Marvel superheroes and villains inspire custom Harley-Davidson motorcycles

By Bruce Brown Published August 22, 2016

Happy anniversary, Captain America — looking pretty good after 75 years! Marvel and Harley-Davidson took the occasion of Cap’s anniversary to collaborate on a customized motorcycle to celebrate the event, according to SlashGear.

The design team started with a Street Glide Special bike and adorned it with Captain America motifs and icons. And when they checked out the finished bike, the companies decided it was “too cool” to build a custom for just one Marvel Superhero. So their design teams got busy and designed more than 25 custom Marvel superhero (and villain) bikes. They call the collection Super Hero Customs.

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According to SlashGear, the custom bikes all turned out to accurately represent the Marvel universe characters they represent. The designer didn’t just stick with Street Glides.

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The base models on which the team built the Marvel customs include the Iron 883, Night Rod Special, Breakout, Roadster, Forty-Eight, Street 500, Fat Bob, Street Bob, Fat Boy Lo, V-Rod Muscle, Low Rider, Road Glide Special, and Street Glide Special. In each case, the designers choose or created colors to match and added stylistic character-specific details.

You can’t buy one of the Super Hero Custom bikes, because they’re not for sale. Harley-Davidson is only making one of each Marvel Universe superhero (or villain) model.

SlashGear reported that one of the bikes will be awarded a prize in a contest. There is a competition, in which Australian and New Zealand residents 18 and older can vote once for their favorite of the Marvel-inspired motorcycle creations.

The prize, however, is not one of the customized Harley-Davidsons. “The first valid entry drawn will win a trip for four (4) people to Los Angeles, California, USA valued at up to AUD$21,020 depending on date and point of departure,” according to the “Terms and Conditions of the Harley-Davidson Super Hero Customs Promotion.”

So possibly the bikes will be in a Harley-Davidson Museum or Marvel exhibit. Maybe they’ll go on a road tour to Harley-Davidson dealerships around the world — which would itself be a very cool idea.

If you’re a resident of Australia or New Zealand and want to enter the contest, the link is here. The winner will be selected December 9, 2016.

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