You already know that the new guys in charge down at the Saxon manufacture in Casa Grande are not kidding around when it comes to moving ahead beyond the speed limit. While some were representing and showing off the goods at Bikefest in Las Vegas last weekend, others put the final touches on a Warlord bound for Europe. As if the domestic market here in the USA is not a ton of work already, they got that done, too.

As we told you in last Thursday's news, we barely made it to Saxon the day before the Warlord was crated up and sent on its journey across the big pond, to a customer who will probably see his bike on BIKERNET. COM before even having a chance to get it out of the box. While we rushed the first shot into the news, we thought we bring you another, more detailed look of this bike with its crazy and unique paint. The idea to the theme came from the customer in form of a rather small and blurry photograph by e-mail, the rest is history.

This Warlord is built to the specifications they call 'stage six' at Saxon. Well, not quite, which puts it at a 'stage five-and-a-half' - meaning almost, but not quite all the bells and whistles that are possible.

Now, before you start picking this bike apart and tell your friends what all you would change, do differently, or leave off: The sweet thing about a semi custom is that you start out with a base model and its all your taste and input from there. This one has been built for a customer who wanted it just like that. So, if you chose a different path for your own ride, the guys at Saxon can probably do that, too. It'll still be a Warlord, should you chose the same base model, it will just be looking a whole lot different.

And for all you superstitious characters out there it may be pointed out that this bike does not strictly count as a green motorcycle. It is a black motorcycle with a green airbrush paint. So forget all the talk about green motorcycle being bad luck and move on.

- - CS Berg