What does it take to rack up two wins and four podiums, in the Modified Harley-Davidson class at the AMD World Championships" Whatever it is, the German builder Julian von Oheimb has got it in spades.
Julian operates as One Way Machine out of his workshop in Staufenberg, north of Frankfurt. And this is the machine that bagged him his second gold. Called ‘Silver Storm,’ it?s a custom Softail Deuce built with the sole purpose of competing at AMD.

The search for an AMD win started with a search for a suitable donor. Julian managed to find an extremely clean 2001 Softail Deuce FXSTD in a backyard garage, with roughly 2,000 miles on the clock. Bingo.
The Softail went onto the One Way Machine bench, and was promptly stripped down to its bare bones. Julian worked his way through the frame and swing arm?cleaning them up and shaving off any tabs, struts and mounts that didn’t need to be there any more.
To massage the Softail’s stance, Julian installed an Arlen Ness lowering kit at the rear. He kept the OEM front forks, but swapped the yokes for a set of Harley Sportster Forty-Eight units.
A new 21F/18R wheel set was laced up using H-D hubs, W&W rims and TTS spokes, with a vintage Firestone tire up front, and a new Shinko out back. Other tweaks include a full Beringer brake set, and a One Way Machine chain drive conversion.

Moving to the 1450cc Twin Cam motor, Julian treated the primary cover to an extremely cool cutaway mod. Then he added a...