When this bike originally hit the end of Harley’s production line, it was a 1997 Harley-Davidson FLSTS Heritage Springer which was a pretty rare item to find on any dealer’s showroom, but it wasn’t quite special apparently as it’s been totally Southwested from stem to stern incorporating both cowboys and Indians in one platform. In a cartoon-oriented world, it looks like it...

  This saga started in 2002 back when the new Harley of your dreams was not so easy to come by. Sometimes you had to wait many a month to find what you were looking for. Jeff had wanted to upgrade from his Sportster and had his heart set on a Fat Boy. On one of his frequent lunch hour stops at Carolina Coast Harley-Davidson he saw a red Fat Boy that had just come in. Finding out...

Nope, my only show time now consists of just me staring at my bike in the garage after I’ve changed something. The best part is that I never ask myself foolish questions and if my friend, Jose Cuervo, does, I don’t have to answer them. Being rude to yourself is a wonderful thing with no repercussions ─ immediate or otherwise.       Back to the matter at hand, our lovely Sportster...

  Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s all a bit complicated when you think about it so don’t. Okay, here’s the Reader’s Digest version. DP and Local had a design competition where one person’s design was chosen and built by DP for sale on Local Motors online store. The winner, a Mr. Andre “Lude” Costa of Portugal, received a couple of grand for his efforts and tons of online notoriety. What...

     Shawn wasn’t the first person to technically own this bike, but since it was a family member who originally bought and customized it, it’s always been part of his family technically. “My uncle, Alan Fuller, bought it, customized over a six-month period, and I ended up buying it from him,” said Shawn. Sounds simple and all, but like everything, it’s never that simple. The...

  Phantom motorcycles are a rare breed and the most viable ones I’ve seen have been built around Sportsters with an XR750 flat track racer look, the Storz Performance XR1200 and Mert Lawwill’s Street Tracker fill that bill pretty well. Bill Baumgardner of Renton, Washington, had a totally different take on a Harley-based phantom bike using a 2004 Night Train as his jumping-off...

  Nope, Todd’s had quite a busy motorcycle background and history that might just actually turn you a bit green with envy and also explain why he builds what he builds. And, that’s all known without lie detectors, truth serums, torture, private eyes, or jealous friends involved. Todd admits to a prolonged stint as R&D guy at Answer Products, held the position of chief mechanic...

  Not so much anymore, as times are changing and the Sportster is getting the respect it deserves. It’s true that a lot of Sporty owners fall into those two categories, but it’s also a fact that Harley’s Sportster has rather illustrious racing roots from flat trackers to dragsters to road racers in its history. You can’t really say that about any other H-D stock V-twin currently in...

  The brilliant silver FLHRCI turned out to be a good choice as Kevin’s a big guy and it fit him well. “I wanted a nice riding bike, I enjoy an all day ride,” said Kevin. But like most H-D owners, stock was only good for so long and his wife was probably painfully aware that all those parts catalogs lying around the house were a portent of things to come. “I rode it while I worked...

  Chris left the Twin Cam 88 basically alone as it’s got enough power for any show bike. I mean, how much do you need to just parade around? Good tough looks and a nice set of pipes will do it every time for most people. Throw on an Evil Engineering open belt primary and you’ve got enough visual appeal to satisfy any showgoer. Chris did stay with a set of laced wheels that add just...