In the lakeside town of Shelburne, VT, there?s an old aircraft hanger stuffed with vintage Land Rovers awaiting restoration. It?s the home of Colby Morris, owner of Tin Shack Restoration and a lifestyle that turns us green with envy.
When he?s not sprucing up old Landies, Colby likes to wrench on motorcycles. This is his latest ?in between? project?a Harley Sportster XL1200 given the street tracker treatment.

?I?d been looking for an old Triumph to turn into a bobber,? Colby tells us. ?Similar to what Atom Bomb or The Factory Metal Works might build.
?But I kept running into basket cases: Early 70s Triumphs, literally apart and in boxes, which owners thought were worth five to ten thousand dollars. Very frustrating.?

Then Colby started to notice good condition Sportsters for sale, for what he calls ?really short money.? When 1998 model was traded in to Colby?s local Ducati dealer, he pounced. Colby has built Triumphs in the past, but a Harley street tracker is a different matter entirely. ?So I reached out to Richard ?Mule? Pollock for parts, guidance, and advice. He has been amazingly gracious with his time and knowledge.”

The Sportster was in great shape; with only 8,400 miles on the clock, the Evolution engine was barely run in. So Colby has given it a power boost, installing a Mikuni HSR 42 carb that improves output by 12 horses alone.
A solid spark comes from a Dyna 2000 ignition module, a Dyna Twin Fire coil and Sumax ThunderVolt plug wires. Gases exi...