all the others, is unique, and in this case shows a clean and muscular build.
The Harley-Davidson Warrior is one of the shop's more recent projects, but just like with all others, we don't know how much it is worth, parts and man-hours included.
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