Rick ' s Motorcycles ( Baden- Baden , Germany ) is no stranger to " extreme customizing ." These days , Patrick Knoerzer ' s business may be best known as an authorized dealer , but he originally started out as a manufacturer , then moved into a wide range of custom parts in the 2000s , building and selling custom bikes and stock conversions . It was this work that earned him the invitation from Harley-Davidson in Germany to convert his prestigious , state-of-the-art architect-designed ' House of Custom ' into an authorized dealership in March 2011 , but his

" unobstructed view of right wheel side and wheel design "

custom work continues to this day . In the 1990s , Rick was one of the primary movers in what became known as the German ' fat rear end ' custom trend , and single-sided swingarms were a major part of the ' Euro Style ' custom motorcycle design and engineering innovations that Rick helped to pioneer . Then , in the early 2000s and thereafter , the German fat rear end trend did much to stimulate the ' Tire Wars ' that saw Metzeler , Avon and Vee Rubber slugging it out for rear tire honors , with Vee Rubber eventually knocking it out of the park and ending all the arguments with its 360 section fattest of fat asses ! Fast forward 15 years or more , and some 1,000 plus H-D conversions and custom bikes later , and Rick is at it again . Rick ' s Motorcycles ' EAS-300 singlesided swingarm for custom M-8 Softails not only rekindles the fat rear end flame , but reinvents the franchise ! Leveraging its historically huge and internationally recognized high-tech

precision manufacturing investments and capabilities , the EOS-300 is CNCmachined in-house from a single block of solid aluminum . Intensive R & D and testing has resulted in a stunning new and exclusive rolling chassis option for the popular M-8 " Wides " - the FXBR / FXBRS Breakout , the FLFB / FLFBS Fat Boy and the FXDR 114 . The object was to achieve a completely unobstructed view of the right side of the rear wheel . In addition to the unique appearance , Rick ' s swingarm offers tangible technical advantages . " EAS " stands for the German term " Einarmschwinge ," which translates , literally , as single-sided swingarm and the design reaches back to the work that Rick ' s did when the VRSC models were introduced at the beginning of the millennium . That was a radical custom alternative to the stock V-Rod and proved to be a popular and attractively simple wide tire swingarm design , soon followed by a more elaborate interpretation for more advanced , radical , sportoriented V-Rod customs that sought to " liberate the soul that the stock design

had hidden but not eliminated ." Rick ' s was and still remains one of the top suppliers for V-Rod and Night Rod custom parts .

" tire widths up to 300 without offset "

The EAS-300 is described as a " perfect synthesis between the many years of experience with those V-Rod singlesided swingarms " and its widely used ' Fat Ass ' kit - Rick ' s wide tire top seller for all Softail models , featuring the unique trademark jackshaft design - an impressive piece of Rick ' s technology , whose manufacturing credentials and effort often remain hidden when installed .

The characteristic feature of the EAS- 300 is power transmission to the rear wheel via a jackshaft placed close to the pivot of the swingarm axle , featuring two separate belts . A short belt transmits the power from the gearbox exit pulley to the jackshaft - which is integrated in the swingarm -

The EAS-300 single-sided swingarm allows wide tires up to 300 mm in the rolling chassis of M-8 powered Breakout , Fat Boy and FXDR models .

and a longer end belt takes the power from the jackshaft to the drive pulley bolted to the rear wheel . Both belts are in OEM grade , manufactured by H-D ' s stock OEM manufacturer Gates . Due to the jackshaft position , both belts remain free of the tensile loads that occur in the stock one-piece series version when the rear wheel is put under and released from load . Motor , gearbox and primary drive

" rear wheel runs fully centered "

remain as one unit : no offset , no misalignment , no modification to the frame . Since the primary drive remains in its stock location , footpegs do not have to be moved - ground clearance and cornering angle remain the same as on the stock bike . Rick ' s EAS-300 single-sided swingarm is ground-breaking in its complexity , function and clean look . It is the only Milwaukee-Eight single-sided swingarm for wide tires up to 300 tire

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