Street Cred: Suicide Machine’s stripped-down Street 750
There are some builders who seem to have the Midas touch: everything they create turns to gold. Aaron and Shaun Guardado are…
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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.
Raging Dagger: Rough Crafts hot rods the Harley 48
When it comes to high-end Sportster customs, the weapon of choice for most builders is the Forty-Eight. Winston Yeh of Rough Crafts…
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Heart Of Glass: Jared Smith’s sweet 1966 XLCH Sportster
Jared Smith has a pretty diverse skill set. He has one foot in the digital world as a user experience and software…
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Mama Tried and Flat Out Friday: a motorcycle jambalaya
It’s almost time for Milwaukeeans to throw the covers off their bikes and gear up for riding season…almost. Luckily, last weekend’s Mama…
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Building a Sportster Iron 1200 with five total strangers
Harley-Davidson has just launched two new Sportsters: the Iron 1200 and the Forty-Eight Special. Both have throwback styling and graphics to commemorate…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 25 February, 2018
A sharp-looking tracker-style Harley Street Rod, a production-ready eCub from Shanghai Customs, a peek at the new Curtiss Warhawk, and the stunning…
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Power Trip: XTR Pepo tackles the Harley Sportster
There aren’t many builders with a strike rate like Pepo Rosell. Since the early days of his Radical Ducati shop, he’s been…
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One Way Machine’s lightly scrambled Sportster
Julian von Oheimb is one of our favorite custom Harley builders. There’s a low-key elegance about his work at One Way Machine,…
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Street Smarts: A Harley-Davidson Street 750 makeover
Everyone has an opinion on the Harley-Davidson Street 750, but that hasn’t stopped it from being a big seller for the American…
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50 Not Out: Sato Marine Cycle’s 1968 Harley Shovelhead
We have an ongoing fascination with the Japanese custom scene. But it’s not only the skills and design chops that keep us…
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This vintage ‘1957 Sportster’ is actually a brand new bike
Last year, the Harley-Davidson Sportster turned 60. It’s an extraordinary milestone, with only the Royal Enfield Bullet having a longer unbroken model…
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Turning Granddad’s Harley into a Champion Flat Tracker
Some people find it hard to hold onto a bike for more than a couple of years. It doesn’t take long before…
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