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The stock gas tank was heavily reworked before being painted by Air Runner Custom Paint to look as though it has been made of carbon fiber T The girder fork was completely designed and machined in-house by Winston Machine catalog to match the RSD wheel. ore CNC work was undertaken at the front of the bike, with Winston being responsible for the design and machining of the girder style fork. In order to reduce the weight of the fork as much as possible the inner sides have been heavily machined, with the left leg having a further recess machined into it to carry the Performance Machine caliper. With the rolling chassis complete, Winston then turned his attention to the bike’s drivetrain. Due to the prohibitive cost of running a large bike in his home country he has kept change to the engine simply cosmetic. Much of the work that has been done involves showcasing parts from the Rough Crafts product line or prototype parts. Among the production parts there are the billet aluminum velocity stack and rocker box covers. The cam cover is a prototype piece, but Winston expects to be able M to put it into production. When it does go into production it will be available for all ’04 onward Sportsters and will feature all the brass bushing pressed and re-bored to the proper dimension. On the opposing side of the engine Winston has used an Evolution Industries’ open belt 2in primary drive, which he has modified to suit the look of the Stealth Bullet. Meanwhile back on the drive side the final drive has been converted from belt to chain. The finishing touch on the engine is the custom push rod collars. They were made from solid silver by 2 Abnormal Sides and designed to match the custom silver badge they also made for the bike’s head tube. he silver theme is carried through on the finish to the bodywork. After extensively modifying the stock tank and building a custom seat/tail unit, Winston had the body work wrapped with carbon fibre sheet, which was then given a coat of clear lacquer before the detail lines, silver leaf logo, and shading were added. All of the wrapping and paint work was handled by Air Runner Custom Paint Studio. Finishing touches on Stealth Bullet are the rider contact points, with both the bars mounted below the upper tree, and the rear sets being hand-made in the Rough Crafts shop. Over the course of the World Championship there was a constant stream of people stopping to take the time to carefully look over Stealth Bullet, taking in all the exceptional detail. It was the level of detail that caught the attention of Winston’s fellow competitors, who when it came to judging, placed Stealth Bullet in first place in the Modified Harley class. ROUGH CRAFTS Taipei City, TAIWAN Tel: [phone] [email protected] www.roughcrafts.com www.facebook.com/ROUGHCRAFTS Winston Yeh proudly displayed the Taiwanese flag when he won the Modified Harley class at the 2013 World Championship The wheels for Stealth Bullet were a gift from Roland Sands who Winston had previously worked for as a graphic designer before he returned home to Taiwan and opened Rough Crafts 56 AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - JULY 2013 www.AMDchampionship.com