Two years ago, Harley-Davidson flew Winston Yeh to Barcelona to test ride the new Milwaukee-Eight big twins. And like most riders at the launch event, he was impressed by the new Softail platform. “I’ve had the idea of building a performance version of a Softail in my head ever since,” Winston tells us. “So when…
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Blacktrack Motors have got cafe racer design down to a fine art. Their first build was one of the sharpest Honda CX500 cafes we’ve ever featured, and they followed it up with a pixel perfect custom Thruxton. Now they’ve tackled their most ambitious project yet, the BT-03—a cafe racer based on the Harley-Davidson Fat Bob…
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More Harley-Davidsons go under the grinder than any other make of bike. But surprisingly, The Motor Co. seldom commissions customs from big-name builders. Instead, it has developed the annual Battle of the Kings contest—where dealers customize a bike within a very strict rule set. To get a taste of how hard that is, we flew…
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When Harley-Davidson celebrated its 115th anniversary with a party in Prague earlier this year, it invited a select few builders to present a custom Harley each. And with a remarkable three AMD World Championship podiums to his name, Julian von Oheimb was an obvious inclusion. The German builder—who operates as One Way Machine—has a knack…
Read more »To the casual observer, Harley-Davidson appears to be on the ropes. So there’s a massive expectation with every new bike released: will…
Read more »When Harley-Davidson announced its new Softail range, Dyna fans wept and shook their fists. Their beloved twin-shock platform was gone, with existing…
Read more »Julian von Oheimb is the German master of Milwaukee metal. He’s been on the podium at the AMD World Championship an incredible…
Read more »If there’s a trend in the custom movement, it’s that form and function are finally starting to play nice. Many builders are…
Read more »In the Hollywood of the late 1950s, if your name was Clark or Frank and you wanted to make a splash, you…
Read more »These days, you can slot most custom bikes into a clearly defined genre. Café racer, bobber, tracker—a quick glance is usually all…
Read more »The Harley Softail Slim has two points in its favor: it’s a simple bobber-style bike with a vintage vibe, and it has…
Read more »We don’t feature many contemporary V-twin customs. But the detailing on this Harley Softail Cross Bones caught my eye. It was built…
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