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Harley Davidson Chopper ???Viridian??? XXXX.This is rare opportunity to acquire true legend from the Swedish Chopper building scene.The ???Viridian??? is project build made by the, very well known, Swedish magazine MCM, in close cooperation with Finnish builder, Mika Nieminen, Aka Mr. Moore. The project was featured during the whole building process in numerous articles for more than full year, XXXX-XXXX.The magazine has long history of exciting projects through the years and the ???Viridian??? marks the pinnacle of their achievements. Absolutely no efforts were spared in this process. It is true ???one-off-scratch-superb-second-to-none-extreme-quality-build???. Mika Nieminen, his friends and coworkers at Mr. Moore custom Craft did an awesome job designing and building this motorcycle. The idea was to build Harley Davidson ???Hot Rod??? Chopper, and that is exactly what they did! Old school styling with modern performance and reliability packed in viridian green chassis with lots and lots of one-off handmade details.The frame was built from high quality steel tubing (DIN XXXX-C) in Mr. Moore??s own frame jig. brand new Zodiac Springer was used as the base for the XX??? lengthened, show chromed, front fork. The Swedish organization, SFRO, ???The Swedish vehicle builders association???, was invited at an early stage in the build to get everything correctly documented and inspected in order to achieve the possibility to drive it legally in the streets. That happened and it has clear Swedish title! The make is actually ???VIRIDIAN???.The engine is heavily modified and customized, brand spanking new, S&S shovelhead, XXXXcc with very rare Drag Bike ignition cover and an Indian distributor. ribbed ???Magnusson??? transmission cover together with the beautiful, handmade, exhaust system and the customized cylinders. The spark plugs were moved over to the right side of the engine and three cooling fins were shaved off to give it cleaner look! Mikuni HSR XX carburetor was chosen for reliability and sound. The X-gear tranny and chain secondary drive to the super rare hydraulic drum brake made by Allessandro Pacelli from Kustom Tech in Italy finishes off the drive train. This wonderful rear drum brake only exists in two copies! truly unique item!The fuel tank is scratch build by Isto Kotavuopio and features Kustom Tech billet brass fuel cap in brass fitting along with an ignition switch in similar setting, Hummer style!. Finished off in that marvelous ???Viridian??? green pearl paint laid by Joakim Krantz and subtle pinstriping by ???Master Blaster???, Ettore Callegano. Look at that devil??s tail coming out at the rear of the tank! It also hides the fuel petcock. Ingenious??�.The wheels were built by Sigge Ehrling from hubs made by Kustom Tech, Morad rims from Zodiac and very special brass spoke nipples from Italy. Note the very drivable size of the rear wheel, only XXX wide. This chopper can handle corners as well! Front brake from KT added for street legal purposes and safety.As stated earlier NO efforts or costs were saved in this build. Total cost was over XX XXX Euros??�Also bear in mind this bike has only XXXkm on the odometer... It is brand new, super classic, truly unique, chopper!There are few issues??�.The bike has been sitting idle at the magazine??�s editor??s office for XX+ years and need good service before going out on the road again. The engine was properly conserved and only needs fuel and new oil etc. couple of the master cylinders (rear brake and front brake) are leaking brake fluid and needs to be rebuilt with new seals. These are readily available and the job may be done by Mika himself at the buyer??s expense.The bike is being sold as is, but will assist in getting these few issues sorted if so wanted??�Included in the sale is lithographic print made by one of Sweden??s most famous artists, John Erik Franz?�n. This lithography exists in XXX ex and is actually portrait of the ???Viridian???. JEF is known for his depictions of Harleys and old cars.As you can see from the pictures here in the listing this is truly unique bike. There are many more pictures including facsimiles from the magazine series in this photo album on Photobucket. Feel free to browse them, read the story and make up your mind if you want to own piece of Swedish (Nordic) motorcycle history!http://sXXX.photobucket.com/user/perolofsson/library/Viridian?sort=X&page=XConcerning shipping of the bike will assist by meeting the buyer in the southern part of Sweden, Malmoe or Helsingborg, and deliver the bike there in van. might also be able to deliver further south in Germany or France at the buyer??s expense. Crating for shipping worldwide and to the US MIGHT be possible at the buyers expense and after shipping arrangements has been made by the buyer!A deposit of XXXX Dollars US is mandatory via PayPal within days of purchase, the rest of the payment via bank transfer or cash on delivery.Ask any questions about the bike, the build or about delivery. I??m here for you!You can buy with full confidence. I??ve sold bikes to Germany and other countries before and know the drill. I??ll do anything to keep my XXX% positive feedback. You can count on it!Thanks for looking!