You don't get more custom than this- GC Hellion

In February I posted Gregg Desjardins' GC1000 which made quite a buzz in the motorcycle industry. The only problem was people were calling it an Honda RC-51 custom. It's not like you call a Buell a Harley or a West Coast Chopper an SS.

Enter the Helion. It has a Yamaha V-Star Warrior engine yet almost everything else is hand built by Gregg. Gregg's goal is form and function and it shows.

FRONT END
Handmade chromoly frame and sub frame, Marzocchi 50mm forks, Performance Machine radial calipers, 320mm full-floating front rotors with custom-made wheel-matching billet carriers, PVM billet radial brake and clutch master cylinders, Gregg's Customs "Skyway" wheel.
REAR END
Handmade Chromoly swing arm, Penske Racing shock with titanium spring, Performance Machine caliper, custom full-floating counter shaft-mounted rotor, Honda CR450F master cylinder, Gregg's Customs 250mm "Skyway" wheel.
MOTOR
Yamaha Road Star Warrior Engine, Power Commander, custom made velocity stack air filters, custom exhaust, custom relocated oil tank, hydraulic clutch conversion
PAINT
Craig Fraser and Air Syndicate
BODYWORK
Gregg's Customs .062" aluminum fuel tank and tail section, Harley V-Rod front headlight with handmade titanium brackets
ACCESSORIES
Grip Ace grips, Corbin seats, Gregg's Customs engine covers, triple clamps, risers, bar ends, tailight lens
BUILDER
Gregg Desjardins at Gregg's Customs

Gregg DesJardins GC1000

Gregg's Customs owner Gregg DesJardins may be a newbie to most readers but we can assure you that he won't remain so for long. After years of honing his skills making aftermarket parts for various sportbike applications, DesJardins needed a place to hang them, something to show-off what GC was capable of. The result was this fabulous RC51-powered, custom-framed bike he calls the GC-1000.

As detailed in the March issue, the GC shows a new direction for customs builders. DesJardins has basically applied a chopper build ethic to sportbikes. While most custom sportbikes used to fall in to the paint-n-pipe category, we're now seeing the kind of attention previously lavished on choppers. The GC bike takes it step farther, with frame, swingarm, tank and tailsection—heck, even the taillight!—all hand-fabbed by the builder.

From the story: “The tank you see here, believe it or not, was his first attempt. After seeing it in person we almost didn't believe him, swearing up-and-down that he'd made a hundred before it. It's that good.”

We can't wait to see what he does next.

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