American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 179 June 2014 | Page 38

'Mean Mothers' for Softails SUPERTRAPP describes its Mean Mothers system for use on Softail models as being heavyweight drag pipes. Yet despite this claim, the pipes as also said to be 33 percent lighter than the stock system, as well as offering an eight percent horsepower gain. The Mean Mothers system is made up of 1.75in head pipes, a 2.25in expansion chamber, 2.5in replaceable heat shields and pre-installed baffles. Standard end caps are included with the Mean Mothers and optional end caps are compatible and sold separately, such as Slash Cut and Turndown/Out/90-degree rotatable end caps. SuperTrapp Mean Mothers for ’84-’11 Softails are available in chrome or black and various lengths: Standard, Long and Staggered. In addition to the Softail fitment, SuperTrapp also has Mean Mothers systems to fit ’91- ’11 Dynas and ’04-‘13 Sportsters. Storz SP1200RR Café Racer STORZ Performance used a ’07 1200 Sportster as the starting point for its SP1200RR Cafe Racer build, which was done to showcase the company’s product range of parts for ’04 to current XL models. Parts used on the bike, which has now been sold to a private collector, include a hand-formed aluminum alloy gas tank, fiberglass tail section with Saddlemen seat pads, Storz’ own production Ceriani 55mm inverted front forks, Öhlins adjustable damping shocks, billet rear sets, BUB 2-into-2 high-level exhaust, Performance Machine brake calipers and hand controls, Galfer Wave rotors, and 18in rims shod with Metzeler rubber. Storz currently has a new development bike in the works and also has a new video of the company’s history online on its website. STORZ PERFORMANCE Ventura, California, USA Tel: [phone] [email protected] www.storzperf.com SUPERTRAPP Cleveland, Ohio, USA Tel: [phone] [email protected] www.supertrapp.com