American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 174 January 2014 | Page 6

Dirico planning
international
expansion
DIRICO Motorcycles, the US custom
production motorcycle brand coowned by Aerosmith front man
Steven Tyler, is set for international
expansion as it targets Europe and
the Middle East as it prepares a new
model range.
Tyler traveled to EICMA, the annual
European motorcycle trade show held
in Milan, with Dirico President Stephen
Talarico, to showcase the range of six
motorcycles.
Didirco’s model line-up includes
three retro-styled machines; the Flyer,
Speedster, and Bobber. The bikes are
built around softail style frames, the
Flyer and Speedster use a Kraft-Tech
design, while the Bobber is Dirico’s
proprietary offering. Springer forks are

Dirico used the annual EICMA
motorcycle show in Milan, Italy, to
announce its plans for international
expansion

used on all of the machines. Motive
power is provided by an 88ci Twin Cam
in the Flyer, a 96ci Twin Cam in the
Bobber, and the Speedster gets a 110ci
Twin Cam.
Designed with female riders in
mind, the Heartbreaker has a frame
that situates the rider in a lower,

central position. A complete H-D 88ci
Twin Cam drivetrain is used, and is
dressed with Vance & Hines True Dual
exhausts with fish mouth tips.
Standard equipment on the
Heartbreaker includes white wall tires
and hard bags.
There are two performance models
in the Dirico line-up; the Pro Street and
Pro Street Roadster. Once again both
have softail style frames, but for these
models they are combined with USD
forks and 240-section rear tires. A
103ci Twin Cam powers the Pro Street
and the Pro Street Roadster gains a
Screamin’ Eagle 110 motor.

DIRICO MOTORCYCLES
Manchester,
New Hampshire, USA
Tel: [phone]
www.diricomotorcycles.com

First factory custom Indian
unveiled by Polaris
DURING the International
Motorcycle Show in New York in
December, Indian Motorcycle
displayed its first factory
customized bike. The ‘Big Chief
Custom’ was created by the

Polaris Industries’ Industrial
Design team to showcase the
growing range of Indian
Motorcycle accessories.
Led by Greg Brew, the Polaris
Industries’ Industrial Design team

The Polaris Industries’ Industrial Design team with the ‘Big Chief
Custom’, which the team built to showcase the Pinnacle Series’ of Indian
Motorcycle accessories

rebuilt a 2014 Indian Chief Classic
with features such as a billet
aluminum girder front end, which
was designed, machined and built
in-house, with a custom 23in front
wheel. The deeply valanced front
custom fender maintains the
classic look of the Indian Chief,
while a custom shock and
headlight completes the front end
package. Custom paint was
applied in-house by team member
Steve Leszinski with a

multicolored theme from prior
generations of Indian Motorcycles.
The ‘Pinnacle Series’ of Indian
Motorcycle accessories on the Big
Chief includes cam cover, primary
cover, chrome grips and beach
bars. The stage 1 exhaust sports
fish tail tips. Other custom
accessories include War Bonnet
floorboard pads, a heel shifter and
chrome rear fender bumper.
www.indianmotorcycle.com

Lifetime warranty on new improved
Simplified Air Suspension
CUSTOM Cycle Control Systems has
announced that it is now offering a
lifetime warranty on all of the machined
parts as well as a three-year ‘all
encompassing’ warranty on its new
Simplified Air Suspension (SAS).
The company states that should
anything happen to one of its SAS units
in the customer’s first three years of

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