EL DIABLO CUSTOM - THE ITALIAN DEVIL OF FRANKFURT

Regardless of whether you call it El DIABLO, or IL DIAVOLO in Italian, it is and remains a diabolical plan that Angelo Pagano from the Harley Factory in Frankfurt has forged.

The true story, as from an original Low Rider 117 EL DIABLO of the Icon collection, a custom bike is created as it should have looked.

At the Mallorca Bike Week, Angelo showed me the first pictures of a completely dismantled EL Diablo Low Rider 117, which sent shivers down my spine. My first thought was, who would come up with the idea of dismantling a brand-new bike limited to 1500 units? Low Rider 117 EL DIABLO, from the Icon Collection from Harley-Davidson.

Angelo's answer to the question was! „I want to do this right!“ Wait until she's ready! My next thought was that they were about to pick him up, but he was dead serious.

And indeed, the dismantled pile of Low Rider 117 in the photo was actually Angelo's personal EL DIABLO. For the 20th anniversary of the Harley Factory Frankfurt, he let the devil out of the bag, at least halfway, it wasn't quite finished yet, I was allowed to take a look at it, but not to post anything.

He didn't promise too much. what a great bike !!

This is what it should look like!

Beautiful with lots of chrome and a clear windshield, plus a seat specially made in San Diego by Saddlemen. The dash cover in chrome, the fairing painted black on the inside and the wheels again in chrome, the handlebars in chrome, the triple clamps in chrome and to top it all off, one just for Angelo his „AP69 EL DIABLO“ manufactured and naturally chrome-plated Jekill & Hyde exhaust system, so that you can hear the devil when he arrives with his chrome-plated 117 Milwaukee-Eight engine.

Logically, the sissy bar is also in chrome and now the question of all questions, why doesn't the El Diablo look exactly like this in series production? Chrome was already very popular in the 80s, why wasn't it taken over from the original, the 1984 FXRT Sport Glide?

The Icon series is really something special, but it's amazing to see how you can take it even further. It was almost impossible to photograph what the Italian devil Angelo pulled out of the glowing hell here, the Chrome sparkled so much. You'll soon be able to see it in the store at the Harley Factory Frankfurt, it's well worth a visit.

Harleysite 12/2022