100ci of madness: The S&S Death Tracker Sportster
There are literally dozens of companies making tuning parts for Harley-Davidson engines. But not many have the experience of S&S Cycle, the outfit set up in the 1950s by George Smith and Stanley Stankos.
S&S are still at the forefront of the Harley tuner scene half a century on. And when they build a custom, they go balls-out. This Sportster, for example, has a 100 cubic inch motor, vestigial racing bodywork and a name to match: ?Death Tracker.?
?This story begins with a dilapidated 1996 Sportster 883,? says S&S? David Zemla, who helped out on the build. ?It was lying unloved under a blue tarp in a sunny SoCal backyard.?
On a fluke, the S&S Cycle crew picked it up while attending the Born Free show a couple of years ago. ?We had big plans for a Hooligan style-build and glorious left-turn slides on the gas, spraying a ten foot rooster tail.?
The 883 engine was assigned to another project, and S&S decided to build a street tracker to celebrate their soon-to-be discontinued SB100, a 100ci (1600cc) monster of an engine.
?Our last road-going build with the SB100 was for the Rusty Butcher, who has a well-documented history of racing, jumping and general full throttle shenanigans,? says David. ?He returned after his first ride, hands shaking, swearing the bike was trying to kill him.?
With more than triple the factory Sportster horsepower and a lightning fast power delivery, the SB100 in a relatively small frame is a wicked combination.
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