Le Mans Homage: DP Custom’s Ironhead ‘Gulf Bobber’
A couple of months ago, DP Customs’ 1979 Harley café racer was a king hit with Bike EXIF readers. So here’s the…
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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.
1950 Harley Panhead by Matt Machine
Last month, I had the privilege of meeting one of Australia’s most renowned custom bike builders, Matt from Machine. This Harley Panhead…
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H&R Erbacher The One
As regular readers will know, I’m not a fan of show bikes. But every now and then you get one that’s so…
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Hide Night Sky Bobber shovelhead
For the past few days, the center of the custom universe has been in Japan, at the the Mooneyes Yokohama Hot Rod…
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Wonder Customs Rev-2 V-Rod
Jason Wonder will build you a bike only if you promise you’re really going to ride it. And owner Ricky Powell enjoys…
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Raw Patina: DP Custom’s 1979 Harley Ironhead Cafe Racer
Arizona-based DP Custom Cycles specializes in Ironheads and Evos, usually turning them into “kick ass bobbers”. So this ’79 Harley is a…
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1941 Harley Knucklehead
Jesse James gets a lot of flak these days. It never seems to be about the bikes any more, which is a…
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Harley-Davidson WL flathead by Dark Star Kustoms
Philip Van Geest runs Dark Star Kustoms in The Hague, Holland, and he’s making a name for himself with his fabricating skill…
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Cro Customs BS1: A tracker-style Sportster
Conrad Leach is one of the very few motorcycle artists worth following. So when I read that he was involved in the…
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Iron Guerrilla: Rough Crafts’ Harley-Davidson Sportster
Of all the Asian countries, Japan has the highest profile in the custom scene, and has even exported the whole genre of…
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1915 Harley-Davidson
You can do motorcycle touring the easy way, or the hard way. The easy way is to ride a modern, cushy dual-sport…
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1951 Harley Panhead
Milwaukee’s current offerings rarely get my motor running, but I find it hard to resist a good Panhead. And this one is…
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