CONFEDERATE P51 FIGHTER COMBAT
FIRST RIDE
P74
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onfederate has become
the boutique bike-building
brand of choice for Amer-
ica's rich and famous, with
celebrities from Hollywood
A-listers Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt
and Nicolas Cage, through to
rock idol Bruce Springsteen,
heading its high-profile roster
of owners, often with more
than one of these innovatively
designed, exquisitely crafted
and consequently ultra-costly
two-wheeled works of art in
their garages.
SURVIVOR
The Confederate Motor
Company has now taken its
self-styled Art of Rebellion a
stage further with the debut of
its visually stunning new P51
Fighter Combat model. Pow-
ered by an S&S X-Wedge air/
oil-cooled OHC 132ci (2163cc)
56.25° V-twin motor with two
valves per cylinder, this latest
example of the functional eye
candy, which Confederate
has displayed a unique talent
in developing, is claimed to
deliver serious horsepower
and immense torque in a fully
street-legal package. Its engine
architecture has been specifi-
cally tailored by the Wisconsin-
based engine specialist for the
monocoque-framed motor-
cycle, whose chassis, suspen-
sion and engine crankcases
have all been carved from solid
6061 aluminum billet.
The original G1 (first genera-
tion) P120 Fighter debuted in
2009 as the first Confederate
model to be wholly conceived
and developed in the com-
pany's current base in Birming-
F U N C T I O N A L E
BY ALAN CATHCART
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN WING
THE CONFEDERATE MOTOR COMPANY
