With a 34-degree rake and a 240 mm rear tire, the Harley-Davidson Breakout is the antithesis of the bikes that sometimes rev our motor. However now and again, a workshop builds a {custom} Breakout that’s inconceivable to disregard.
This vivid Breakout blipped on our radar, when it took silver within the Modified Harley-Davidson class at Winston Yeh’s Pace and Crafts present. Slathered in kinetic bodywork and fashionable accouterments, it’s the work of the Taiwanese Harley-Davidson components specialist Fangster.
Components are Fangster’s bread and butter, however the workshop makes it their enterprise to construct a one-off particular every year too. It’s not solely an opportunity to focus on present components and prototype new ones, however it’s additionally a means for the corporate to fortify its signature aesthetic and showcase its model identification.
Fangster’s mission was to retain as a lot of the 2016 Harley-Davidson Softail Breakout’s DNA as potential whereas placing an ultra-modern spin on it. The concept was to depart the body unmolested—partially to retain the Breakout’s low-slung geometry, and partly as a result of body modification in Taiwan is a authorized nightmare. Collaborating with their latest distributor, Bike Storehouse, the crew handled the bike to a smorgasbord of off-the-shelf and bespoke components, earlier than wrapping it in an eye-popping livery.
Taking cues from the Breakout’s chunky Twin Cam motor, Fangster formed new aluminum bodywork to decorate it in. The decrease fringe of the sharp gas tank traces the angles of the cylinder heads, whereas the highest of it contains a delicate curve that tapers in the direction of the seat. A {custom} headlight nacelle hosts a punchy LED headlight from Shark Demon, whereas handmade fork covers give the entrance finish a brawny vibe.
Out again, an angular tailpiece cradles a luxe Alcantara saddle. Fangster designed it with a pair of ‘arms’ that wrap across the swingarm, making a seamless look that pushes the Softail’s fake hardtail design additional.
There’s barely any clearance between the rear cowl and tire—however that’s solely when the Breakout is parked. Fangster cleverly put in an air suspension equipment from Legend Suspensions, in order that they may regulate the journey peak on the fly.
The OEM Harley forks nonetheless do responsibility up entrance, however they have been modified to maintain up with the remainder of the construct. The lowers got here from Efficiency Machine and have a slick hidden axle design. An Öhlins cartridge equipment was put in for efficiency and full adjustability.
Sticking with the themes of practicality and efficiency, Fangster wrapped the inventory wheels in sticky Metzeler Cruisetec tires. They then up to date the brakes with Arlen Ness elements, becoming an inboard eight-piston caliper on the entrance, and a six-piston merchandise on the again.
Fangster wished the braking setup as sano as potential, in order that they machined the entrance brake’s service plate to mix higher with the look of the entrance wheel. For the again brake, they 3D-scanned and reverse-engineered the pulley to construct a {custom} pulley-brake system that might function within the tight area supplied by the Breakout’s rear wheel.
There’s some attention-grabbing stuff happening within the Breakout’s cockpit. The handlebar is an experimental prototype that pulls inspiration from street biking aero bars. Fangster constructed it by narrowing a set of stainless-steel bars, 3D-printing an aero-style shell, and wrapping all the pieces in carbon fiber. (The intention is to construct the manufacturing model fully out of carbon.)
A Koso speedo, related in dimension to the small digital speedo on some present Harley Softail fashions, sits embedded within the high handlebar clamp. The switches are from Rebuffini, and the entire cockpit wiring runs contained in the bars. Modified ahead controls from GMA sit decrease down.
With the undertaking nearing the end line, Fangster targeted on the finer particulars. Tiny custom-made housings host LED flip alerts from Bike Storehouse at every finish of the bike, with the rear items doubling up as taillights. The license plate sits on a side-mount bracket from Cult-Werk, whereas Arlen Ness provided a transmission finish cowl, a equipment to decorate up the horn, a reusable oil filter, pushrod covers, and lifter blocks.
Getting the strains of the dual exhaust system proper took some doing, however the crew nailed the stream. The system terminates in a pair of CNC-machined slash-cut suggestions that run parallel to the swingarm’s decrease tubes.
Dubbing their Harley-Davidson Breakout ‘Rev Falcon,’ Fangster completed it off with a closely layered and textured paint scheme impressed by feathers. Silver and sweet blue graphics dance over a deep green-gray base coat, which contains conventional Japanese Seigaiha foil to present it an additional layer of sheen.
Lastly, Fangster dosed the bike with a full complement of their Colour Assortment components. These embrace the grips, factors cowl, air cleaner, derby cowl, fuel cap, footpegs, shifter peg, and handlebar risers, all sporting blue anodizing that enhances the ache. With supermoto-like highlights on the edges, the colour coding right here is on one other degree.
In accordance with Fangster, Rev Falcon was created as an train in restraint relatively than a radical idea. However they’ve managed to play it each methods. This Harley Breakout is equal components cohesive and chaotic—a stark testomony to the corporate’s supreme ability and distinctive style.
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