The high output of nice shaped customs by Thunderbike is meanwhile well known. Though they always come up with an even more spectacular design, a new shape. In late hot summer they brought the „Kreuzfeuer“ to light. A variation of the dragster-frame built by themselves. Based on this they built a flat and mean sight.
Most of the parts are produced only to fit into this concept. The tank eg. was cut into pieces and welded again to give it its round upper shape and length. Much smaller than origianlly produced comes the oil-tank. To obtain the low seat position there is not much space beneath the seat. So the oil-tank was lowered and made small. But still as large to carry enough greasing fluid. A good idea was the integrated oil-funnel. No tubes or disturbing forms, just one supply pipe in the design of the tank.
The Time-Crack-Fork comes a little more narrow, with a flat shape but even with more spring-pitch by redesigning the inlay. The new lower covers are cut transverse, a new shape. The right “slashed“ look for that bike.
On the rear works an airride-suspension, powered by a compressor located in the Thunderbike-swing’s middle.
The engine is an 1550 ccm model with an Screaming Eagle- kit. It breathes out the exhaust-air through a slightly reshaped Thunderbike-pipe.
A general topic on the “Kreuzfeuer“ is the iron-cross- design. On the side-covers it is made of tin, self-built and supported by the colour-design. The bike sports the cross all over the whole bodywork.
On its flanks, the airfilter, the footpegs and even the mirror. The cross is the first part of the name “Kreuzfeuer.” The second part of “Kreuzfeuer“ means fire. That is to be seen on the whole bike too. The special technique by Kruse-Design made it possible to show an almost real fire-shape. Not tribals or old school, real blazing flames. So the crosses and flames combine to the “Kreuzfeuer.”
The wheels are nice shaped Gothik-design-rims with Metzeler rubber. The brakes as well come from their own manufacturing. The rear model is a pulley-brake that runs on the inside of the belt-pulley. Clean sight on the outside.
With the “Kreuzfeuer“ Thunderbike shows again what is possible to be built even with the TÜV-cert by the german government. That means one thing: all parts are reliable and really do their work!
A great shooting delivered Melody, our former German model, definitly one of my favorites.
Former? Yes, she lives in the US of A now, close to San Diego. It’s a mess that we had to hand her out to a husband who carried her off to your far away land. On the other hand I have now one more place to stay when visiting the hot south of California. Maybe a little hotter after Meldoy arrived… More babes and bikes – and more of Melody – online now at: www.motor-babes.com
Bike: www.thunderbike.de
Shooting by: www.wikinger.com at www.pixel- garage.com
