Sportster scrambler

Quite a few bikes have quirks that can trap the unwary builder. The strange frame curvature on the Honda CX500 is one of them, and the height of the Harley Sportster motor is another. The venerable V-twin is an unusually tall engine, which makes it difficult to get a straight line from the base of the tank to the back of the seat. And it’s even harder to create a low-slung, slammed effect. But Uwe Kostrewa has managed to pull off both tricks, and deserves a round of hearty applause. Uwe…

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Think of a scrambler motorcycle, and most folks will picture a modern Triumph or a vintage BSA. Not a Harley. But David Zemla, who runs Burly Brand, decided to take a different tack. Could a Sportster be reconfigured for bombing down fire roads? After a lot of trial and error, not to mention a few wrong turns and dead ends in the build process, the answer is a definite ‘yes.’ Zemla’s 2006-model Harley XL883 had previously enjoyed a sedate life, transporting a retired teacher to and from the…

Words by the builder Kurt Diserio | Photos by Alexa Diserio When you think of a scrambler motorcycle, the last

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One of the coolest things I get to do is manage the Burly Brand. Have been part of this thing for about five years and enjoy every minute of it. http://www.burlybrand.com With that comes an opportunity design parts and build bikes to market them (a rarity for marketing geeks at my level) Not a bad gig at all. This project began as a concept for a couple of new parts, including a crossbar style handlebar, a vintage moto peg and tall shocks, all designed with the Sportster in mind. Pegs…

We are huge fans of scramblers and trackers here at BikeBound. Apparently so are you, our readers, as majority of the machines on our Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of 2018 are running knobby tires or motocross bars. We decided to follow up with a list of the most popular scramblers and trackers we featu

When Doug wrote the other day about what Harley might develop to attract some younger riders, he thought a few Sportster based model variations would be a good place to start. In one of the comment…

Greg Hageman's known as the guy that convinced us that Yamaha Viragos can look good. But we've never seen a Harley-Davidson custom from the American builder. Which is strange; the Sportster is arguably a better (and more popular) platform than the Virago. And Greg sure knows his way around them—he's a qualified, master-level Harley technician. “I started in '99,” he tells us, “and took every single tech class the factory offered until 2011. So I was fully aware of the capabilities of what I…

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