Many people would be happy to have a nice Harley-Davidson to ride. Travis Horka is really happy because when he goes out to the garage of his Wailua Homesteads pad, he gets to choose between two Harleys. One of them,
Many people would be happy to have a nice Harley-Davidson to ride. Travis Horka is really happy because when he goes out to the garage of his Wailua Homesteads pad, he gets to choose between two Harleys. One of them, his original bike, is a 2007 Harley-Davidson Screaming Eagle. The other, the 2005 Harley-Davidson Deuce, he inherited from his father. We won’t mention a third Harley he keeps in California for his Mainland visits.
Horka keeps very busy running his own business, Custom Landscaping. Because of his occupation, one expects his yard to be tastefully landscaped and meticulously cared for, and it is. He maintains the same high standards when it comes to his motorcycles.
The 2007 Screaming Eagle was Horka’s first Harley-Davidson. The Screaming Eagle model was customized at the factory, and it is so well-appointed, most owners make little or no attempt to modify it. First of all, the Screaming Eagle has a 110-cubic-inch power plant replacing the standard HD 82-cubic-inch engine. That very significant increase of 34 percent is quite noticeable. That power is delivered through a six-speed cruise drive transmission. A springer front end smoothes out the bumps and levels the potholes, while a belt drive system cuts down on the noise and vibration often associated with chain-driven motorcycles.
The 2007 version of the Screaming Eagle was available in one of four color combinations: Silver Rush and Midnight Black, Inferno Red and Desert Black, Twilight Blue with Ice Blue Pearl, and Granite with Ice Blue Pearl, as on Horka’s bike.
The tribal flames take on a purple hue as they flow over the Harley-Davidson script on the tank. Both the flames and the script are outlined with medium-blue pin striping.
Horka chose just a few tasteful aftermarket items for his Screaming Eagle. The stock exhaust system was replaced with a swooping Martin Brothers two-into-one pipe. The rear wheel is a stock 16-inch unit, but the front features a 21-inch custom 10-spoke billet rim. The Screaming Eagle was lowered two inches, and billet mirrors were added.
Like the Screaming Eagle, the 2005 Harley-Davidson Deuce was customized at the factory. The black body has red tribal flames streaming out of a Harley-Davidson logo on the tank.
The tribal flames continue on both front and rear fenders. The stock 82-cubic-inch engine dumps its exhaust into aftermarket Vance & Hines pipes. The rear wheel is the stock 16 inches, while the front has a custom 21-inch billet rim with a swirl pattern.
So when Travis has to make a choice between the Screaming Eagle and the Deuce, he really cannot go wrong. Both options are extremely easy to live with, because these are two fine-looking, great-performing Harleys.
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