Hooligan-Inspired Harley from South Africa’s Stoos Customs… Across the industry, we talk about custom motorcycle builds, but the truth is, some projects involve a lot more building than others. On the near end of the […]
Tag: Harley Sportster
On The Mark: Harley Sportster 1200S Scrambler
MX-inspired Sportster scrambler from Purpose Built Moto… Last week, we featured the Sportster 1200 Adventure Scrambler from Australia’s Purpose Built Moto, built for workshop owner Tom Gilroy to ride across Tasmania for the film Wide […]
Tasmanian Tractor: Sportster Adventure Scrambler
From Purpose Built Moto: The Ultimate Adventure Sportster Scrambler… Back in 2019-2020, Tom Gilroy of Australia’s Purpose Built Moto faced the challenge of building a custom scrambler capable of handling one very strenuous cross-country test […]
Bultracker 57: 1200 Sportster Scrambler
Francisco Alí Manén of Lord Drake Kustoms is one of those builders who’s successfully made the transition from the heavy chrome choppers so popular in the early 2000s to a much more diverse and eclectic […]
Harley vs The Desert: Sportsters at the Mint 400!
BikeBound sponsors Good Times Racing Family’s Mint 400 “Bajarley”… This weekend is the 55th running of the Mint 400, the “oldest and most prestigious off-road race in America,” held each March in the treacherous foothills […]
Ready for Liftoff: 1450cc Harley-Davidson Hillclimber
Josh Mueller’s 120-hp Sportster hillclimber… On the Founders Terrace of the Harley-Davidson Museum stands The Hill Climber, a 16-foot-tall welded bronze monument to the “slant artists” of the early American hillclimbing era. One of the […]
The Night Scrambler: Nightster 1200 Scrambler
The Scrambler We Wish Harley Had Built… Introduced back in 2007, the Sportster XL1200N Nightster was a blacked-out, lowered version of the regular Sportster — something of a “factory custom.” Though it was mainly an […]
A Sporting Sportster: Harley XL1200S Street Tracker
Italy’s Rock Hard Custom builds a street-tracking Sporty… In 1996, Harley-Davidson introduced a new member to the long-running Sportster lineup, the XL1200S Sport. The Sportster Sport had the same stump-pulling Evo V-twin as the regular […]
883 Sportster “Bultracker”
Spain’s LDK builds a V-twin tribute to a Spanish marque… Two of history’s most famous Spanish motorcycle marques are Bultaco and Montesa. In 1944, Pere Permanyer and Francesc Xavier “Paco” Bultó formed Montesa, achieving success […]
Little Martha: ’88 Allman Brothers Tribute Chopper
Eat a Peach: Caleb Swiney’s tribute to a Southern rock legend… Founded in 1969 and based out of Macon, Georgia, the Allman Brothers Band have been called the godfathers of Southern rock, famous for their […]