Motorcycle News - Mighty Guerilla: Rough Crafts Takes on the Harley Fat Bob
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You’ll still find traces of the Iron Guerilla’s DNA in Winston’s work today. And it spawned a catalogue of Rough Crafts parts that still sell well (and are frequently copied).
The project landed in Winston’s lap as a commissioned build with an open brief. When he pitched the idea of Softail-based Guerilla, his client gave his blessing right away. (‘Mighty Guerilla’ is a play on the name Harley gave the Softail’s motor: Milwaukee-Eight.)
“Ever since the the first test ride, I fell in love with the new Softail platform. It rides so much better than the previous models Harley made for sure, and the frame makes it easy for customizers to detach things they want to change, without cutting and grinding.”
Winston also upgraded the front brakes with Arlen Ness calipers and Performance Machine rotors, and added a Performance Machine pulley at the back.
For the exhaust, SC Project sent Winston a couple of mufflers to combine with his Guerilla-style headers. He built two systems—one for this bike, and one to send back as a prototype for future production.
But it’s the new bodywork that really conveys that unmistakable Rough Crafts Guerilla vibe.
Up front is a short fender and a custom headlight arrangement. Winston already had a headlight grill for the Sportster Forty-Eight in his catalogue, so he combined a Forty-Eight headlight housing with the LED internals from a Street Bob, and slapped the grill on. It all mounts off a custom backing plate that attaches to the original Fat Bob headlight’s mountings.
For the control area, Winston picked Rough Crafts Fighter bars, Arlen Ness grips, and Rebuffini controls, complete with switches that work with Harley’s OEM CAN bus. The stock foot controls were upgraded with MS Pro pegs, and there are Rizoma LEDs doing tail light and turn signal duty.
Everything’s wrapped in a classic Rough Crafts paint scheme: flat black, with subtle gloss black pin-striping. The paint was handled by the same guy that painted the original Iron Guerilla—and every other Rough Crafts bike since—Jeffrey Chang at Air Runner Custom Paint. Hechun seats tackled the diamond stitched saddle, and CT-Garage took care of final assembly.
Winston assures us it’s in the works…which means we can look forward to another decade of the mighty Rough Crafts Guerilla. Rough Crafts | Facebook | Instagram | Photos by JL Photography Motorcycles via Bike EXIF http://www.bikeexif.com April 17, 2019 at 12:18PM Leave a Reply. |
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