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WheelsOfGrace.com | Volume 13 Issue 6 | 25 was wrong with him, and Ferry replied that he was fighting cancer. The owner of LDK, stunned by this news, replied to Ferry that he would not attend the championship because he no longer had time to finish his project. Ferry's response was: "NO, try to go anyway, you've been there once, and you've seen how important it's to be there. If you cannot finish that project you wanted, take one of the transformed Harley you have already finished, detail it, improve it what you can and go, even to make a presence". Fran went on to say that it was impossible, that he had already lost the illusion and that there was only a little more than a month left. So, he didn't want to think about the championship that year or its custom Harley. However, from that conversation, Fran did not stop thinking about the words of Ferry Clot. Three days later, after much reflection and not sleeping, everything changed. Fran Manen arrived at his Harley customization workshop in Malaga and informed his team that they were going to the championship. He would use a Harley- Davidson Sportster Cafe Racer that they were building for a customer and that was about to end. Fran called the client and asked if he could take the motorcycle to the Customization World Championship, although changes in colors, finishes and details should be made for this. The motorcycle owner told him "Go ahead". And there began a trip against the clock that, in less than a month, made Lord Drake Kustoms go from not attending the Championship to become the Runner-Up in the world of transformation of Harley. The idea was to turn this Sportster 883 Cafe Racer, almost finished, into a project that Fran had in his head for some time: a motorcycle tribute to the car brand Porsche (hence its name "Speedster" in honor of one of the mythical models of the German brand). For this, the work of transformation of this motorcycle had to have a sporty, aggressive, and elegant result. It must be a Porsche motorcycle, it must remind a 911 Carrera, a Speedster or a 917 model of the 24 hours of Le Mans. A good job of painting and airbrushing on custom motorcycles like this one is necessary to obtain the great keys. And of course, details, many details, such as the Porsche emblems, the rear pilots, the craft tail, the wooden grips combined with chrome, sports gas cap and a very long list of exclusive components. This Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 R from 2007 converted to Cafe Racer and built in our motorcycle workshop in Malaga, was in 2nd place worldwide (modified Harley category) in the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building held in Germany in 2018. From here, we want to thank and share part of this triumph with our friend Ferry Clot. Wherever he is, he is surely customizing something. Thanks Ferry! You can order your own Sportster Café Racer Tribute now! Shipping worldwide. See www.LordDrakeCustoms.com Sources: Motorrad Online, Lord Drake Kustoms