We’d love a glimpse inside Max Hazan’s head. His machines are elegant and visceral, and we?re left wondering how he actually builds these functional sculptures. But what’s really mind blowing, is that he usually makes them up as he goes along.
The latest Hazan Motorworks creation has the lines of an Italian sportbike, classic race hoops, and a very special Knucklehead motor. It’s an astounding motorcycle, and extremely cohesive. But rather than emulate a particular style, Max started with a simple idea…and let his imagination run wild.

?The idea came about after speaking to someone that loved Knucklehead and Vincent engines,? he tells us, ?and me suggesting that I just make a Knuckle that ran two front cylinder heads.? ?I always had a sweet spot for the Harley-Davidson KRTT and XRTT race bikes, so I figured why not build one around a KN motor"? And so the ‘KNTT’ was conceived.

Max took a 74ci Knucklehead from S&S Cycle, and then reworked it to run two front heads and two carbs. ?It was not exactly a bolt-on modification,? he says wryly. The work put into the motor alone could fill volumes.
Some of the mods included cutting off and rebuilding the rear quarter of each head, and changing the angle of the intake runners.

Adjusting the angle of the pushrods was a challenge too, and Max had to make his own lifter blocks, shorten and re-angle the rockers, and modify the actual knuckle part of the rocker assembly. He also d...