Tag - Harley Davidson

NOSTALGIA GRAB: Harley-Davidson FXR ‘Yamahaha’

Written by Tim Huber. It’s hard not to look back at your first motorcycle with a distinct admiration and nostalgia, no matter how beat-up or prone-to-error it may have been. Much like your first love, there’s something highly-sentimental about sharing a...

VINTAGE VIBES: 2002 Harley-Davidson Sportster ‘Taranis’

It's not hard to imagine going to the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show in Austin and coming away inspired to build a custom bike of your own. But while most would be drawn to the endless number of incredible bikes crafted by the world's best builders, it was inside...

OLD SCHOOL COOL: Custom Works ZON Knucklehead Chopper

The last time we visited the rural village of Hino in the Shiga Prefecture of Japan we brought to you Custom Works ZON's incredible American V-Twin mud muncher that's been ripping it up in the Suzuka Mountain Range. At the time we teased that while Yuichi San...

SHOVELHEAD SCRAMBLER by Sato Marine Cycle

In a world filled with celebrities with no discernible talent and the scourge that is the social media influencer, there comes our favourite antidote. The incredible craftspeople and visionaries that from their humble locales ply their trade without ever...

OVRLANDR. Harley-Davidson Sportster by Combustion Industries.

Written by Ian Lee. As time goes on, the number of niche custom motorcycle categories increases. Flat tracker, becomes a street tracker, with a touch of café racer, and so on ad infinitum. One area that encapsulates a few areas, while maintaining its own...

WORLD FIRST: Supercharged Harley-Davidson Street 750

As the dust settles on 4th of July celebrations in America, we thought this Evel Knievel tribute Harley-Davidson Street 750 by Number 8 Wire Motorcycles would be the perfect hangover cure. Almost a year ago to the day, thousands watched around the world as...

SLIM BOB. Colt Wrangler’s Harley-Davidson Fat Bob

The Colt Wrangler from New Braunfels, Texas, has become well known for building clean and classy looking smaller café racers and electric bikes. So when a customer contacted him a few years ago about customising his Harley-Davidson Dyna Fat Bob, Colt got a...

HOT ROD HARLEY by MLR Custom Coachbuilder

The old saying 'Think globally, act locally' often has us in the custom motorcycle scene looking around the globe for inspiration for our own bikes. But this week I've learnt about a builder much closer to home, another bike nut who calls rural Australia...

SIDEWAYS SPORTY – 2017 Harley-Davidson Sportster by MC Parts

The Harley-Davidson XR750 is probably the most beautiful bike Harley has ever made. Which is ironic, because it was designed to get dirty, and getting sideways is what it did so well in AMA flat track races –actually it went on to become the most successful...

COOL CHANGE. Benjie’s Classic Harley Softail Bobber

As many shops now ponder their 142nd cafe racer build, the trends that prevailed in the 70s, 80s and 90s are now being seen with new, more forgiving eyes. In that spirit, New Jersey's BCR Designs set themselves a challenge; go back to the future with a...