American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 189 April 2015 | Page 56

bike is currently a coil over and oil damper, but Paul is working on an electromagnetic shock of his own design to replace it. The 21x3in wheel at the front of the bike was cut from a solid blank to Paul’s design by Wynn Engineering, who gave the 16x5in rear wheel the same treatment, and it’s the only machining work on the bike that Paul didn’t do himself. Both wheels are shod with Avon Speed Master tires. Having finished the build of Nut Cracker, which was intended to be a bike for his wife, Paul took it to a small UK show, where it took top honors, and that led to him being persuaded to enter the World Championship and win his fifth place finish in the Freestyle class. Paul Milbourn built Nut Cracker as a bike for his wife PAUL MILBOURN CUSTOMS Bognor Regis, West Sussex, UK Tel: [phone] [email protected] Braking on Nut Cracker is done by a Harrison Billet supplied custom brake caliper that works with a BMW rotor on the gearbox output The narrow profile of Nut Cracker was inspired by the Digger style Choppers built by the likes of Arlen Ness in the ‘70s The stainless steel detailing that adorns the frame was all cut by hand by Paul 56 AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - APRIL 2015 The Motor began life as a Honda XL600 but was rebuilt with a 650 Vigor cylinder head when the original was found to be cracked www.AMDchampionship.com