Australian Motorcycle News — January 30, 2018

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trol-powered masterpiece, marking the end of

neraforthegreat American musclebike

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ll good things must

come to an end

and, after 26 years

of rebellion and

1300 outrageously

uncompromising V-twin maxi-

cruisers, Confederate Motors

has created its final such bike.

This marks the end of 24 years

of innovation – Confederate

was founded in 1992 by former

lawyer Matt Chambers and the

first Confederate Hellcat rolled

out of the Louisiana factory in

November 1994. But in January

this year, Confederate changed

its name and abandoned

internal combustion engines.

Now based in Birmingham,

Alabama, after Hurricane

Katrina destroyed its New

Orleans home in 2005, the

unconventional company is

still headed by Chambers, but is

now called Curtiss Motorcycle

Company, after the legendary

motorcycling and aviation

pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss.

WORDSALAN CATHCART

PHOTOGRAPHY PHIL HAWKINS

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