[purple_car]

Confederate B120 Wraith. I'd call it a streetfighter. Powered by a 120 cu American V twin. Still seems to be able to corner nicely though. I love the single sided swingarm. There is a nice picture gallery here: http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/31/confederate-wraith-debuts-at-bike-week-in-daytona/

 

[dogbreath]

Confederate's bikes are so strange. We were talking about the Hellcat a couple months ago. People seem to be divided on it. I guess I'd have to rail on one to figure if I liked it or not.

I definitely like the weirdness

 

[skr00zloose]

confederate's are AWESOME. i rode a hellcat once for about 10 miutes. i didn't want to give it back. i'm usually against anything with a harley based motor in it, but damn, that was a sick ride.

 

[dogbreath]

Just wish the wheels were as weird as the rest of the bike.

 

[skr00zloose]

those machesini's are still nice, but some carbon fiber dymags with a perimeter brake setup would be sweet on it.

 

[dogbreath]

or some magnesium GPZs with a perimeter brake

 

[purple_car]

The whole bare metal look really reminds me of like a world war II airplane kind of feel. Yet modernized with all the carbon fiber and everything.

I wonder where a person could source a fork like that.... that'd be something different on a streetfighter.

 

[Bailz]

I think the wraith is one of the sickest bikes ever built. I love strange and innovative. Im also a HUGE fan of the Bimota Tesi, they just came out with a new version of that thing too.

 

[dogbreath]

I'm sure it could be built, it doesn't look too complicated. Basically a take on how BMW does some of their front ends.

Some bikes on here do the bare metal. Mine has a lot of it and Britjoe's is basically all bare metal.

 

[Via_MacNiven]

I was lucky enough to be invited to the old factory in New Orleans before the flooding. Nice bunch of guys who are passionate about their bikes.. Personally I think the Wraith is an awesome piece of kit...

Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme :rock:

 

[dogbreath]

That primary would eat a hole in my shin on the first ride.

 

[trav72]

Uhhhh....what's with that seat? Something flies off that rear tire and suddenly your voice is 5 octaves higher.

 

[ab420]

Uhhhh....what's with that seat? Something flies off that rear tire and suddenly your voice is 5 octaves higher.

:haha:

 

[ab420]

Uhhhh....what's with that seat? Something flies off that rear tire and suddenly your voice is 5 octaves higher.

:haha:

 

[Britjoe]

I dont like it, I think its ugly as sin, it looks really heavy, and nope I dont like anything about this bike....LOOKS LIKE SHIT

 

[fslflint]

kinda funny lookin. I've heard its nice in the twisties, so I'd have to ride it to see if I like it.


however, from a machinist standpoint, I love the manufacturing that is put into a design like that.

 

[drunkNun]

Uhhhh....what's with that seat? Something flies off that rear tire and suddenly your voice is 5 octaves higher.

:haha: :LolLolLolLol:

 

[dogbreath]

All the more inspiration for me to build a bike from the frame up.

 

[Kawa-Jockey]

I like them ugly. I like them nasty. I like them raw. This design exudes all of those. It's innovative and not cookie-cutter. It gets people to think. If they like it, they copy bits from it. If they hate it, they avoid those design cues like the plague. Either way, it forces you to rethink your own designs.