Review: Harley-Davidson’s electric LiveWire
Right now, it’s hard to judge Harley-Davidson’s tactics without framing them against the stiff challenges the company is facing. If it’s not…
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Harley-Davidson is an icon of American culture and the most popular marque for custom builders. Shortly after the company was founded in 1903 in Milwaukee, customizers started bobbing, chopping and dirt tracking the famous V-twins.
After WW2 Harley motorcycles were at the center of the bobber craze, and kept their lead as Californian bikers turned to choppers in the late 1950s. The 45-degree engines have their own nicknames and folklore: from flatheads, knuckleheads, panheads and shovelheads to today’s Evolution and Milwaukee-Eight motors.
The Sportster is the basis for more Harley-Davidson customs than any other model. Originally fitted with an ‘Ironhead’ motor, it turned 60 years old in 2017. It’s probably the single most customized motorcycle on the planet, and certainly has the largest supply of aftermarket parts.
Custom Bikes Of The Week: 23 June, 2019
We’ve got a Harley-heavy selection this week, with a cafe racer from Italy, a scrambler from Japan and a tracker from the…
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Perfect Storm: A custom Buell S1 Lightning from CW Zon
Custom Works Zon have a stellar reputation in their home country of Japan, but are only just becoming known outside. Six months…
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Tarmac Raven: A Street Bob custom from Rough Crafts
Two years ago, Harley-Davidson flew Winston Yeh to Barcelona to test ride the new Milwaukee-Eight big twins. And like most riders at…
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Bodacious: An 80s style Iron 1200 from Prism Supply Co.
Despite being steeped in the custom scene, Harley-Davidson doesn’t often donate bikes to custom builders. So this Sportster Iron 1200 from Prism…
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Mighty Guerrilla: A Harley Fat Bob from Rough Crafts
It’s been almost nine years since we featured the Rough Crafts ‘Iron Guerrilla‘—a murdered-out Harley-Davidson Sportster that flung Taiwanese customizer Winston Yeh…
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Noise Cycle’s rad Street Rod 750 tracker gets a revamp
In the world of professional motorcycle racing, development is a constant grind. Hooligan flat track racing is the same. But here, the…
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Bardahl Special: A ’48 Harley bobber from Switzerland
Where is the line between meticulous and just plain nuts? Because we’re sure Albert ‘Ash’ Aeschlimann crossed it at some point during…
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Fighting Talk: Harley design boss Brad Richards
Harley-Davidson is under a microscope right now: its every move is dissected, examined and critiqued. And there have been plenty of moves…
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The Best of the 2019 Mama Tried Motorcycle Show
There are only four or five months of good riding weather in the American Midwest. The rest of the time, motorcyclists keep…
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Building a Street Bob custom using Harley’s rulebook
More Harley-Davidsons go under the grinder than any other make of bike. But surprisingly, The Motor Co. seldom commissions customs from big-name…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 3 February, 2019
Deus cracks the style code for a Sportster cafe racer. Plus a custom Ducati Paul Smart owned by the principal of a…
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