Bucherer’s $1.79 Million Harley-Davidson Blue Edition Is the World’s Most Expensive Motorcycle

Swiss watch and jewelry company Bucherer presents the Harley-Davidson Blue Edition, a one-of-a-kind model made in conjunction with Bündnerbike incorporating embellishments from the esteemed watchmakers and jewelers, and noted as the most expensive motorcycle in the world.

With a value of 1.8 million Swiss Francs or approximately $1.79 million USD (Euro 1.49 Million), this Blue Edition is based on the Harley-Davidson Softail Slim S but with a complete makeover. The frame of the motorcycle is welded seamlessly, and even the rims are custom made. Notable design elements include its rotating camshaft visible through a window in the camshaft housing, along with the valve control and gold-plated throttle valves. Heat-resistant LED lights are implemented for a modern touch, and it’s also the world’s first motorcycle to have a motor that is lit up from the inside.

In addition, various parts of the motorcycle are also gold-plated to further exude its lavish flair. Furthermore, the motorcycle bears a special detail with its iridescent color. To achieve the intense blue hue, a specific technique had to be employed, as it was first silver-plated, before six color coatings were then applied using a secret coating method.

The specialists of Bündnerbike took a year to design and produce this special Harley-Davidson Blue Edition, as a team of eight employees from both companies, along with more than 2,500 working hours were invested in this project.

With the motorcycle incorporating the arts of watchmaking and jewellery making, a striking detail is the implementation of the Dizzler rotating ring from the Bucherer Fine Jewelry collection, which is mounted on the hand grips, while another pair of Dizzler diamond rings is found on the forks, followed by a larger version located in the left half of the tank.

Furthermore, another piece of jewelry can be found in a retractable safe underneath a glass dome made from armoured glass, located on the body – a six-prong Heaven solitaire ring with a 5.40-carat diamond. This is also a unique feature, as is the watch from Carl F. Bucherer at its side. This special custom-made watch, which is based on the Patravi TravelTec II model, is located in a second safe in the right half of the tank. The dial of this unique piece is adorned by elements of a motorcycle engine.

For more details on this limited edition handcrafted Harley-Davidson, check out the brief video clips below, and head on over to Bucherer’s official website.

The 13 Macau Most Expensive Hotel Ever?

Is this the world's most luxurious hotel? Inside the Baroque-inspired palace that cost £1 BILLION and comes with retractable marble floors, Rolls-Royce Phantoms for guests and a butler for every room.

At the startling cost of $7 million per room, Macau’s The 13, with its 200 baroquely crafted suites, fancies itself as the hotel for the one percent of the one percent. This ridiculous exercise in excess, which reportedly cost in excess of $1.4 billion (divide this by 200 and you get the per room cost above), was spearheaded by the infamously flamboyant Stephen Hung, the hotel czar with a taste for the highly decadent who earned his fortune from investment banking and real estate.

To provide some context here as far the price goes (because this story is frankly unbelievable), the 13 Hotel is not the most expensive hotel in Macau even. The hotly anticipated Wynn Palace Cotai cost a reported $4.1 billion but, at 1,700 rooms, the per room cost there is a mere $2.4 million. The secret sauce here is clearly exclusivity. Just a look into the premises already calls to mind visions of Brian De Palma’s Scarface, just with more gilt and less gunfights.

The Internet seems to be divided about what this Louis XIII Holdings Ltd (yes that is the name of Hung’s company and the reason for the hotel’s name) property means for humanity. Stunned disbelief is probably an adequate summary. In our opinion, Hung seems to be on a determined goal to minimize the energy expenditure of the guests as far as he possibly can. The suites are accessed by private elevator. A 24-hour butler service staffed by professionals (trained by MCM Palace Consultants in Paris and certified by the English Guild of Butlers) is available. Red Rolls-Royce Phantoms are used as VIP shuttles. You get the feeling that if Hung had enough resources, he would have hired personal palanquin bearers for every guest as well.

Every inch of the hotel seems to be embellishment: baroque inspired frescoes on the ceiling; gold-fringed drapes hanging across the room; black and white marble checkered floors; stained glass windows; neo-classical columns; crystal chandeliers. One might think that even aristocrats in the past had some sense of restraint. Likewise, in the taste department, there are six Chinese, French and Japanese restaurants & bars. The hotel even has a private invitation-only shopping space called L’Atelier – featuring exclusive bespoke products by high-end luxury brands.

“This was a labor of love,” Hung declared in a statement, “The team and I put every ounce of creativity and passion we had into this project to ensure every detail was perfect. Our guests, I believe, will find the result truly remarkable and beyond anything they have previously experienced.”

A new kind of experience indeed. Guests will definitely be feeling Hung’s efforts penetrating into every inch of their senses for days to come.

Stephen Hung (left) shakes hands with Rolls-Royce CEO Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes at the carmaker's headquarters at Goodwood, England