Cycle Source Features Blog - November 2011

 
f2-large Kundratic Customs
Mach Five
From Street To Strip

Article By: Chris Callen
Photos By: Sara Liberte

I was first made aware of the latest build from Brian Kundratic by some of the Limpnickie guys who saw it in Harrisburg this summer. Their comments were so strong that I called Brian up the next week and told him that we wanted it for Cycle Source. If these guys were blown away by it, I knew it would be a killer but little did I know how far he had gone with this thing. Brian's a cool cat, kind of laid back, greaser-looking dude who came up through the eighties, drag racing. The last car they ran was an '86 B altered Thunderbird, but Brian's car was a tubbed-out Pinto with aluminum interior and the whole bit; not your typical Pinto by the way. That's where the bike thing comes in for him, and at first it was just part of what he did. They'd work on bikes at the house, one thing led to another, and before you know it, he was opening Kundratic Kustoms. Read More...



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 Bonneville 2011
Bub's Motorcycle Speed Trails

Article and Photos By: Chris Callen

The greatest thing about Bonneville is the effect it has on people. It is an almost universal happening that takes hold of a person and gets under their skin. For most of us, there is no chance that we are not going back to the Salt Flats after that first visit; for some, there is only one way they will ever miss a year. Rolling out to Bonneville this year was the medicine that I need at the end of each season, a treatment that Jay Allen turned me on to six years ago and one I will be ever grateful for. I was in a cloud of where I am in life right now. The two, back-to-back, thousand mile days on the way out just seemed to strip all the bullshit away from me, and by the border of Wyoming and Utah, I was in the zone again. But it happened in moments, very unlike that sentence suggests. Watching the sunrise on my way into Nebraska the first night, or coming across North Eastern Wyoming and watching a storm roll in from a hundred miles away. There were the wandering hippies hiking across the country that I ran into as I hid under a gas station awning, waiting to see if it would let up enough to press on. Read More...





The Switchback
Harley's Got A Brand New Bag

Article By: Rob Keller
Photos By: Riles & Nelson

Harley-Davidson was right on track when they decided to put a custom touring bike and a cruiser in one package. This idea, however, is not new to the Motor Company. In fact, there have been a few Dyna models in the past manufactured with a full fairing and fiberglass saddlebags: the FXRT ( FXRP Police model ), and also the latest version was a 2004 FXDP Police bike known as the Dyna Defender. The Dyna Switchback project was given to Brian Scherbarth who has been with the Motor Company for the past 21 years. He headed up a design team that worked with each department in the factory. Their attention to detail made for a challenging build that has some very unique components combined with upgrades that were given to the complete 2012 Dyna family. The motto, "More Power, More Possibilities," reflects the commitment that was given to this project.   Read More...





The Great White Dyno
Low Brow's Return To The Salt

Article By: Tyler Malinky
Photos By: Jon Glover

2011 was our second year racing at Bonneville Speed Week. The first year we were rookies on fresh-built bikes, much time in the pits chasing gremlins; this year we truly raced. We spent our time tuning, running, thinking, and doing it all over again. Small changes for small gains, or large ones in some cases. The hardest part is the self control to restrict the changes you want to do to your bike, to do only one at a time, run the bike and test it out. Shifts in weather patterns, wind, temperature, and density altitude make for second guesses of the results. The year between this Speed Week and the prior seemed to fly by. Intentions of wrenching on race bikes through the winter turned into dialing the bikes in two months before, or two weeks before, or two days before. My cylinder head was fresh after my bent valve last year which cost me a record after a 111.494 mph run. With the top end back together, I turned my focus to finishing the aluminum front fender and spun rear wheel discs, both having the hypothetical advantage of streamlining my bike further while being legal in both naked and partially streamlined classes. Shortened clip-ons, cut down grips and clutch lever were used to allow an even tighter profile. A new chain guard and improved primary cover were also welded up late-night in my garage.   Read More...






PBR Kenny Has A
Tin Primary Flashback

The new Tin Type Primary (TTP) from BAKER Drivetrain is a modern version of the original tin primary used on Big Twins from 1936-64. It has all the classic looks of the original design but features aluminum construction, alternator left side case compatibility, and the 1990-2006 style starter bolts right up; also available in kick-only without the starter provision. And it's leak free. It can be run wet (with 23 fl-oz of oil), using modern wet clutches, or dry (with drip and return fittings) using stock Shovelhead era dry clutches. It bolts right up to jockey top 4-speeds, ratchet top 4-speeds, and 6-into-4s. Starter version is not compatible with turtle top transmissions. Read More...



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