4K Kustom

[RetroSBK]

IDK if you guys still want a peek at the 4K Kustom we turned out a bit ago, but here it is none the less. It was supposed to go to Buttonwillow for some testing today, but got rained out.

Pretty simple formula really -

Start with a low mile S4R, add a few tasteful bits, pull the engine to do some cleanup and a respray. A few color changes, and a slick custom without a huge outlay of cash. Our first entry into the "normally priced" custom bike.  Im not well versed in the pic posting thing, but you can check out full sized pics on the website

[Grampa]

it's not raining in my garage... and I have beer

[Raux]

subtle. nice.

love the blacked out motor.

[Autostrada Pilot]

Very clean. Very subtle.

I think that was the point, and I like it. 

[DucNaked]

Nice clean look I like it

[mraff]

is all the carbon Nexray?

[RetroSBK]

Front fender and Clutch cover... stock side panels. Im kinda over the carbon thing right now.. Chrome for Duc's ya know?

[DucHead]

Care to share pics of how you routed the wire harness?  

I think I see it -- between the bottom frame rail and the radiator.

[1KDS]

4K kustom as in you want to sell it to me for 4k?

Clean and simple, nice

[RetroSBK]

KDS, more like bring us your bike and 4k.... lol

The main harness is split into two and routed down both sides of the bike to locate the proper wires in the proper location. One side of it runs between the frame and radiator, on the throttle side.

[zooom]

kinda odd to see 3 spoke Brembo's on that bike IMHO....but nice nonetheless!

[RetroSBK]

Zoom, that was the idea... Retro, get it?   

I built a 1994 916 in 95 or so that was much the same look. The multi spoke wheels are bellybuttons nowadays.. Like BST wheels..  So something different was in order!

[zooom]

Zoom, that was the idea... Retro, get it?   

I built a 1994 916 in 95 or so that was much the same look. The multi spoke wheels are bellybuttons nowadays.. Like BST wheels..  So something different was in order!

you talking about the "Mule" the Silver and Orange flat tracker 916?

[RetroSBK]

No... That bike was built by "Mule" a guy named Rickard Pollack. Very nice guy, and turns out great work!

I was saying that way back in 95 or so, I built a 916 with pretty much the same style as this bike. Naked, upright bars, etc for a client. He still has it as far as I know, in Nor Cal, in his office. I kinda styled it after that... If Ducati has built a 4V Monster in 1994/5 what would it look like (after I made it "right"")

Funny thing is that I got my first M900 in 1995, and went a totally different direction with it.

This was really my first attempt in a long time to do a bike low buck. $4000 isn't a lot to spend to make a bike really stand out in a crowd, and this one I think does just that. Subtle, like most of our stuff, but tasteful and custom enough to make you do a double take.

So now Im thinking about building more bikes along this route... 5k and less for pretty much a fully custom bike, not at the same level as our normal $50k bikes, but you get the idea.

Will

[mikeb]

5k and less for pretty much a fully custom bike,

An Arrow system anyone can buy, and a blacked out engine, are considered full custom?