Ehinger Kraftrad

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We are at booth D33.
All facts to the Custombike 2011.

The Dream Machines Magazin published an article about the Snowracer in the current edition. Take a look!

Additionally wins the Snowracer at the Custom Chrome Bike Show the 1st Place in the Jammer Oldschool Class at Faaker See 2011.

At the European Bike Show Faaker See 2011 the Snowracer satisfies the jury with the perfect craftsmanship. The 1. Place in the Antique Class, the 1. Place in the Best Modified Harley Class and the Price of the Jury together with the official invitation to the AMD Championship 2012 in Sturgis.

Another publication about the Snowracer but this time in the Swiss bike magazine Bike Time.

Ehinger Kraftrad celebrates its debut in the Easy Rider. The Snowracer fascinates the editors of the magazine who report on the bike on even 5 pages. The photo series of the Snowracer by Frank Zander at the beach of St. Peter Ording is really worth to be seen.

There are not many locations were our 48s Blue Pan and the 40s Knuckle are standing that great as in the old maintenance hall of the Danish railway. We’ve been with a small collection at this year’s Fashionweek in Copenhagen. Shown: The leather jacket, scarves and our T-Shirts. Thanks to the wonderful location and the top-class experts from the Scandinavian countries. It was worth to be there.

If a bike is ready for the maiden trip after years of creation and development Uwe got cylinder piston in his belly. Do the highly innovative components go along with the original parts? How are the uncountable hand-made detail solutions are performing? The Pan makes it easy to him: It started at the first kick. After some vernier adjustments the blue bike souvereignly chaufeurs hin to the Burg & Schild Party in Berlin and tries to sparkle brighter with its eyes than the experts. Much challenging than the start was a try to seperate Uwe from the Blue Pan .

Uwe Ehinger is happy about the completely original 750s racing bike. A Flathead from 1941. As expected for a real race bike there is practically nothing left at a bike with side valve that is not absolutely necessary for racetrack. A bike – accurate the philosophy: The less parts it got the more joyride you have.

The Snowracer is not only constructed for snow but also irresistibly digs into sand, mud and whatever the elements offer then. As reminiscence to the legendary races at Daytona Beach in the 1930s Frank Sander creates these pictures at St. Peter Ording. True to the Ehinger Kraftrad philosophy the Snowracer united original parts as Harley STARRAHMEN and the U engine of 1946 with VLH cylinders as well as highly innovative components as the especially engineered Behringer brake. The Snowracer is a bike with excellent driving characteristics on every ground and reams of technical solutions for details unified in minimal Ehinger design. A Kraftrad not only glitters in the showroom but also on the road.

To gather a Harley of the 40s with all matching numbers all over the world isn’t easy. More difficult to find is a showroom in Hamburg that offers both a good location and enough space for our bikes as well as new ideas. Finally we’ve got it after a long lasting quest. At a historic warehouse. The color peels of the doors and every timber pilling tells stories of goods from all over the world. For those who want to have a look at the new home of our Kraftrads: you have to be patient till the Lord of workmen gives his blessing.

Currently you can reach us by phone +49-(0)177-563 56 54 and not anymore at our office at Neumayerstraße!

In April we’ve shown a fine selection of our fashion line. At the store of A. Feldenkirchen (Poststr. 20, Hamburg). And if that were not enough: Among shirts and leather jacket glittered the polished Knucklehead and the just ready-made Snowracer.

We are very happy about the appreciation for our technical superiority, design, craftsmanchip and quality.

Winners Custom Chrome European Championchip-Show.

Wild Motorcycles Magazine.

Bike Photography by Frank Sander.

About 100 bikes were presented at the Phönixhalle. The old school style becomes more popular in Germany, too.

The second Kraftrad in the show: a U/1936er VLH Big Flathead from 1946.

The first day of the European Championship 2011.

We present the 1940er Knucklehead with 1956er straight leg-frame.

On March 27, 2011, the Phönixhalle at Mainz opens for the Custom Chrome Europe – European Championship.

We will be there with two bikes and we will start at the Modified Harley-Class. Come to the show to look closely at our bikes.

We are on the Cover of the Custombike Magazine and we are happy about the very detailed article of Dirk Mangartz who blessed our Big Flathead of the 1940s, the Knucklehead of the same year and the Panhead of 1948.

At the Customebike Show 2010 the Ehinger Kraftrad bike were photographed by Volker Rost. The best pictures can be seen in the issue March/April of the Custombike Magazine.

Here you can get some impressions of the Custombike Show.

Obviously in this country many people raise their awareness for the authentic again. Or a new generation with the true skills is growing up. That would be almost much better.

Let’s have a look at Enrico de Haas of Wannabe-Chopper with his Ironhead.

Finally it's ready. The first issue of our Kraftrad magazine. Content: Uwe Ehinger - founder of Ehinger Kraftrad, the silver bike, the history of our leather jacket, a story of Uwe from the past, New York bike cops from the 40s, impressions from Japan, the illustration on the cover from Matthias Seifarth and much more. The magazine incl. English translation can be ordered via hello@ehingerkraftrad.com (12 Euro + shipping costs).

The team of Ehinger Kraftrad want to thank to all of you for very positive response to our bikes an our booth at our first performance at the Custombike show in Germany.

The ultimate custom show in 2010 at Bad Salzuflen.

From 3rd to 5th of December 2010. This year we're there, too, and present some of our best bikes.

A preview of our next bike project.

This is a selection of many components that our bikes are made of.

The garage. Here were built our bikes. The big twins of the 30s and 40s, Flatheads, Knuckleheads and Panheads.

The most interesting area of the show: the parking spot. Here stands the truth of the Japanese biker's soul. And it is authentic. Very important: completely original Harleys. If it´s possible with matching numbers of all parts.

Aside the perfectly polished bikes of the show you can be seen gorgeous patina to rusty holes. Opposite to Europe these bike are toughly driven.

There are exotics properly styled as 60s bikes with ultra long forks and metalflake. Even the rare Hamann-fork from the 70s found their place here.

Impressive are both, the extensive knowledge of the young bikers the passion for authentic motorbikes. The Germans definitely could learn it up from the Japanese.

The motto in Yokohama is almost everywhere: back to the roots. Many garages present beautiful vintage bikes and play with retro elements. The real jewel of the show: the antique and original bikes with the used look.

The only one stepping ahead in the development of modern art of sport bikes paradoxically are the establish custom builder. But that's great. So there are lot of visual treats provided from antique racing machines over board tracker to hill climber or dirty tracker. All of them are of sensationally handmade perfection not to mention the great look of these bikes.

Alongside you can put the spot on very innovative design concepts: From 3-cylinder-Kawasaki to a little Flathead they are all represented.

This year you can see custom paintings of ultimate perfection, too. From handcrafted Signpainting to Pinstriping.

We are especially pleased: the million hours the customer invested in the handmade design can bee seen on these showcases. They traditionally work a lot with brush and paint. That's the way learned tradition should looks like.

Two bikes catch the eye: Retroclassic Cycles from Indonesia and the young custom builder Shigetaka Ichii from Bullet Custom Cycle, Japan. Enter the picture gallery and you can marvel at both bikes.

These are our first pictures of the build up of the Cool Breaker Show 2010 in Yokohama. For sure: As every year in this hall are bikes that set world-class standards for custom bikes.

For all the fact that there are fewer bikes then 2009: Hot Dock (the organizer) presented a convincing compilation of technically perfect creations from Japanese world-class garages.

We can't wait to see them all if the light will be turned on tomorrow. All Information we get will be posted here and of course the best bikes of the show.

HRD Vincent - one of the valueable bikes ever. This one of 1946 I found at Agentine Anselmo. In his area he bought everything up that has two wheels and one engine.

Most of these drove the police. Long time ago the actually drove the Brough Superior as Lawrence of Arabia. He owned 6 of these till died by an accident sitting on one of the bikes.

The HRD Vincent is the fastest street bike of the 40s. More than 200 km/h top speed and a self-carrying engine. There are a few modern bike designed that way. Especially clever: The oil is in the frame. That makes an oiltank needless.

Today you often see the HRD Vincent at races in the Hamburg Stadtpark.

We worked with the same attention to details on the first leather jacket of Ehinger Kraftrad as we do it with our bikes. Working with a small craftsmanship we generate the best quality level reachable only by traditional procedures. Wearing this jacket means: maximum wearing comfort, free moving space and durability - with typical Ehinger Kraftrad design.

Leather jacket, black.

Outside: 100% washed organic lamb leather

Inside: 100% cotton lining, black.

3 pockets outside, 2 pockets inside, all with zipper.

Dog-collar, windproof.

Cuttlings in the back for a optimum of movability.

Shoulder appliqué.

Limited edition.

Limited edition.

Limited edition.

Girls are in luck. The lucky card of Ehinger Kraftrad is printed on the back of this T-Shirt. A handmade screenprint.

T-Shirt, V-neck, black
100% organic washed vintage cotton
handmade screenprint, four colour: ecru, red, golden, anthracite
limited edition

Norton OHC international 500, excellent restored, VHB 600$. That was the small ad in a newspaper in Mendossa, Argentina. As the collector opens up the garage door the eyes of my partner try to out-shine the engine block of the bike. He knows: There is an upright shaft enthroned.

The engine of 1949 is completely rebuilt. If they didn't had change the original condition with all its Patina and not using a curved can sheet the bike would have doubled the value. We made „only" 6000$ out of 600$.

At that time as today the OHC is very much desired because it is a near „relative" of the Norton Manx - the fastest racing machine of it's time

There's a sucker born every minute. At a bright blue summer day in 1987 it is a citizen of Mendossa, Argentina. His face got more wrinkles than the cooling fins of the Giulio Cesare Carcano 500 V8.

The bike flashed out of a sandy stack at his farmyard. Even laying it still looks very fast. It was designed before World War II and built in 1955.

Actually we have been there because of another bike. Actually. But I will pay 100$ and take „the crap" as well to sell it for thousands of $ within the next second. A performance that managers of Hedgefonds are dreaming of but I've reached it - once in my lifetime.

That's me with my 65s Panhead in front of my house in L.A.. Nothing felt more beeing at home as sitting on this bike. It is the last Harley Davidson made by a family business.

An uncommon mix of Panhead and electric start with a primary cover plate made of one piece. Ok it is not convenient to remove the top cover for adjusting the clutch. That's special at this bike. It is the only one of its kind.

The status shown at the picture does not last for a long time. I tinkered with the bike until it was really stylish.

In 1986 Uwe and his partner Alejandro visited the Chilean holiday paradise Viña del Mar. The Lloret de Mar of the Humboldt Current was also the summer resort of the Pinochet Clan at that time. This didn't bother Uwe much. What did bother him, though, was one of the severest earthquakes of all times, which was afflicting Chile while they were there. When their hotel started dancing in the middle of the night, Uwe could stop Alejandro just in the nick of time from jumping from the balcony on the third floor. After they had made it outside, they watched how another hotel down the street slid down the hill and disappeared into the floods of Pacific Ocean. However, this kind of nature's capers could not dissuade Uwe from his original plan - someone had told him that somebody near Viña had two old motorbikes to sell. more...

The 46er Big Twin Flathead at the Garage.

In 1983, an elderly gentleman replied to a classified ad. It was the kind of ad that Uwe used to place in different Chilean papers these days: „Poor student looking for an old, defective motorbike to repair. The older the bike and the worse its shape - the better.“ The man said he owned an old, broken motorcycle, which had been dusting in his shed for ages. After the man had given a short description, Uwe knew that the trip to Bío Bío, a county south of Concepción, would be worth it.

The find was a 46 Harley Flathead UL (hard-tail frame, 73 cui, side valve engine with cast iron heads). By the saddle and the chrome parts it could easily be identified as the deluxe version. The Harley was still in its original condition and it had obviously been used as an everyday motorbike. Successful repairs and maintenance of US bikes used to be a matter of luck in Chile then, as the land is metric and old Harleys are imperial. more...

Here you can get an exciting look behind the scenes. It would be worked over the past weeks with dedication on the 46´Harley Flathead and now the heart of the newKraftrad is pefect. If you have a look on the picture gallery you will see how a buried treasure becomes a piece of gold.

Here it is our update of the new Kraftrad. You can see the open camshafts of the Harley Flathead.

Just a quick view behind the scenes of our business partner and master burnisher. On this pictures you can see Gerhard "Gerdi" Findeisen is polishing our oiltank. It is not only a perfectly manufactured but also a spectacular workstation. Photographed authentically by Jan van Endert.

Right now available as limited edition at WERKHAUS Hamburg. You will find WERKHAUS at Große Elbstrasse 146, 22767 Hamburg.

As mentioned some weeks ago here it is an update of the new Kraftrad.