Hot Dock XR750

A lot going on in this photo. Drink in the details. Hot Dock Harley. G
Photo: Keiji Kawakita

Hot Dock Panhead Road Racer

This bike made me say a quiet 'Wow' when I came across it. So, it seems to me, though I'm no old Harley expert, that this is a Panhead in a rigid frame (no shit), with springer forks that are the same age as the engine, but more modern road race drum brakes. It's a CJ-style XR tank and an XR seat, painted in WWII Luftwaffe colours. Borrani-style rims wear modern-ish rubber and look great. And that is a monstrous flatslide carb. I think this bike was built by Hot Dock, who we first came across back in 2008 (Hot Dock 8V racer). It threw its primary belt off at the Tsubuku track. I can't imagine what it's like to hustle around a twisty circuit with those straight bars, low seat and high mid controls, but it looks killer. G
Found at Shinsuke Takizawa Blog

More 8V Harley

Hot Dock's mutant race tracker preparing for action in Japan.
And a detail shot of its guts.

Hot Dock's 8V Harley

Now just because your bike sports H-D™ badges on its tank, don't make it cool. In fact here at SB, we are very picky when it comes to Milwaukee heavy metal. But this tarmac mongrel; built by Keiji Kawakita in Tokyo, is more frisky than a Glaswegian pit bull & we suggest you don't dare pat its radial 4 valve head.
"GRrrrr WOOF WOOF!"
BP (Tipped off by our Italian correspondent Otto Nero)

Fuel injected, AP six-piston brakes, Ohlins front and rear...