The market for modified Sportsters is crowded. Most builders of repute in the USA know their way around the venerable platform, and the array of aftermarket parts is dizzyingly large. It takes something very special to stand out—like this custom-framed, limited production special from Cohn Racers.
The man behind the Florida workshop is Chet Perez, who was born into a motorcycle-mad household over 4,000 miles away in Madrid, Spain. His destiny was predetermined from an early age: “At four, I was already riding a Yamaha PW50. And when I turned seven, I started racing Trials.”
Chet always worked on his bikes, so he was gaining mechanical knowledge while most kids were watching Rugrats. Then he moved to the USA to study and spend a few years with Apple, until he realized the tech world was not for him.…