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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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.
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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Dutch Master: Pancake’s simple, sublime Sportster XLS
Harley-Davidson’s new Softail range has set the interwebs alight, which has us thinking: isn’t it about time the Sportster got refreshed too?…
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Review: The 2018 Harley-Davidson Softails
When Harley-Davidson announced its new Softail range, Dyna fans wept and shook their fists. Their beloved twin-shock platform was gone, with existing…
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Period Incorrect: A Harley Sportster XLCH beach racer
One of the greatest spectacles in motorcycling is The Race Of Gentlemen, held every summer on the Jersey shore. It’s a recreation…
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Kuzuri: A Harley XL1200 Sportster custom from Thrive
If there’s a rising force in the modern custom world, it’s Indonesia. It’s no longer surprising to see a world-class middleweight café…
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Gone In 60 Seconds: NCT’s Harley Dyna ‘Eleanor’
When Harley announced the death of the Dyna exactly one month ago, there were howls of anguish. But we’re hoping that folks…
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