Roger Goldammer: Goldmemb...
Roger Goldammer:
Goldmember
This was my own personal challenge, to merge the two worlds of show and performance," said Roger Goldammer. "Finding that balance of form and function is the classic battle...something that's fast, powerful, reliable, everything serviceable. People say if you want to go fast you don't do it with half a Harley engine, but that's exactly what this is." Who said one cylinder can't be twice the fun? Twice the fun is exactly what this bike was all about for Roger, as he used his "half-a-Harley" custom to not only set 164 mph record on the Boneville salt flats, but he also used it to win the 2008 AMD World Championships this past August. A very specific example of custom and performance doing the mind meld thing.
Housed in a custom chromoly frame with an internally integrated shock-equipped Girder frontend, Goldmember's one jug displaces 956 cc's bumped up by a Rotrex supercharger plus fuel injection plus nitrous to boot. Shifting the Baker six-speed is facilitated by a Pingel electric shifter. And for something way different, the front wheel is 19 inches while the rear wheel is 23, both carrying Goldammer internal disc brakes. By the way, this bike is street legal with horn, lights, etc. We did say show and go.
Roger's been pushing the custom vs. performance envelope for the past several years and pushing it fast. His style may not fit snugly into the typical street-fighter definition, but his bikes tend to feature the two key elements of the style, speed and performance. Many of his bikes, may slightly hint towards a street fighter edge but the designs also echo the early boardtrack racers where one jug was capped off to meet sanctioning requirements or the vaunted Vincent single-cylinder Comets of the '50s, the latter Brit influence seen in another of his solo cylinder show and go-sters, the bike called "Notorious."
For those who enjoy the pleasures of bare-knuckle biking matched to hi-tech sophistication in handling plus a bit of in-your-face attitude, time to take some lessons in Street Fighting...either from the pros or in your own garage. Let's see what ya got.