Harley V-Rod Racing Sidecar
I didn’t realise this machine was a Harley when I first spotted it. It’s the extraordinary creation of Hog Wild Racing, regular…
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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.
Zero Engineering Bullet Train
Zero is one of the most iconic names in custom motorcycles. The founders of the ‘Samurai Chopper’ movement opened shop in Okazaki…
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Harley XR1200 ‘Jewel Racer’
If you’ve got a stock Harley XR1200 and you want to give it the look of the classic late-seventies XLCR, this French-made…
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Krugger’s ‘Overmile’ Harley-Davidson XR-750 tribute
Celebrated Belgian bike builder Fred Krugger has taken the wraps off his latest custom. ‘Overmile’ is a tribute to Krugger’s favorite motorcycle,…
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Rob Jensen’s Harley-Davidson Sportster “XLHR 1200”
Milwaukee reader Rob Jensen has sent in details of his daily driver, a just-completed Harley custom. It’s based on a 1990 XLH…
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Cay Brøndum’s 1949 Harley-Davidson Bobber
This Panhead bobber took artist Cay Brøndum over 200 hours to build. He started with a bare frame and then collected parts…
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1947 Flathead: the Jamesville Harley 1200 ‘U’
James Roper-Caldbeck is an Englishman who rebuilds old Harleys in Denmark. This bike is a 1947 Flathead, and over 62 years it…
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Tramp Cycle
Here’s a classy Japanese custom shop, sitting just beneath the Western radar: Tramp Cycle. It’s an Osaka-based outfit specializing in custom Harley-Davidson…
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Krugger Half Day
We must be due for a new release soon from acclaimed custom builder Krugger Motorcycles of Belgium. The workshop is a ten-minute…
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Legendary: the Harley-Davidson XR750 racer
The coolest Harley of all time was unfortunately a track machine, but what a track machine it was. The XR750 is best…
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Cagiva Elefant
The Romanian website motoflash has posted speculative images of a new Cagiva Elefant. Cagiva is now owned by Harley-Davidson, and Milwaukee has…
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Storz SP 1200 Sportster
Storz Performance introduced its XR 1200 dirt track kit for the Harley-Davidson Sportster way back in 2005. Earlier this year, Harley acquired…
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