The market for modified Sportsters is crowded. Most builders of repute in the USA know their way around the venerable platform, and the array of aftermarket parts is dizzyingly large. It takes something very special to stand out?like this custom-framed, limited production special from Cohn Racers.
The man behind the Florida workshop is Chet Perez, who was born into a motorcycle-mad household over 4,000 miles away in Madrid, Spain. His destiny was predetermined from an early age: ?At four, I was already riding a Yamaha PW50. And when I turned seven, I started racing Trials.?

Chet always worked on his bikes, so he was gaining mechanical knowledge while most kids were watching Rugrats. Then he moved to the USA to study and spend a few years with Apple, until he realized the tech world was not for him. So he set up Cohn Racers in 2017. It was a jump into the deep end. ?You don’t know how hard it is to start a motorcycle shop until you actually do it. This is why I have so much respect for every other builder in the industry.? Fortunately a turning point arrived in 2019, when Chet revealed his Harley XR1200 Muscle R.

?It went absolutely viral on social media because people just loved it. Knobby tires, great suspension, great brakes and an American soul. With a V-twin motor that actually felt in harmony with the rest of the motorcycle.?
As Chet built more Muscle R bikes, he was testing improvements. ?I started getting into engineering with a friend, Joan Mataro. We in...