JASON BRITTON'S SINISTER ZX-14 BY NICK ANGLADA ORIGINALS
Jason Britton wanted a sinister performance custom that he could beat the life out of. He chose the super-fast ZX14 as the
strong base, and then teamed up with one of the USA's top custom bike builders to get the job done the way he wanted. The
final work is a dark and destroying bad-ass set of wheels that can impressively and definitely take a beating while taking
the stretched wide tire customs to a new performance level.
2Wheel Tuner: Tell readers how this all came about.
JASON: I'd ridden plenty of custom bikes and spoken to plenty of builders over the years. I had wanted a ZX14 for a while because
of its sheer straight-line power and its handling capabilities. Once I got hold of one, I thought, what better builder than
Nick Anglada? So I chatted with Nick and he said 'You can't ride around with that thing stock.' I agreed, so it went from
there.
2WT: What was the vision behind the ZX14 built for Jason Britton?
NICK: We tried different approaches, to get what Jason did and didn't like. Jason wanted a bike with no bling, no chrome. He didn't
want bright colors – he wanted something more stealth – but it also had to have some design to it, not just an all-black bike.
A lot of emphasis was put into the performance aspect of it. Oh, and all of Jason's bikes have a star on them, as he is a
huge fan of Captain America. So we incorporated the star into the top of the gas tank.
2WT: What were you trying to accomplish with your ZX14 custom?
JASON: I wanted a bad-ass sinister-looking bike that you could just take out and beat the life out of and have it hold up.
2WT: Who came up with the design?
NICK: We came up with the rendering after discussing it with Jason. We finally met up at SEMA last year and I showed him the design
on my phone. We discussed colors, and he agreed on it, so it was a go from that point. Jason wanted it to be tamer and less
crazy, hence the reason the paint job is played down so much.
JASON: Yeah, Nick's crew came up with the rendering for me and wanted to get an OK from me with the look of the bike. Of course
when I saw it on paper, I thought the bike look pretty incredible. Once we'd discussed colors, it quickly progressed from
there.
