She's called Metallic-ah, and she's got more curves than a copper hot-water cylinder.
And the roaring beauty won nearly every award going at the New Zealand Jokers Social Club Show and Shine Motorcycle Show in Ashburton recently.
Five years ago, the bike was nothing more than a few images arcing across Dave Matika's creative brain.
But since ordering the first few pieces of pipe, the ABFX and Auto Panelbeaters owner and designer has spent every spare moment building the bike, to bring his vision to life.
The heart of the motorcycle is a Harley-Davidson 1340 Evolution engine.
Everything else is purely from Dave's head.
''I didn't want to follow what everyone else was making. I wanted to do something really different.
''Most bikes are made with straight lines. I wanted to use curved lines, which is definitely the hard way to do it.
''It's a show of skills. But it makes it quite special to look at.''
Unlike most other motorcycles, Metallic-ah does not have a stand to keep it upright.
Instead, it has air cylinders in the front forks which allows the bike to be lowered down on to its frame.
''And when you want to drive off, you just pump it up, and away you go. It's great for normal people with short legs,'' he said.
It's not hard to see why the bike was named after his favourite metal band, Metallica. The paint job says it all.
''The copper colour makes it look raw, like it's made of pure metal. I was trying to make it look not painted.''
Dave has no idea what the bike cost to build.
His only measurement of its value was: ''It cost me some parts and a lot of time''.
Yet the rewards have been great.
The bike won best custom, best chopper, best engineered, people's choice, and bike of the show awards at the recent motorcycle show.
