Confederate "Wraith" Concept Bike

A "Wraith" is the ghost of someone (or something) that has just, or will die, and in this case it is the modern sportbike reincarnation of a vintage 1920's board track racer from Confederate Motorcycles. Jim Gianatsis photographed Wraith with beautiful model Andrea Cobb for the 2005 Iron & Lace Calendar in January 2004. We were excited and privilageed to be the first to showcase Wraith on the FastDates.com in its world premier. And since February is host to Valentin's Day we just had to dress Andrea in some sexy red lingerie from Victoria's Secret.

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The Wraith shown here is the origional concept bike built by Confederate Motorcycles, New Orleans, in the fall of 2003.

In side view it resembles a classic 1920's board track racer, updated for the 21st century. The unique aluminum tube backbone frame supports a specially built Harley-Davidson XR750 unit construction Dirt Tracker engine with increased displacement and STD cases.

The rear single sided swingarm, wheels and brakes are borrowed directly from a Ducati 998 Superbike for ease of fabrication on the concept bike, but these components could change once the Wraith goes into production.

The exotic cantilever front forks constructed from billet aluminum and carbon fibre are a production item from a European manufacturer.

Confederate plans to build 13 (the unlucky number to coincide with the name?) Wraith limited production bikes in 2005 with a selling price around $75,000 each. Almost a bargain price for such an exotic and technically advanced retro racer.

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