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"We wanted a bike that flicks the
finger at the established order—
low at the back, high at the front,
very narrow, with a straight line
expressed from the handlebar to
the swingarm pivot, and made
very differently, based on an
ultra-stiff triangle when viewed
from the side," says Chambers.
"It's fighting against convention,
fighting to make a change—
hence the name. It's for custom-
ers who want a kind of f**k-you
attitude in the design and styling
of what they're riding—and the
Fighter gives them that, with the
stiffest, lightest chassis capable
of housing the greatest amount
of torque as a percentage of
weight ever achieved in all of
motordom."
WHAT'S IT MADE OF?
How did the G2 Fighter become
ring-ready? Both technically
and visually a radical update of
the G1 version, the motorcycle
is dominated by the seven-
inch diameter aluminum tube
comprising its spine frame, two
inches wider than the G1 ver-
sion, with the model's title and
emblem carved into the upper
face. This fuselage is CNC-
machined from solid billets of
6061 aircraft-spec aluminum,
which are duly bolted together to
create a true monocoque chas-
sis holding the S&S X-Wedge
motor that's rigidly mounted as a
fully stressed frame component.
Then, just as a conventional
Honda or Harley-Davidson's fuel
tank carries the manufacturer's
title on either side, so here the
Fighter's central frame tube is
emblazoned with the Confeder-
ate name etched into its flanks.
That's because it is the fuel tank,
carrying 4.0 gallons of gas in the
lower part of the frame's spine,
extending downwards under the
seat—the G1 version's secondary
fuel cell beneath the engine is
There's nothing
sporty looking
about the
Confederate P51
Combat but Alan
Cathcart says it
can get up and
down the mountain
roads in sportbike-
like fashion.
