Harley Panhead custom
James Roper-Caldbeck builds some of the cleanest vintage Harleys in the business. Working from a small workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark, he focuses…
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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.
Sportster Forty-Eight custom: The Bomb Runner
One of the most popular Harley customs on Bike EXIF came out of left field in 2010: the Rough Crafts “Iron Guerilla”…
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‘The American’ by Deus Motorcycles
Deus Motorcycles has opened shop in L.A., on the corner of Lincoln and Venice Boulevards. And this is the first full-blown custom…
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Shaw Speed & Custom’s Harley 1200 Sportster
What sort of custom bike can you get for $10,000 to $15,000? I get a lot of emails asking that question. They’re…
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Mule “Stealth” Street-Tracker
By David Edwards—Here’s the latest street-tracker from Richard Pollock at Mule Motorcycles, a 1200 Harley nicknamed “Stealth” due to its black and…
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Icon Roach: a custom 1986 Harley Sportster
Icon Motosports has always been a brand apart—mixing street style with high performance, and customizing bikes to match. The Roach is the…
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Siksika: Cro Customs’ 1956 Harley Panhead
Caleb Owens of Cro Customs is known for building “functional” motorcycles, designed to be ridden long and hard. But a couple of…
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Harley cafe racer: the Harleyton 45
By David Edwards — All you need to know about Nick Roskelley’s budget-built café-racer can be found hanging below the right side…
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Harley Sportster by Deus
The Australian custom motorcycle builder Deus is best known for its SR and W650 customs, but its occasional forays into Harley-Davidson territory…
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Walt Siegl’s Harley FLH Shovelhead
Most custom motorcycles fit within a particular genre. And that genre will have its own conventions, as well as its fans and…
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Kraus Motor Co. “Achuma” Shovelhead
Named after a South American cactus known for its hallucinogenic properties, “Achuma” is part old Harley and part motocrosser, a Shovelhead-powered streetfighter…
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DP Custom’s wild “American Graffiti” Ironhead
Motor racing has traditionally been the biggest influence on DP Custom bikes: their previous builds have sported the colors of Formula 1…
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