Entries in Sportster (2)

Thursday
Sep202012

Evolution's '72 Harley Ironhead Sporty - “No. 22”

Ever get the feeling you've forgotten something? That horrible, smouldering worry that you've left something behind or forgotten to do something. I've had one for the past few weeks, and it's been driving me crazy. I've been checking ovens, keys, wallets, and door locks like a mad man - all to no avail. Then, just when I'd almost given up hope of ever finding what it was I was missing, Paul McKinnon from Pipeburn's local favourites Evolution Motorsports wheeled the bike you see before you into our basement garage for a photoshoot. Suddenly it hit me - I knew what I'd been missing all this time. Good ol' fashion, hairy-balls-to-the-wall, down and dirty, blowing angry blue flames out of a red-hot exhaust cubic goddamn inches. It's been light years since we featured some decent capacity, and I'm here to tell you that this oversight has now been corrected like a nuclear weapon corrects fine bone china with exactly one thousand cc's of Milwaukee's finest two-wheeled tractor goodness.

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Thursday
Dec232010

2010 Harley Iron 883 Sportster Custom

Ever asked someone about Harleys? I have and I've decided that there's really only three responses that matter. Firstly, and most obviously, you'll get a flat out "don't like 'em". Fair enough. Then there's the response that a Johnny-come-lately hipster like my good self will give; a long rambling monologue about nothing in particular that you'll be lucky to stay awake through. Put simply, I like a select few. Then there's the response that the owner of this bike gave me. No words, he just rolled up his sleeve and showed me an old Harley tattoo. Enough said, I reckon...

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