Sportster 883 Archives

Slam Dunk: A lowered Sportster 883 from Hombrese

Quite a few bikes have quirks that can trap the unwary builder. The strange frame curvature on the Honda CX500 is one…

Anyone who runs a modded Harley will know Biltwell Inc. The Californian company is a big player in the upgrade market, and…

There aren’t many builders with a strike rate like Pepo Rosell. Since the early days of his Radical Ducati shop, he’s been…

The mighty Harley-Davidson Sportster turns a whopping 60 this year. Since 1957 it’s been modified in every imaginable way—long before the ‘custom…

The core of the traditional custom scene has always been Harley-Davidson: their bikes have been bobbed, chopped and tracked for decades. But…

It feels like we haven’t heard from the Wrenchmonkees for a while. And we’ve just found out why: the original alt-moto superstar…

The list of manufacturers putting out scramblers seems to grow daily. But the memo hasn’t reached Milwaukee: Harley-Davidson have yet to jump…

It looks like 2015 is going to be the Year Of The Scrambler. It’s fast becoming the dominant genre on the new…

Revival Cycles are known mostly for their show-stopping Moto Guzzi customs. So it should feel strange to see a Harley roll out…

Like Gulf Oil, Martini is a brand inextricably associated with speed. The blue and red stripes are one of the most distinctive…

‘Theme’ bikes have a bad rep these days, and rightly so. Most are little more than a train smash of disparate elements…