Street to Dirt: Analog’s Harley-Davidson Street 750
Love it or hate it, the Harley-Davidson Street 750 is gaining traction. But its popularity is highest outside of the US, where…
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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.
Hollywood Harley: A Sportster 883 Dirt Tracker
The list of manufacturers putting out scramblers seems to grow daily. But the memo hasn’t reached Milwaukee: Harley-Davidson have yet to jump…
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Make it pop: GS Mashin’s Harley Fat Boy
A world-famous custom builder recently told us: “I never want my Harleys to look like Harleys.” We wonder if Tom Mosimann had…
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The Spirit of ’71: Hageman’s Sportster xl1200c scrambler
Greg Hageman’s known as the guy that convinced us that Yamaha Viragos can look good. But we’ve never seen a Harley-Davidson custom…
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Extra Lean: Rough Crafts’ Harley XR 1200
Our favorite customs usually leave us scratching our heads: do we want to stare at them all day, or ride the pants…
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Miss Universe: A Harley 48 from Speed & Custom
We don’t see many Sportsters with a racy slant. But this new machine from Speed & Custom shows what is possible. And…
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Battle Of The Kings: Report From Wheels & Waves
Europe’s top custom festival has attracted strong interest from the mainstream manufacturers this year, with Harley-Davidson choosing the Biarritz venue to showcase…
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Mack: A Sportster XL1200 cafe racer from DP Customs
There’s no shortage of builders putting the ‘sport’ back into the Sportster. But if you live in the American Southwest, there’s only…
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Pixel Perfect: Rough Crafts’ Harley Forty-Eight
You don’t often see the words ‘Harley-Davidson’ and ‘streetfighter’ in the same sentence. But if anyone can make a happy marriage of…
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Old Iron: A vintage-style Harley Sportster custom
Most custom bikes are easy to label: scrambler, café racer, streetfighter and so on. Others are impossible to categorize, but immediately grab…
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Harley Street 750: Battle Of The Kings
Harley-Davidson took a punt when it launched its Street models last year—and it’s paid off. The Street 750 and 500 are doing…
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Blondezilla: MotoLady’s Sportster Scrambler
We love scramblers for their effortlessly cool vibe. But they don’t just look good: they’re invariably more usable and practical than most…
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