Cocktail was first shown at the Motobike-2013 show in Kyiv — but that spring the spotlight belonged to Fetish, our entry in the world custom-building championship. So the white bagger waited its turn quietly, and its moment came that September, when Ukraine's Motodrive magazine gave it a four-page feature. Underneath is a 2008 Harley-Davidson Street Glide FLHX; on top, everything a bagger should be. Built in our Kharkiv workshop, back when Iron Custom Motors was still called I.C.M.
A cocktail in white and red
The name explains the paint, and the paint explains the name. The airbrush work reads like layers of liquids folding into one another. The base is white, crossed by a single line of saturated red: it starts on the front fender, separates the airbrushed elements, becomes a literal stitch of red thread across the seat, and ends as the "Cocktail" script on the tail. Yaroslav Lutytskyi, founder of the workshop, developed the design end to end; Dmitriy Dmitriev Studio executed the paint to his design, precisely and professionally.
The build
The engine is the legendary Twin Cam 96 — 1,584 cc with the stock six-speed gearbox — in a full chrome package: the assembled unit looks as if it had been dipped whole into a chrome plating bath. It breathes out through a Screamin' Eagle exhaust.
A bagger needs its big front wheel: a cast SMT rim, 3.75×26", with a The Monster 120/50-26 tyre and a pair of SMT brake discs, while the rear stays a stock 5.5×16". The Harley-Davidson forks ride in Mean Machine triple trees, and the LED headlight is a production Harley-Davidson unit — mating it to those trees took real effort. The handlebar is Fred Kodlin Motorcycles, with even the buttons chromed; footpegs and air-filter housing came from Arlen Ness, to match the chromed engine.
The fuel tank is a Paul Yaffe piece, reworked in-house, with a seat ordered in one style with it from Sinelnikov Design, in Nappa leather. While the leather was being made, we reworked the rear fender and refined the front one. The saddlebags began as stock blanks, lengthened by 10 cm and widened by 5 — more practical than stock — with LED lighting, reworked Hella rear optics and serious speakers.
Riding on air
The rear suspension is Legend Air Ride — an air ride is a true bagger signature. It keeps the bodywork's line unbroken and genuinely improves ride comfort. The kit fitted as if it were native and works precisely.
The sound system
The audio was done purely for the soul. Sony Marine coaxial speakers sit in the enlarged bags, their power deliberately limited — we feared the bags would not survive full decibels, since each one also carries a pair of Sony amplifiers. The head unit, also Sony Marine, went into the massive dash panel after a long search: little harmonises with the technological style of the Dakota digital gauges, yet the speaker dishes, the indicator wells, the gauge faces and the head-unit panel came together strikingly well. LED accent lighting runs across the whole bike — a special charm at night, and extra visibility too. As Yaroslav puts it: "When I ride with the music on, traffic stops." Not every motorcade can claim that.
The result
Even without music, Cocktail draws attention: the rumble of the Screamin' Eagle mufflers is the real voice of America. A touring Harley, it turns out, can carry a full custom identity without losing a gram of its purpose.
