KNOCK ON WOOD. Kromwork?s ?The 29? S&S Boardtracker
Written by Martin Hodgson
In the past year custom bikes from Indonesia have exploded onto the global scene and it seems the love of two wheels goes all the way to the top. President Jokowi himself owns a Royal Enfield powered bobber and a number of his ministers ride tricked out builds from Indonesia‘s Cleveland CycleWerks. 12 months ago CCW commissioned Kromworks to build them a board tracker powered by one of their single cylinder engines, now they’re doing it again with a thumping twin. With Andika Pratama on the tools the result couldn’t have been anything but spectacular and the finished product is this incredible Kromworks S&S powered cafe racer called ‘THE 29’.
But it turns out that it’s not only the head of the country who has a thing for motorcycles but also the head of Andi’s family, ?My father was a Custom Bike Builder (Dodi Chrome Cycle). I started to be interested in customised bikes since I used to always see two customised bikes with various designs in my garage. Through long process of learning and design revolution, I have set my own design characteristic and put it in every customised bike I have made, including ‘THE 29’,? he explains.
Dony Gouw the CEO of Cleveland CycleWerks Indonesia provided the S&S drivetrain and communicated his desire for a cafe racer theme build and the rest was over to Andi to bring to life back at Kromworks. ?I am always addicted to creating a bike that is different...
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