The coolest thing about being involved with a motorcycle company is being able to build a new personal bike to ride. My last bike was fully practical, bags, windshield and even a cigarette lighter to plug my cell phone into while on the road. My old prototype ‘Pegasus’ bike had to be shredded to fixture up for some exciting new bikes we’re going to debut this spring with our new moniker, Steed by Patriot.
I need a Steed under my butt, and our new 300s handle so great now was the time to finally build one of my own. This new bike is more radical and may be the prototype for a new 2006 300-series model. This one happens to be the very last Surgical Steeds issued VIN number since the Patriot buy-out.
Now that my crew and I have joined forces with Patriot Motorcycles, we’ll have a new VIN prefix for our Steed by Patriot bikes. The bloodline is the same, and we’ll be able to reach even more riders, with the ability to build even more quality bikes, in our new facility that’s now in the works.
The nasty notion behind my final Surgical-Steed bike was based on one of our 300-SM Bronco ‘Bobber’ models with a big dose of steroids. I envisioned a large deep tunnel peanut tank that had a graceful curve to match the rocker boxes. Tony Watson, Steed’s metal fabrication wonder-child took my sketches and pounded out an absolutely stunning tank. Most of the other components are off the shelf production bike components, including an S&S 124-inch motor, our Steed Behemoth front end and billet wheels. Since I’m 6’4” tall, I slapped 16-inch apes on her and now she’s ready to roll.
My idea behind the paint scheme was a tribute to the Shelby Cobra inspired bike I designed and built back in 1995. Ten years have passed and I’m ready to burn away all the remnants of the last decade and light the fire for our new alliance with Patriot Motor Company. Steed’s master-painter ‘WTF’ Chuck is quite the craftsman, and he laid down the PPG viper blue urethane. Rick Westcott did an amazing job with the realistic flame art and all the other fine illustrations.
Look for lots of new products and bike models in the coming months from Steed by Patriot. I’ve been working on an all-new design for a 200 series Monoglide chassis. We’re releasing three new performance versions and they’ll be priced in the teens. In the mean time, I’m tearing through Phoenix traffic to the shop daily, and it might be available this spring as a new production 300 series model…you heard it here first. Steed Muscle Bikes are constantly in a growth and study pattern. Here’s to the future.
Keep the rubber side down,
–John Covington
Owner: John Covington
Fabrication: Surgical-Steeds/ Steed Musclebike
Assembly: John Covington
Painter: WTF Chuck at Steeds
Illustration: Rick “The Wizard” Westcott
Engine Builder: S&S
Engine: S&S
Displacement: 124 CI
Ignition: Crane Hi-4 Single Fire
Carburetor: Mikuni HS-45
Air Cleaner: Steed Musclebike
Exhaust: Steed Musclepipe 2 Into 1
Transmission: Steed Max™ RSD 6-Speed
Gas Tank: Covington Design/ Fab By Tony Watson
Front Fender: Steed Quarterhorse
Headlight: DNA Billet
Rear Fender: Steed 10 Ga. Q-horse Floater
Taillight: Steed LED Blinder™
Frame: Steed Monoglide®
Swingarm: Steed Spade
Rake: 38 Degrees
Front End: Steed Behemoth™ Inverted
Oil Tank: Under Transmission
Seat: Steed Danny Gray
Mirrors: Digital Heads-up Display
Controls (foot): Steed-UMI
Controls (hand): Ergo-Chrome
Speedometer: Digital In Mirrors
Handlebar: Steed Behemoth Bars™
Front Wheel: Steed Billet 18×3.5
Rear Wheel: Steed Billet 18×10.5
Front Brake: Wilwood 4 piston Billet
Rear Brake: Wilwood 4 piston Billet
Front Tire: Avon Super Venom 130×18
Rear Tire: Avon Super Venom 300×18
