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acz Arpad Dorin of Anarchy
Custom in Romania burst onto
the AMD World Championship
scene in 2016 with 'El Lunes', a
2004 883 Sportster engine rigid.
Aged just 23 years old at the time, he
backed that up with a 9th place in the Avon
Freestyle Class in 2018 with 'Rise of
Anarchy' - a superb 1973 XL 1000 with the
Ironhead transmission and an "extra hard"
clutch in a handmade 40-degree rake rigid
frame with a custom springer front end.
Racz explained that "this is our vision of
what an Ironhead based boardtracker could
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have looked like. We've
given the Ironhead
Sportster engine an upgrade
to an 1,100 cc stroker with
homemade cylinders, high compression
pistons, bigger valves, high lift cams,
custom manifold, ported and polished
heads, and EMD engine covers."
The one of a kind front end and custom
frame are designed to evoke a 1920s/1930s
boardtracker feel, but the Ironhead engine
and transmission have the additional twist
of how a retro boardtracker conversion may
Words by Robin Bradley;
pictures by Onno Wieringa/
Madness Photography
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have looked if built
in the 1970s, when
the still admired and
respected XL 1000 engine was at the
cutting edge of Harley's 45-degree air-
cooled V-twin achievements.
Almost all the parts are handmade by Racz
and his team at Anarchy Custom, including
the gas tank, oil tank, exhaust system,
frame, handlebars and front fork. The front
wheel is a 21" from an old enduro bike with
a custom hub and an 18" Ironhead rear
wheel with hub brake.
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