In this post, I noted that bike builder Confederate Motorcycles was based in New Orleans, and was hard hit by Hurricane Katrina. I jokingly suggested that I would take up a collection from my readers and buy one of their $60,000 Hellcat bikes as act of charity.Well, as it turns out, Confederate is bouncing back pretty quickly. They've relocated to Shreveport, expect to resume production soon, and are looking to help out those less fortunate with a charitable donation of their own. And to do it, they're — yes, you guessed it — auctioning off one of their Hellcat motorcycles.
Better yet, the auction bike is a one-off custom version they're dubbing (in a bit of grim hurricane humor) the Category Five HellKat. As the Kneeslider, doing some original blog research (he spoke to a company representative), reports:
This beast will be based on the 2006 Hellcat with a lot of carbon fiber pieces, a 131 cubic inch turbocharged engine along with a number of very special visual design features to show the special nature of this bike. The HellKat will be auctioned off on eBay and the proceeds will be donated to hurricane relief.The Category Five HellKat should probably sell for well into the six figures. My previous offer still stands: Everybody flow me the cash, and I'll make a bid.
...This bike will be the one and only Category Five HellKat produced. No others will be built under any circumstances. If you have the resources to bid on a bike like this, be sure to do so, it’s for a great cause and you’ll have a spectacular and unique bike if you win.
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