The builder of this bike, Dave Cutler of C4-Revolutions in Orlando, Florida, comes as a surprise, but then when you think about it, it shouldn’t. You see Dave’s a big-time stunter and his business reflects that. He makes a line of products geared to hardcore stunters that are made to take the abuse a stunt rider can dish out without even trying hard. Yeah, it’s probably of not much interest to you, but you gotta admit whenever you watch a stunt show you come away impressed. I come away impressed and seriously happy I don’t have to do that stuff. I’m not a quick learner except for stuff I know I shouldn’t be doing.
 What Dave was after here other than branching out from Pacific Rim stunt motorcycles was to build a Harley custom that had a bit of DNA from a road race bike, flat tracker, café racer and stunter all in one. Plus for reasons unknown, he had to build it in twenty days. You might not care as TV builds took only an hour. But, when you’re working on your own in somewhat unfamiliar territory, twenty days is a short time to do much of anything. At least it’s that way in the Berube garage.
 Although I’m not exactly sure what the frame mods were, I can see not the least vestiges of downtubes suggesting this 1203cc engine (that once lived in an aluminum frame Buell) is a stressed member of the frame. Tough to see any engine contact points so it just makes it look like Dave hacked off the downtubes and hoped for the best. Anybody with a stunter’s background knows a strong frame is their friend so I’m sure this is not wet spaghetti by any means, but able to handle what the Harley engine dishes out and then some.
Now I’m only guessing on this, but I gotta think Dave utilized a lot of stuff he got from stunt bikes that had done their last stunt before being relieved of all the good parts left.
Checking out the back end of the frame, you’ll find a beefy boxed sport bike swingarm with its monoshock replacing the twin shocks you’d find on a Sportster. More control and simplicity are the result of that major change even if there’s no linkage involved like the latest setups. Plus it looks sport bike cool. Up front, it looks like a Yamaha R6 might have met its match, but at least the whole front end was saved. The inverted radial brake fork is equipped with four-pot calipers gripping wavy rotors that could make this bike easily stand on its head if you were foolish enough to try the stunting thing for yourself.
   Wheels and tires were a no-brainer with modern rubber in mind to provide the maximum handling for a sporty ride like this. Also the ability to run a chain instead of a belt allows for way more versatility in sprocket sizes and the ease of changing them. Belts are great but lack that certain something a tough bike that happens to go by the name of Cruise Missile needs to look right. That the rear sprocket has a larger diameter than the front rotors seems to indicate hooliganism over top speed. Hey, you can run whatever gearing you feel like and easily change it out if you’re not happy. I trust belts but I understand chains and sprockets.Â
 One thing for sure, the Buell 1203cc engine packs plenty of snot stock and fits the multi-style theme of this build nicely. Dave stuck with the EFI but added a forward facing intake and a K&N filter to add a bit of edge to the looks and performance of the engine. The stock-style Buell headers still go under the front of the engine for the famous/infamous Buell mass centralization that tends to forgo looks for performance with what looks like a car muffler under the engine. Here it still routes the same way with a smaller muffler that ends with a single flared end sticking out just under the left-side rearset assembly. Still mass centralization with a bit of beautification and aural amplitude. Â
 You probably noticed the tubing surrounding the left side of the engine that looks like a stunter’s cage, but actually mounts some ancillaries and the new rear subframe Dave added. With the sleek café-style tail section mating up to what looks to have been an Harley XR1200 air box/tank cover that’s received a bit of stunter’s glitz. The ass platform added to the rear of the “tank” that’s been relieved of its duties as an air box could have anything and everything under there and maybe that’s where the oil tank is that I can’t find for sure.
  Up top there’s a bikini fairing whose curves are sensuously interesting while offering a bit of blast protection at speed. Directly below is a belly pan/chin spoiler made of carbon fiber or some composite that’s made to look like CF. Either way, it does it’s job on this bike and any weight savings in CF are marginal on this piece and because of its location. Possibly the most interesting bit of bodywork has to be that modern Steampunk front fender with more going on there than I can understand, but it’s got a mechanical look to it that adds just the right amount of unnecessary interest to make it worthwhile.Â
  With the bike ready for paint, in the best tradition of stunters, Dave decided against it. Remember, this bike only had a 20-day build time total. He did stick with traditional Harley orange and black, but it got quickly wrapped with graphics depicting the bike’s name and sponsor Speed and Strength. Personally, I’m not crazy about wrapping as I love tank artwork done by a human hand, not a human hand on a computer keyboard, but it fits here.
 Overall, I’d say Dave Cutler’s walk on the wild side has been a good breakthrough for him. He set out to do something different than his usual work on stunt bikes and came up with something different. He’s not alone, though, as the judges at this year’s Daytona Rat’s Hole Show awarded him second place in the café racer class and this was only the second show he’d ever entered. Not too shabby for a guy who’s probably fallen off his stunt bikes practicing and takes it just like it’s another day. Being a little fearless is good for stunting and necessary when you’re pushing your own personal envelope on a build like this that tries to hit all the notes of different flavors of competition. Don’t believe me? Just ask Dave.
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