S&S Cycle is going all out to promote their new X-Wedge engine as well they should. It looks like it has a lot going for it, great power output, multiple displacements available and it meets all of the EPA emission regulations. To give bikers an idea of what it can do, they’re installing it in a lot of custom bikes and signing on custom builders to wrap something around it.
This bike goes along with our big twin sport bike theme, the Sport Fighter XTR, which is the work of Tim Edmonson of Edmondson Custom Built in Texas. The engine is a fuel injected 117 inch X-Wedge hooked up to a Jims 5 speed transmission all fitted into a custom frame. Wheels are 18 inch on both ends with a 130 Metzeler up front and a 250 out back. I like the exhaust tucked up under the tail like a lot of sport bikes instead of down on the side like most of the V-Twin customs you see. It looks like it would be a fun bike and if this doesn’t give a few builders some ideas, they’re not paying attention. Remember, the EPA rules that limit custom and kit bike builders are easy to deal with if your engine is EPA certified and the X-Wedge takes care of that.
Thanks for the tip, Bob.
Link: S&S Cycle
Link: Edmondson Custom Built
Related: S&S X-Wedge V-Twin engine
Related: S&S Engines get EPA certification
deacon says
…very nice…i hope it is lower in cost than russell mitchell’s streetfighter(although i think his looks a little tougher)
Bryce says
That’s a cool looking bike. Get rid of those silly looking flames and it would look even better.
C.J. Luke says
Now that’s getting to be more of my liking. I would love to see some builders go with that style, instead of the unridable iron that most put out.
Mayakovski says
Very nice, but what’s with all of these “Street Fighter” bikes sticking there butts into the air? Darn things look like there waiting to mated.
todd says
I still see a problem; It seems most of the “bikers” who buy custom V-twin bikes still like to say they own a “Harley”. Since the majority of the bikes were built using a Harley motor or a Harley clone it was true; they rode a “Harley”.
What do you think will be the response to this line of conversation:
“So, you ride, huh?”
-“yeah.”
“What you got, a Harley?”
…..
-“Uh, no, it’s an X-Wedge.”
“Kawasaki? You should get yourself a ‘real’ bike.”
-todd
Sean says
Love it. Great use of a great engine.
curt says
Cool looking bike, if the rake was tucked in a little more it would look like a flat tracker, the uder seat exhaust is a nice touch but the flames belong on one of the other four bikes.
hoyt says
Curt – I’d like to see one of your bikes with an X-Wedge….no flames, but most of all, a quality built bike with a 180 or 190 rear tire & sporty geometry
MrGone says
A dull tank in a dull frame with a amazing engine, I wish they wouldn’t be so conservative with the rest of the design. Still its nice to see something other then an unrideable stretched to hell and back chopper with a 300+ rear tire. I’d take this bike over a chopper anyday of the week.
julius says
how would that cruiser style frame handle compared to a frame that wraps around the engine that i am used to seeing on a sports bike
manoswath says
I’m not knocking the v-twin, but what if there was a “crate” UJM motor for custom builds!
chris says
yeah, how hard do you think it would be to cram that into a Buell?
todd says
V-twins are now the bread an butter of a UJM.
-todd
Sean says
todd, I think that your fictitious conversation is a little odd. I got told to get a “real” bike when I rode step thrus, and I didn’t care because I was having so much fun and had no other alternative. A Harley guy can say “get a real bike” as much as he wants. The X Wedge is a far more powerful engine, if I remember my numbers right. A real bike is one you have fun with.
Rant done. Love the bike. Almost moto cross-esque, definitely a streetfighter. Hate the paint job, but that’s something a few rattlecans can’t fix. Rake could be brought in by a couple degrees, and tail lowered by a couple inches. And there you have it. One heck of a bike.
todd says
I’m not talking about “us”, I’m talking about the “typical” cruiser rider. Indeed, I’ve owned more scooters and mopeds than I have motorcycles (well, maybe) and I don’t care what other people think. People who buy cruisers tend to care about popular opinion – not all of them, just a majority from what I’ve seen- and popular opinion says that only a Harley is a real bike.
-todd