CONFEDERATE P51 FIGHTER COMBAT
FIRST RIDE
P80
no more. There's a total of five
sight glasses incorporated in
the frame spine, with the upper
trio allowing you to peer into
the airbox incorporated into its
upper section, and the lower
pair permitting you to monitor the
level in the fuel cell, which starts
in the backbone then drops
down beneath the seat.
"Back in 1992 when I was
working on the original Hell-
cat, we dreamed of obtaining a
V-twin engine with a one-piece
forged crankshaft," says Cham-
bers. "But we've had to make
do until now with an old-style,
bolted-together, five-piece
Harley-type crank so that, when
you lean into that motor to get
the kind of explosive lowdown
hit of torque that Confederates
are all about, the flexy nature
of the crank makes it fall down
hard in terms of vibration and
robustness. That also meant
we couldn't tie the motor fully
into the chassis to create a rigid
unitary structure that handled
ideally. The S&S X-Wedge pow-
erplant changes all that. It has a
forged one-piece crank and big
flywheels that allow us to deliver
that substantial torque safely and
smoothly, and S&S supplies us
with a special Confederate ver-
sion of the motor with a crank-
case machined from solid billet,
which has dedicated attachment
The looks only
a mother could
love? Some might
think so but it's
a head-snapper
either way.
Starting price?
$125,000.
