Jens vom Brauck has a knack for constructing {custom} bikes that simply look proper. His signature aesthetic is fashionable and unfussy; his bikes are compact and completely proportioned. However there’s one other trait that marks Jen’s work.
The person behind JVB-moto likes to journey bikes greater than he likes to stare at them, so he spends simply as a lot time fettling their ergonomics as he does redesigning their bodywork. We’ve ridden two JVB-moto bikes up to now—and each of them not solely regarded spectacular however felt proper too. One take a look at this tradition LiveWire ONE, and it’s clear that Jens’ philosophy hasn’t modified.
This isn’t the primary JVB-moto LiveWire we’ve featured; Jens was one of many first {custom} builders to customise the Harley-designed electrical roadster. “I nonetheless assume there are a whole lot of benefits and a whole lot of disadvantages with electrical bikes,” he says. “They’re not higher or worse, simply completely different—and I like that.”
“It’s thrilling. It brings recent vitality to the biking expertise—not one thing to be afraid of, only a new taste. This bike ought to put on a warning sticker although, as a result of instantaneous torque is a harmful drug!”
Whereas this LiveWire shares just a few particulars with Jens’ earlier LiveWire, it takes a barely completely different strategy. That one was constructed as a one-off, however this one’s been designed in order that the person components could be reproduced and offered in package type. And whereas the earlier LiveWire was a solo-seated affair, this one makes provision for a passenger.
“My grown-up youngsters insisted on a second seat,” Jens explains. “The enjoyable you could have taking a passenger on the LiveWire is among the greatest issues about electrical bikes. Most individuals that journey shotgun have solely ever skilled this kind of acceleration on a rollercoaster.”
With that aim in thoughts, Jens set to work nipping and tucking the LiveWire for optimum rideability. The seat was redesigned to hint an analogous line because the inventory unit however with a 3 cm dip within the rider’s space. Your entire unit wears recent upholstery, with a far sportier design than the unique cowl.
Up entrance, a CNC-machined handlebar clamp grips new handlebars, whereas concurrently supporting the LiveWire’s OEM dashboard. Fitted with Efficiency Machine grips, the bars are decrease than earlier than with extra sweep. Along with the scooped seat, they’ve made the LiveWire each sportier and extra snug to journey.
One other considered one of Jens’ targets was to provide the LiveWire a extra futuristic look than it has out of the crate—with out, as he places it, “moving into that fancy future plastic look.” New head- and taillights went an extended method to making that occur.
Jens is understood for his chunky headlight shrouds, so it’s no shock that this tradition LiveWire wears one. Right here, he’s opted for an oblong design, packing highly effective LED internals right into a carbon fiber housing. Motogadget flip indicators flank the principle housing, with highly effective spotlights mounted decrease down for lifeless silent evening missions.
The carbon fiber taillight housing is {custom} too, and homes three vertical LEDs with Motogadget flip indicators on both aspect. The best way that the entire unit completely flows with the kicked-up tail is pure poetry, however getting all of it to suit was no stroll within the park. The LiveWire’s seat hinges on the again to entry a stowage compartment for the charger, and Jens didn’t wish to lose that performance.
Echoing the blocky vibe of the lights is a custom-made ‘tank’ cowl, fashioned out of fiberglass. The LiveWire additionally sports activities a brand new entrance fender, wheel covers, and air scoops, all constituted of carbon fiber. The license plate lives on a swingarm-mounted plate bracket, which could be adjusted to tuck the plate in tighter when you’ve handed Germany’s uber-strict TÜV inspection.
Jens is properly conscious that electrical bikes have many detractors. So he’s intentionally completed his latest {custom} LiveWire in a light-weight shade of purple to troll them.
“When no one can hear you, the streets are all yours and you may let your interior hooligan out,” he says. “Plus the mild lilac shade makes a press release once you’re doing silent burnouts.”
