American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 180 July 2014 | Page 55

Paul Funk of Perfect Twin Performance in the Netherlands Many builders enjoy attending international custom shows because it gives them a chance to discover what trends are developing in other counties, while also catching up with old friends. It was a chance meeting at an international show between Sweden’s Peder Johansson and Paul Funk from the Netherlands that led to Soft Hearted Killer being built Written by Duncan Moore - [email protected] IVEN that Peder Johansson, the proprietor of Hogtech in Sweden, is known for building long forked Swedish Chops and Netherlandsbased Paul Funk is best known for building high performance engines, it might be hard to imagine that the two would conspire on a custom build. However, a chance meeting at a European custom show led to the two men chatting over a beer and discovering a shared interest in ’60s drag race cars, which then, after a few more beers, led to the idea of building a bike that pays homage to G www.AMDchampionship.com those race cars. The resulting build was Soft Hearted Killer, a bike that combines the talents of the two men in a machine that placed 14th in the Freestyle class at the 2013 World Championship. With each of the builders having their own specialisms, it fell to Peder to take care of the frame and fork. For this project he created a special ‘Northern Bullet’ frame, which is a hardtail with a goose neck and rear axle plates that are adjustable to allow the bike’s ride height to be altered. By goose necking the frame the front end is 4in