The Bike was commissioned by a very good friend of mine who owns a clothing brand “TAKI” (https://www.facebook.com/TAKI.DESIGN), he was never really into bikes before but he likes to travel with us and done several trips to MOONEYES and JOINTS show, custom bikes grew on him very fast, this year his brand has a series of biker influence theme called “The Road Leader”, he can’t help it anymore, he need a bike, so naturally he came to me. He want a café racer, he want it clean and grey-ish color, that’s pretty much it, I knew him for years and the idea comes together fast.The key component is the vintage replica Dunstall GT half fairing by GFTP (http://www.caferacingparts.com/), looks perfect...
Customer comes in all shape and sizes, we've built a couple bikes for super tall guys, this time we got a guy who really love the Hypermotard vibe and bought a brand new 939 with only a very short test ride, after he actually got it for a couple weeks, it's obvious the height of stock Hypermotard is too stressful for him, especially in the Taipei city traffic where is a lot of stop and go, so he came to me and hoping to find a direction that makes "lowering a Hypermotard" logical.While there's not really any logic in full custom built but we still want the direction to reflect Hypermotard's nature purpose, light, nimble, and fun. So "Street Tracker"...
Ever since Harley-Davidson flew me to Barcelona to test ride the Milwaukee Eight Softails at 2017, I was amazed by how much improvement HD had put into this new softail platform, and a performance version of it has been flowing through my head ever since. So when a customer came in with an open brief, I knew exactly what I want to do.Luckily, through out the years of Rough Crafts, I have the privilege to became friends with many of the top manufacture in the business, and when I explain them my plan for this build, they all jump in and helped.The stance started with a set of Ohlins suspension, they custom made me a rear shock that’s 1” longer...
Ever since the press test ride in Spain. I fell in love with the new Softail platform. It rides so much better than the previous models Harley made sure the frame is very easy for customizers to detach things they want to change without cutting and grinding. And the “Guerilla” is almost an starting point that put Rough Crafts on a global scale, all the Rough Crafts production parts are derived from the Guerilla series bikes, and even till today, 8 years from our first “Iron Guerilla”, it still remains one of the most influential style for modern Harley customs. So the goal is clear, we want to build the new guerilla with the latest platform Harley has to offer,...
The bike was commissioned by Royal Enfield, during the meeting, we agreed on the Endurance/Café Racer theme, but with one condition: I must retain the original proportion of the tank. Which isn’t too hard cause they had a very nice line to their original tank. But true to Rough Crafts’ style, I never want to take the direction too literally. The traditional Endurance Racer usually has a very big and bulky 3/4 fairing plus a very big boxy tail section, I want to take that line but do it with my own twist. So I designed a “split fairing”, which is a small fairing and 2 “wings” extended from the sides of the tank, if you see the bike from...
