Susan Carpenter is the L.A. Times staff motorcycle writer and recently had a chance to ride this exclusive (only 63 motorcycles will be made) and expensive (starting at $72,000) Confederate Motors P120 Fighter around the streets of L.A. for a day.
Check out Carpenter’s video review after the jump.
Funny, after the first “Hey!” I settled into “Ugly/Awkward.” Isn’t there enough useless bum-jewelry in the world? Maybe it was the commentary; maybe it was the sound. I drove a VW van that sounded like that end shot. What happened? And, for that price I could get a decent Ducati and ride in Italy for a year. Maybe, two? Moving on…
October 7th, 2010 at 6:35 pmWow… That thing is a monster streetfighter. Unconventional, mean, and a lot of attention to detail without reverting to wispy airbrushed flames or glossy fluff and chrome. Unique and BADASS… I WANT.
October 8th, 2010 at 6:22 pmI think they’re building 62 too many…alright 63. At least the oil is easy to check.
October 13th, 2010 at 12:11 amThe rider, accountant, and the mechanic in me would probably never consider owning this bike but the designer in me for the most part loves many of the industrial details & lines of the bike and it’s overall defiance of the status quo cruiser. If your looking for rebelious custom exclusivity the P120 delivers almost to a fault.
October 14th, 2010 at 10:14 amIt’s funny how the majority of “custom” bikes look like so many others. The P120 does not have that problem. And while the price and styling are outrageous, I bet they sell every one they make. Confederate has been around since the early 90s, so somebody is buying these bikes.
October 15th, 2010 at 12:35 pmLooks nice but my wallet as well as my bum aint gonna like this one…!
November 4th, 2010 at 12:40 pmIts so funny how some people who dont have ten cents in their pocket slam expensive toys that they know they will never be able to have. I ride a 55k bourget and get dissed by harley riders all the time, it makes me laugh.
December 1st, 2010 at 2:51 amI think that 1 piece of this crap is too much. Who is crazy enough to pay 72k grain is a piece of junk like this???
December 7th, 2010 at 10:02 pmPlease please PLEASE understand what you’re saying before you put it before thousands of people. Word salads are of NO value whatsoever.
What the hell is “aircraft grade aluminum?” That’s a term that gets passed around from “journalist” to “journalist,” but has no meaning. Aircraft use many different aluminum alloys for different purposes; which alloy did you have in mind as “aircraft grade,” and what makes that alloy more “aircraft grade” than the other alloys used in aircraft?
“. . . more likely to be found in the cockpit of a Piper Cub . . .” I’ll bet my last nickle that you don’t know what a Piper Cub is. Hint . . . Cessna hasn’t made one for 64 years.
And what do you think are attributes of a Piper Cub that sets it apart from thousands of similar old planes, and makes it a useful touchstone for switches?
What is that first instruction for budding writers? Write what you know? Try it.
February 6th, 2012 at 7:27 pm
wow $72,000 for a worthless pice of crap.no seat to speak of crap suspension.Alot of money to pose by.
October 7th, 2010 at 4:59 pm