The basement affair with a Dark is pared-down, common styling, abandonment chrome and accuracy in favor of muted, basal blush schemes – namely black. And for a few of them there’s a absolutely advised chopped and bobbed influence.
As a theme, Dark Custom didn’t accomplish an official actualization until the January 2008 addition of a Softail Springer that accustomed the chopped/bobbed/black-out analysis and the name Cross Bones. It was at this Hollywood premiere-style actualization of the ‘Bones that Willie G. Davidson and son Bill told the moto-world about the bearing of this new adumbration alternation of motorcycles.
Long afore its official advancing out party, the development of the Dark band started demography appearance back the Softail Night Train showed up, and again a VRSC model, the Night Rod Special, went bad-ass in black. Soon thereafter the 1200cc Sportster-based Nightster appeared in the aboriginal bisected of 2007. The Iron 883 marks the additional Sportster archetypal to accompany the Dark Customs and follows carefully to the Nightster’s motif.
To advice jump alpha the addition of the Iron 883 into the Dark Custom line, Harley-Davidson showcased the bike as allotment of an art arcade aperture this accomplished Saturday at the Robert Berman Arcade in Santa Monica, CA. The media got an aboriginal attending on Friday, February 6th.
The affair of the arcade aperture was “The Art of Rebellion,” and included 10 abreast binding artists, anniversary creating a custom-painted Harley gas catchbasin in affiliation with the arcade theme. Among arrive artistic types was artery artisan Shepard Fairey, best notable for his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker that after acquired into the “OBEY Giant” collection. Fairey afresh resurged in ballyhoo by creating the now-iconic Barack Obama HOPE posters acclimated abundantly in the above presidential candidate’s acknowledged attack for the Oval Office.
The arcade of tanks as able-bodied as a allotment from the artists own collections will be on affectation and accessible for purchase. Proceeds from the auction will account Art Matters, a alms that supports and encourages the analysis of new account and art. One hundred copies of a signed, limited-edition Shepard Fairey affiche were accustomed abroad at the event.
