Worried investors are buying gold, silver and Swiss Francs, now the strongest currency in the world. To the point where Swiss government is so scared that the country exportations would collapse that it is thinking again, like several decades ago, of obliging banks to give negative interest on Swiss Francs deposits… And one victim in our industry of a too strong currency will probably be fellow Swiss Custom Builder Christian De Kant. The aluminum conversion kit for Harley Sportster 86 & up that he designed (fabrication and stamping under his control made by Italian company MAS Engineering) is an easy bolt-on way to turn your stock bike into a shiny and light Cafe Racer.
Problem? At 1 Swiss Franc = 1.26 US Dollars, the kit will cost you the price of a brand new Sportster and more. But for those who have found a way to escape our deep US recession, I list the price in Swiss Francs (to not scare you) for the complete kit and of each component that you can buy separately. For the others, pleasure of the eyes… Kit sold online at at DK Motorrad. Now, if a US builder would have done this kit, with our devaluated US Dollar, it would be today the exact opposite, the cheapest Sportster aluminum body kit in the world for foreign buyers…The prices in Swiss Francs. Complete kit. 6,800. Aluminum tank 2,400. Belt Guard 200. Aluminum seat. 1400. Pinion cover. Aluminum fairing 500. Exhaust system 1800. Aluminum handlebars. 200. Front fender 320.
OMG. I want to be paid in swiss francs.
And now, thanks to your advice, an American is going to try to do same kit, stamped in China.
for this price you can have a complete Norley kit frame ,seat, aluminum gastank ,rear set , oil tank
and hardware $5900.00 us dollars
$8000 USD complete ,or ditch the chain gaurd and exhaust and its only $5600 USD .
I think its worth it to those guys out there that cant build something that cool on thier own .
Nice stuff
It’s beautiful and of course too expensive for us bankrupted Americains.
Very, very nice! Too bad there aren’t more cafe racer enthusiasts in America. I suspect it has to do with our topography and wide open spaces, long straight boring roads as compared to Europe’s curvier roads.
hey hondo ,you need to get out more if you think there isnt any bendy mountain roads stateside .Maybe in arizona ,but you cant be talking about washington or oregon or a million other places .
I like the Santiago Choppers set up 100% better than this one. Looks more original and much more custom…..
Steve Carr
Looks awesome! I think they should drill out the steering stem to run the tank vent thru, but very minor detail in an otherwise great looking bike.
the norley come with a featherbed frame the total weight frame gastank oil tank only 15 kilos
and you got a good looking angloamerican bike
Very cool… nice find! I’m with you though John… wish I could afford this!!!
Hondo cat
Apparently you don’t have a tv in your home or your watching the wrong channels… Check out Cafe Racer program on every Wed. eve at 9 to your surprise you will find that that there are allot of Cafe Racer enthusiasts state side.
Interesting look, good options for people that can buy it.
I’m with Steve Carr, the Santiago Choppers set up beats this one hands down, nice though it is.
Im not a huge fan of buying body kits, I prefer to just build my own
nice treatment , now design match the name
very cool kit!
Very nice, very overpriced, even for Europe.
not a CR fan, but I do dig the tank & headlamp.
I’ll just wait for the Taiwan Ted 300 dollar complete kit.
Hi all,
OR
you could buy a Triumph Thruxton off the shelf?
We’ve just done an RSD fitted-out Sportster… very nice, but all that money to make it look & ride like a Thruxton? meh..
Good point Harley Triumphson Cafe Racer Kit after conversion to US dollar $8568.00 2011 Triumph Thruxton $8799.00 no conversion needed.
Hi folks
I got the pleasure to ride it for a while and i must say, its amazing! I had a Buell Lightning and i know
how to ride those curves;) (cannot compare, but ist a funmashine)
Love it and can’t wait until mine wil be done 🙂 about 2 weeks then the paint-job is finished :)))))
Cheers yall
Noby
hk and road rash,
I live in Kansas…ever traveled in Kansas? SW Missouri and NW Arkansas have some nice scenic roads. I don’t have HD TV and can’t get Cafe Racer. My comment was acknowledging that our motorcycle tastes seem to favor the higher rake, extended forks, chopper and heavier cruiser models due to our interstates whereas, Europe seems to favor the lower rake, lighter, sportier, cafe racer type of bikes due to their curvier roads as a general rule. It was a general observation, not one that excluded that we had no interest in cafe racers.