Close-up of the world's most expensive gold-plated and diamond-plated Harley Davidson
Many details on this car are gold plated. Even each screw on the Bucherer Blue Edition is meticulously gold plated. In addition, this customized model is also decorated with more than 360 diamonds.
Last year, at an auction held by Bonhams in Las Vegas, USA, a vintage Vincent Black Lightning motorcycle became the most expensive motorcycle in the world when it sold for $929,000. However, this record has now been broken by the Bucherer Blue Edition - a Harley-Davidson Softail Slim S customized by Swiss workshop Bundnerbike, ordered by jeweler Bucherer.
In fact, only the engine structure of this modified model remains from the original car. Every other detail, including the frame and wheels, has been completely re-tuned, giving the Bucherer Blue Edition a very cool and unique look.
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The most impressive highlight when first looking at the Bucherer Blue Edition is the unique iridium blue paint (white with a slight yellowish tint - according to the description on Wikipedia) of the bike. To create this special color effect, Bundnerbike had to silver-plate the frame and details, then paint 6 layers of color using secret methods.
Before being painted, the frame was also sanded smooth with every weld to make the Bucherer Blue Edition look as perfect as possible. However, what makes this custom bike so expensive is the use of rare materials.
Accordingly, many details on the car have been gold-plated to contrast with the blue color of the body such as the headlight reflector, exhaust system, brake/clutch levers, front fork system... Even each screw on the Bucherer Blue Edition is meticulously gold-plated.
Not stopping there, this custom car is also decorated with more than 360 diamonds. Among them, diamond rings from Bucherer's Fine Jewelry collection are used to decorate the handlebars and handlebars of the car.
Another unique feature of the Bucherer Blue Edition is that it has two safes to store precious jewelry, placed symmetrically on the fuel tank, behind a bulletproof glass panel. In the left box is a Heaven ring with a 5.40 karat diamond, and the other box contains a watch with a Patravi Traveltec II movement.
Both of these compartments are also decorated with exquisite diamond-studded gold rings. This bike costs 1.79 million USD and is considered the most expensive motorcycle in the world.
