American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 170 September 2013 | Page 49

Photos & Text by Horst Roesler - [email protected] T is not just business when Fred Kodlin lays the welding torch on a new project. Especially when that project is one of his private rides, you can see the passion, the craftsmanship and the determination to explore new grounds, use new technologies, to push the boundaries. When in May of 2012, Fred’s new Bagger premiered several dozen unique parts, most of which he claimed would be one-offs as they were too complicated to manufacture, more and more customers saw his ride and offered to buy them at any price. I At European Bike Week, all those one-off parts are ready to be ordered, and as it happens Fred never rode a bike he had built for himself. Now with The Hustler it may all happen again... To start with the really radical part, forget the 30in front wheel, Fred has done that before, check out the cockpit. This, he is claiming, is the first European motorcycle to utilize an iPad for a cockpit. And if when he says iPad, he means an all-inclusive iPad. It‘s the latest touch screen technology and you can have all types of digital instruments on display, offering multiple functions in extreme clear quality. The graffiti style airbrush art of Marcel Sinnwell extends beyond the bodywork and down on to the crash bars and ignition cover S “Adaption to the motorcycle’s sensor system is any thing but easy,“ recalls Fred, “but after we went through the task with my personal bike, always a test in certain aspects of parts and technology, we are ready to offer this as a regular item.“ everal customer bikes that use this technology have, indeed, been built already. New apps are being developed right now and can be downloaded via the on-board internet connection. The screen can already perform anything else an iPad can do, so the next step on the line would be to discontinue the mirrors, states Fred boldly: “Cameras on the rear of the bike will offer different views of the street, which then will be displayed ??F?R67&VV??( ?g&VBW6VB?d$??fB&vvW"??2??&6?2&6R?'WB??F?f?VB?BW?FV?6?fV?F?W6R?Bf?"??2W'6???&??R?F?RV?V7G&???2v?&?F?B??B7F?BF?R??7G'V?V?FF????2g&VB?6??FRF?R?VvvvR66RF?6?fW'2?V??B6??6RV?V7G&?6??'?&V??FR6??G&???BF?Rf??&?RV?FW'F???V?B?2FV?fW&VBf???v???vW&VB6?V?B7?7FV??g&VB?2??2?v?&V6?Rf?"7&VF??r&?FV&?R&F?6??6???W2?B??F?R?7B3?V'2?R?2FWfV??VB?B'V??B6?V?F?W72&F?6???R??fb&??W22vV??26???WFRg&?R??W2g&??&F?6?F?6??W"?F??2???v?VFvR?2V?FR??G?v?V?wwr??F6?????6???6????U$?4???D?$5?4?RDT?U"?4UDT?$U"#0??C????