Comments for Confederate Development Room

Comment on Hellcat Powerplant by Allen copeland

Allen copeland — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:41:59 +0000

Is the unitized frame with wheels or please tell me what is all that is considered for 21000

Comment on Hellcat Powerplant by @confed

@confed — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:22:33 +0000

Allen,

The price for the new X132 Hellcat is $49,500 USD. The unitized engine and powertrain package is also available as a crated kit for $21,000. The warranty coverage is one year, unlimited miles.

-Confederate Motorcycles

Comment on Hellcat Powerplant by Allen copeland

Allen copeland — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:33:37 +0000

Looks good and what’s the price

Comment on American Motorcycle Expression… by simpleguy

simpleguy — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:32:23 +0000

I can appreciate the effort in design and CNC manufacturing and bespoke production. I think you have carved out a very nice niche for yourself and deserve credit where it is clearly due. The naysayers here have no idea of the tremendous amount of effort in your undertaking or even the man hours in conceptualization and design, much less the CADwork it takes to bring this all together.

I see design elements I have considered myself and many that are beyond what i ever could have imagined on my own. Large diameter thin walled structural components as well as large caliber bearing surfaces and attachment points are so obvious in superiority I never understood why they were not used more frequently. I applaud your effort, even if I will never have the pleasure of riding or owning one. I thank you for sharing this with us. I’ve owned HD, Japanese, Korean, British and rode in four or five countries in my life. Some people wrap their whole identity up in the image of a motorcycle or the lifestyle of a rider, personally, i just liked riding and exploring and seeing the world around me.

I’m a bit saddened by the disposable society we live in, I have always repaired everything I owned until repair was no longer an option. Too many things today are unrepairable once they stop working correctly. While these bespoke machines use many custom made components, I see many design features that allow standard bearings and such to allow for repair or rebuild in the future. Very nice to see.

Comment on Hellcat Powerplant by Allen copeland

Allen copeland — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:54:17 +0000

It looks good and what the price & warranty

Comment on Aluminum Adhesives by Tim Owers

Tim Owers — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:00:37 +0000

An interesting use of an aviation inspired technology. No doubt this will be seen in mass produced bikes and cars in the future if as you say the result is at least as strong as TIG welding. However, for potential customers peace of mind, how have you come to the conclusion that for this particular application the strength is sufficient. If your stress analysis results are conclusive that is fantastic, but not the end of the story. A motorcycle in particular produces a lot of vibration, so has there ever been any problems reported in other applications after a glued joint has been subjected to varied vibration frequencies as well as of course extremes of (positive and negative) heat. Maybe a follow up blog addressing these points (and more?) would be very welcome indeed.

Comment on American Motorcycle Expression… by I rebld

I rebld — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:04:19 +0000

I started looking at Matt’s bikes when he was based here in Baton Rouge and I appreciated his desire to build a better motorcycle while others were building Harley clones, to sell to those who didn’t want to wait in line for the opportunity to buy from the Motor Company. When Harley improved their product and expanded their production capacity, the waiting list shrank. The clones were copies of the unprotected evo design, and most have disappeared from the market. Matt used high quality wheels, suspension and brakes while others used chrome and leather tassels. He used high horsepower motors, compact transmissions and chain drive. Confederate has survived Hurricane Katrina and a lousy economy and is still putting out unique and innovative machines. Car magazines are full of exotic machines that few can afford, so I don’t understand the criticism about this bike being for the rich. I believed in the concept enough to buy shares in his business, only to loose my investment as he reorganized (damn lawyer.) I could be bashing Matt right now but he didn’t force me to buy shares and I didn’t share in the risks inherent in this business. Matt is an intense, compassionate, cerebral (some would say strange) man who loves motorcycles. Our world needs more people like him.

Comment on American Motorcycle Expression… by James

James — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:24:03 +0000

” I find rebellion packaged by a corporation a little hard to take seriously. “

Comment on Industrial Strength by Giovanni

Giovanni — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:08:39 +0000

Hi Ed,

You are the man…congratulations!
This is Giovanni (D”s friend form Pratt). I just read a link posted by another Pratt alumni on Facebook about your article on The Wall Street Journal and thought that what you are doing is just amazing.
I hope I will be lucky enough to own one of your bikes in the future.

Keep up the good work,

All the best to you and your team!

Gio

Comment on American Motorcycle Expression… by Winston Cornell

Winston Cornell — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:55:39 +0000

An article in the WSJ brought me to this page. It’s clear Matt Chambers is a visionary and his creations are investment grade. The true value of his bikes will be known 20, 40, 60 years from now. I suspect, whatever they are, the prices today are bargins.