Suicide Machine Company build machines that go fast and turn well. Brothers Aaron and Shaun Guardado have a taste for speed, and it’s right there in their company slogan: ?Fast Loud Deathproof.?
So when they were invited to build a custom Harley for this year’s Born Free show in Southern California, it wasn?t likely to be a chopper. Instead, SMCO took a Softail Standard, shaved 160 pounds [72 kilos] off it, and built a rapid street tracker that’s borderline insane.

?The first step was to plan out where we could save the most weight,? says Aaron, ?and improve the handling of the bike. We integrated components that we?ve used in our past from road racing, flat track racing, and previous builds?leaning towards strong, lightweight composites, and fabricating with aluminum and titanium.? So in a bid to add as much lightness as possible, this Softail street tracker is loaded with carbon fiber parts.

The wheels are 17? carbon Blackstone TEK items, supplied by Brocks Performance; a Ducati Diavel front, and a Ducati 959 rear. They’re shod with Pirelli Supercorsa TD rubber?a street legal tire designed for track use too.
The front forks are custom units from CeraCarbon with fully adjustable Öhlins internals. Both the upper and lower tubes are carbon fiber, with a ceramic coating bonded to the lowers for zero resistance.

The Speed Merchant supplied a new swingarm, which is mated to a custom shock from Gears Racing. The entire subframe’s been rebu...