Starchives March 2002 - Vol. 4, No. 2     >
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"Check out Kyle Petty sitting on my bike!"
Star of the Month
Owner: Jim Abram III - ISRA#4915

Niiiiiice....!

Kyle Petty!

Kyle Petty Charity Ride from Homestead-Miami Speedway to Key West..... The weather was awesome, the Petty's a class act, and good friends plus new friends along for the ride! Check out Kyle sitting on my bike and autographing the flag.

Sorry, I digress ... First of all, I need to give credit to my friend Carlos at Dragon Motorcycles and Bobby at Mad Mods. Carlos stretched the tank, lowered and raked it, and pretty much put the whole bike together based on my ideas and the vision of how I wanted the complete bike to look. Every part I chose was for a particular reason. I wanted it to look classy and for all of the lines to flow. Dragon designed how the rear fender would look, then Bobby fabricated the tag mount and flush LEDs (if you look close enough, you can see the turn signals near the bottom of the fender). He then shot it with PPG, I believe it's called wine red over purple metallic, or something like that.



Chrome Work:

  • Forks and triple trees
  • Risers
  • All 3 calipers
  • Swingarm
  • Driveshaft pumpkin
  • Floorboard brackets
  • Clutch and brake reservoirs
  • Both control switch housings

Custom Work:

  • Ostrich solo seat
  • Stretched tank
  • Raked 10 degrees
  • Lowered about 4-5"; bike sits 2-2.5 inches off the ground
  • Control wires run thru the handlebars
  • Polished rotors
  • Tag mount in fender
  • Flush LED tail light and turn signals

Components:

  • BUB Big Willies
  • 18" RC wheels w/Metzeler tires, front: 140/70, rear: 180/55
  • Arlen Ness headlight, torpedo grips, and tag frame
  • Pro One headlight w/turn signals
  • Rizoma levers and rear brake reservoir
  • K & N Forcewinder
  • Aeromach fork bullets
  • All cables SS braided and coated
  • Paul Yaffe mirrors
  • Yamaha floorboard, shiftpeg, and brake covers
  • White Bros. bikini bars
  • Pro One headlight mount w/turn signals.

The "blank canvas".!
Who would of have thought you can change this into a work-of-art custom motocycle?