French Builder Reimagines Harley Breakout In Dark Hues

Global Appeal

While Harley-Davidson is a uniquely American company, it has also created products that have amassed impressive worldwide appeal. MoCo has slowly become a global sensation as a result, with loyal fans all over the world. Thus, several impressive custom bike builders have also popped up, ranging from the better-known entities such as Thunderbike to French builder Melk, who came up with this very cool and very dark Breakout.

Photos: Melk

Unique Paintwork

Melk builds plenty of custom bikes, but the outfit is also known for its quality paintwork. In this case, that is on clear display with this sweet Gunship Gray treatment, a matte hue that covers quite a bit of the bike, including the fenders, fuel tank, wheels, and rear turn signals.

Photos: Melk

Contrasting Colors

That look complements the lines and corresponding blacked-out components on this Breakout quite nicely, giving it a stealthy but handsome and modern appearance. However, there are also some Red Candy accents to help brighten things up a bit, too.

Photos: Melk

Mostly Stock

As far as the Breakout's powerplant goes, well, it's pretty much stock, save for the addition of a Vance & Hines exhaust system. However, it looks pretty sweet at least thanks to its blacked-out treatment, with some gray and red accents thrown in for good measure.

Photos: Melk

Perfect Cruiser

Along with a handful of other nice builds, Melk is currently trying to sell this particular bike for 32,000 euros, or around USD 34k. For someone in France or a nearby European country, we imagine that it has plenty of appeals, because what else would you want to cruise narrow city streets and the surrounding countryside on?

Photos: Melk

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