Harley-Davidson Ghost Drenched in Silver and Chrome Looks Almost See-Through

If you look at this heavily modified 2003 Harley-Davidson V-Rod just the right way, and from the correct distance and angle, it almost looks like it wears a sort of see-through bodywork. Either that, or it appears to be covered in Tony Stark-designed retroreflective panels.

These visual illusions are owed to the huge amount of silver and chrome used to cover the entirety of the bike’s bodywork and many other of its component parts. It’s something I must admit I’ve never seen before in the years I’ve been writing about custom Harley motorcycles.

Sure, if you think about it, the factory-spec 2003 V-Rod was a sort of altar dedicated to shiny chrome, but this thing sitting before us now really exaggerates that to the extreme. And guess what? Somewhat surprisingly, it works.

The custom bike was officially christened Ghost and is an older project of Polish garage Nine Hills. It was designed not for a client, specifically, but as a means to celebrate the 15 years the V-Rod muscle bike family, notorious, among other things, for boasting a Porsche-engineered engine, has been on the market.

The anniversary custom job retains its original frame and the aforementioned stock engine, capable of developing 120 hp - really, there was no reason to tamper with those – but almost everything else on it has been modified in one form or another.

Starting from the ground up, we see the native, solid wheels of this VRSCA replaced by custom, Rick's Motorcycles 3-bolt ones that, when looked at from afar, seem to be only rims and not much else. They are tied to an aftermarket air suspension system sourced from Arnott Industries, and custom 6-piston brake calipers made by Performance Machine are on deck to supply stopping power.

Performance Machine also supplied many of the handlebar components, while the foot controls are made by Rebuffini. The final and perhaps most mechanically oriented change made to the V-Rod is the fitting of a KessTech exhaust system whose presence has undisclosed effects on engine performance.

The reengineered bodywork of the motorcycle, or at least the parts of it that are not covered in chrome, was subjected to an airbrush paint job that used silver flake to make the entire thing look almost translucent. As was to be expected, various graphic designs, ranging from the custom garage's name to a silhouette of what appears to be a cowboy firing a rifle, have been strategically placed all over the shiny skin.

Nine Hills does not say how much the Harley-Davidson Ghost cost to make, but I really don’t expect it to have been cheap. Even if the base motorcycle, the 2003 VRSCA, can now be had for almost a bargain, well under $10,000, if one knows where to look.