Huacatay, as anyone who speaks good Peruvian, as I’m sure you do, knows translates as ‘dark mint’. This ‘ere motorcycle is, indeed, very dark, paintwork-wise, and it was built by Simon Parry at Mint Customs – simples, innit (he says mangling his colloquialisms).
All bikes, like all civilisations, have a creation story, some more fanciful than others. The story of this one starts with a mistake…
When he set out on the road that led to the rather funky lil’ black twin you see here, Mr Parry, consummate bike builder and rock star*, was intending to build a Sportster chop but, overnight, his frame jig, set up for the Sportster motors he favours, er, slipped – not by much, but it turns out, by enough. Coming in the following morning,…
