How to build a Harley Sportster street tracker, the Mule way
Like most skilled craftsmen, Richard ‘Mule’ Pollock can turn his hand to myriad custom motorcycle build styles. But there’s one particular type…
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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.
Off-the-Shelf Attitude: Rough Crafts Custom Parts for your Harley
Your bike is as much an extension of your body on the open road as it is your personality when parked at…
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Sport Edition: JvB-moto’s radical 1988 Harley FXR
Cries of heartbreak echoed across the internet when Harley-Davidson discontinued the revered Dyna. But it’s easy to forget that the Dyna’s inception…
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Xtra Rowdy: STG Tracker’s custom Harley XR1200
Released in 2008, the Harley-Davidson XR1200 should have been a big hit for The Motor Co.; an athletic Sportster fashioned after the…
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Keep ’em Coming: Another white-hot Hooligan Sportster by Mule
Even though the Harley-Davidson Evolution Sportster is no longer in production, it’s eons away from going extinct. There are plenty of second-hand…
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The Mojavian: A Harley-Davidson Baja 100 scrambler from Texas
“Who wouldn’t want to build a two-stroke Italian Harley?” asks Chris Tope, almost irreverently. “It’s the original Harley-Davidson Pan America!” As the…
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Powerbrick trims down the Harley Pan America for urban adventures
Big-bore adventure bikes like the Harley Pan America have to tick a lot of boxes, which is why they end up looking…
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Bullseye: Another pixel-perfect Sportster street tracker by Mule
Richard Pollock has an enviable problem; an order book that’s bursting at the seams. The ink has hardly dried on the story…
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Project7: A low-riding 1994 Sportster café racer from Indonesia
Kevan Cahyadi is the type of guy who has fully embraced the eclectic nature of Indonesia’s custom motorcycle scene. His shop, Solace…
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Mad Science: A Harley Sportster Grand Prix racer by a nuclear chemist
As a nuclear chemist with clients spanning multiple industries, Corban Gallagher’s day job calls for ingenuity and precision in equal measure. So…
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Speed Read: A custom Harley-Davidson Pan America and more
If you’re still sad about Harley never bringing the Bronx streetfighter to market, California’s Whiplash Speed Company has a custom Harley-Davidson Pan…
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Fun in the Sun: The 2024 Oarai Sun Beach Sand Flat’s race, shot on film
Marc Holstein might be German, but he’s a massive fan of Japanese culture—and an even bigger fan of Japan’s spellbinding motorcycle scene.…
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