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Harley-Davidson Sportster Forty-Eight

Harley-Davidson Sportster Forty-Eight, Triumph Thruxton, BMW R80ST, Ducati MH900e

Speed Read, December 4, 2022

2 MONTHS AGO / NO COMMENTS / LATEST MOTORCYCLE NEWS

It’s all about café racers this week, with a Harley Sportster from Thailand, a Triumph Thruxton from Hong Kong and a BMW boxer from the UK. Plus, a stock standard Ducati MH900E with one mile on the clock is up for sale.

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Win a custom Harley Sportster in the Waves For Water giveaway

Win a custom Sportster from a dream team of builders

2 YEARS AGO / NO COMMENTS / CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES

Charity motorcycle giveaways are a dime a dozen, but this one is a cut above the rest. If you live in the US, it’s your chance to win a current model Sportster reworked by four top American builders: J Shia from Madhouse Motors, Cristian Sosa, Jay Donovan and Joe Mielke. Funds from the project are…

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The best cafe racers, streetfighters and factory customs of the week

Custom Bikes Of The Week: 27 January, 2019

4 YEARS AGO / NO COMMENTS / CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES

Harley’s global dealer custom competition launches with a fusillade of very tasty European builds. We’ve also got a Kawasaki KX450 with amazing 3D printed bodywork, a custom Ducati Panigale costing $114,000, and news of Triumph’s limited edition ‘TFC’ bikes—including a Rocket…

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Raging Dagger: A hot-rodded Harley Forty-Eight from Rough Crafts

Raging Dagger: Rough Crafts hot rods the Harley 48

5 YEARS AGO / NO COMMENTS / CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES

When it comes to high-end Sportster customs, the weapon of choice for most builders is the Forty-Eight. Winston Yeh of Rough Crafts knows the model well: his Bomb Runner from six years ago is still a stunning example of the genre, and he’s built several more since. This new Forty-Eight is one of the sportiest…

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Miss Universe: Shaw Speed's racy Harley 48 custom

Miss Universe: A Harley 48 from Speed & Custom

We don’t see many Sportsters with a racy slant. But this new machine from Speed & Custom shows what is possible. And…

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Hooligan Tactics: A pixel-perfect Harley Forty-Eight by Rough Crafts.

Pixel Perfect: Rough Crafts’ Harley Forty-Eight

You don’t often see the words ‘Harley-Davidson’ and ‘streetfighter’ in the same sentence. But if anyone can make a happy marriage of…

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Harley Sportster 48 motorcycle built by Australia’s first communal motorcycle workshop, The Kustom Kommune.

Kustom Kommune Harley Sportster 48

What could be more fun than having your own well-stocked workshop, with all the tools and space you need to wrench on…

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Harley-Davidson 48 Sportster

Harley 48 Sportster by RSD

It takes a pretty special Harley to stop me in my tracks, but this Sportster 48 from Roland Sands Design hits all…

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Sportster 48

Sportster 48 by Rampant x Ellaspede

When Warwick Lyon started work on this Sportster 48, he wanted to build a modern interpretation of a café racer with elements…

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Harley 48 custom

Fully Loaded: the Shaw x Rough Crafts Harley 48

If there’s any doubt about the spreading influence of Rough Crafts’ Winston Yeh, this Harley Sportster 48 custom dispels it. It’s a…

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Sportster Forty Eight

Sportster Forty-Eight custom: The Bomb Runner

One of the most popular Harley customs on Bike EXIF came out of left field in 2010: the Rough Crafts “Iron Guerilla”…

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