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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been a few years since Lord Drake Kustoms made this bike in our workshop in Miami. As indicated by this report made by Biker Zone in number 238, this “Red Baron” was quite a rarity in his time to be based on a Dyna.

If you want to know more about this Cafe Racer, we leave you with this six-page report, where we were also the cover of the number. And do not miss the details of why its name “Red Baron”, not only for the famous aviator of the first world war

Red Baron

Text and photos: Francisco Ali Manen

Since he came to American lands 4 years ago, the founder and owner of Lord Drake Kustoms, Francisco Ali Manen from Malaga was trying to do something different in terms of customization and it was with one of the less valued Harley motorcycles in the States. United, the Dyna.

It was after doing several cafe-racer with the Sportster model, when he decided to make one with a Big Twin engine and, what better base than a Dyna, in this case a Low Rider. He also took the opportunity to pay tribute to one of his favorite characters of the First World War, the German aviator Manfred von Richthofen and of course to his favorite Spanish band of all time, both with the name of Red Baron!

They took him for crazy, when he said to his customers and friends, that he was doing a coffee-racer with a Big Twin, but in the end he got it and as a result here we see “The Red Baron”, with a powerful Twin Cam A (1450 cc ) which gave it a little more power with a 58mm S & S carburetor and an S & S air filter. Possibly one of the first Big Twin coffee-racer in the United States.

They took him for crazy, when he told his clients and friends, that he was doing a coffee-racer with a Big Twin, but in the end he got it and as a result here we see “The Red Baron”

The entire back, including the metal seat, was manufactured by hand; the bars of the front suspension were modified and more extended air dampers were put on, all of this seasoned with a series of details, such as the transparent covers of the engine and many other changes that gave life to the new machine.
By the way the number 80 of the side plates, is the number of aircraft that the Red Baron knocked down in combat.

And the result could not be better … piloted by his constructor F. Ali Manen, he won the first prize in the Cafe Racer category.

The first “battle” of the Red Baron, was just the day after leaving the facilities of Lord Drake Kustoms in Miami for the first time; in one of the most prestigious bike shows in the USA, the Rat’s Hole, in this case the one that is celebrated in the Daytona Bike Week. And the result could not be better … piloted by his constructor F. Ali Manen, he won the first prize in the Cafe Racer category.

Long live the Baron …

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