Shabby Chic
The Harley-Davidson Twin Cam models have now long been history. In 2017, after proud 18 years of making them, the Softail models were substituted with the Milwaukee-Eight drivetrain. But at Rick’s they know that there are still many Twin Cam models moving around on the roads. Reason enough for the customizer from Baden-Baden to keep developing custom parts for these models.
Now and again Rick’s builds complete custom bikes on Twin Cam basis, which are subsequently sold, if only for the reason to showcase its own parts on these bikes. ‘Shabby Chic’ is such a demo bike, and what Rick’s has made out of the former Softail Slim is very respectable.
The most striking style changes on this bike have taken place at the rear. For the desired Bobber look with solo seat and swingarm mounted fender, the old fender including the seat had to go. Thanks to an inventive adapter, Rick’s Bobber fenders can easily and quickly be mounted. The struts are screwed into the existing holes on the swingarm, so additional welding work on the swingarm is not needed and it does, therefore, not need to be coated again.
For the seat Rick’s offers a matching frame cover on which the seat holder is already pre-mounted. This has been constructed so that most aftermarket seats will fit. For this conversion, however, Spirit Leather has created a stunning handmade leather solo seat, which leaves nothing to be desired in terms of quality, comfort and design.
While the front wheel is the Slim S stock wheel, for the rear a TTS wheel was chosen, and on the 6 x 16 inch spoke wheel a 200 tire was mounted in order to achieve the desired Bobber look.
Contact Custom Parts
Philippe Camboni
fon: +49 7221 3939 117
email: p.camboni@hd-badenbaden.de
Marcos Maier
fon: +49 7221 3939 217
email: m.maier@hd-badenbaden.de
Contact new & used vehicles
Benjamin Walter
fon: +49 7221 3939 222
email: b.walter@hd-badenbaden.de
Ralph Scherrer
fon: +49 7221 3939 223
email: r.scherrer@hd-badenbaden.de
