MAX Hazan has a house style that transcends his trademark metal-finished bodywork, elegant simple frames and always innovative engineering. He is first and foremost an artist, which is reflected in everything from his choice of donor engines and methods of operation to the astonishing finished results.
“I start with a motor I find aesthetically pleasing, put it on the table and build the rest around it,” he says. In the past, these have been vintage air-cooled engines, including a few English singles and Harley’s popular Ironhead (Highboy Sportster, Retrobike #20). This time, however, Max was inspired by the early powered bicycles from the dawn of motorcycling, bikes that were simple, light and relatively fast. “The KTM RFS (racing four-stroke) engine was perfect,” Max told Bike Exif when the new build…