You are looking at “Bender”, a Russian custom bike built by Dmitry Motkov who made the trip to Sturgis to participate in the AMD world Championship Of Bike Building and by the same token demonstrating that East European countries know how to do it…the US way! Looking at the tech sheet, most parts come from US vendors, reason why Moscow shop Fine Custom Mechanics deserves a little blurb in my Blog (HRF photography).
Custom Motorcycle Bent In Moscow
Published by September 22nd, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.13 Responses to “Custom Motorcycle Bent In Moscow”
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Who made the cam cover?
Looks like an Accurate Engineering® cam cover. Might be a purchased long block. A Berry Wardlam® signature motor, or Russian built?
It looks like a RevTech!!!!
I can see where one in Moscow might want the heat from the pipes radiating up to warm your tail during those cold Moscow winters but might that exhaust routing be a bit warm on the starter over time or maybe just a tight illusion I’m imagining in the picture.
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maroco
Kirk,
I agree with Johny, looks like a CCI Pandemonium engine.
Cool.
At least someone is mass producing the Panhead motor and getting it out in the world to be ridden, even if it does have Shovel exhaust ports.
thanks for bringing some global content to us Cyril, very cool.. good to see what is happening in other parts of the globe in terms of VTwins
Kirk Perry
I actually prefer the Shovelhead ports, seals up well and if the bike tips over (when you actually ride bikes it can happen) it’s less likely to break at the exhaust port sleeve like the old Panheads did. Back when you could commonly find used Panhead heads at swap meets, I saw a lot of ’em with broken exhaust ports.
But hey, if it’s a Pan, you can’t go wrong!
Cool,no doubt about that.Very well made bike with attetion to detail.
“I actually prefer the Shovelhead ports, seals up well.”
However, the three bolts screw directly into the aluminum. The aluminum heads do not have steel threaded inserts webbed into the cast aluminum. The soft aluminum eventually allows the threads to strip out.
“Back when you could commonly find used Panhead heads at swap meets, I saw a lot of ‘em with broken exhaust ports.”
The spigots get worn over the years, but I’ve never heard of them breaking off. The spigot exhaust nipple can be rebuilt by Accurate Engineering without removing the spigots.
I don’t believe you can buy stock exhaust pipes anymore for 3-bolt Pan. If so, they are for swing-arm Pans, not rigid frame Pans,
Engine is Jammers Pan, frontend – H-D – and that’s only US parts in this bike :-))
Even transmition is Russian built.
Beautiful design flow! I love it. Can’t go wrong with black and silver colors. Keep it naked!