An Electra Glide built for Austrian mountain passes
If you’re looking for a classic American tourer, a Harley Electra Glide is just the ticket. They were popular with police departments for a good reason: few machines could match their all-day riding comfort.
But if you like to carve the canyons of LA, or European mountain passes, the Electra Glide is likely way down on your list. Which is exactly why Wolfgang Mayerl picked one to customize.
Wolfgang’s a mechanical engineer living in the tiny Austrian town of Ardning, a popular spot for hikers and mountaineers.
For the past three years he?s been wrenching after-hours as Mayerl Motorcycles, but he’s been into bikes as long as he can remember?and was already building mopeds at age ten.
Most of the commissioned custom work he does these days is basic?so he occasionally starts a personal build, just so he can go wild on it. For his latest passion project, he intentionally went out and bought a 1986 FLHTC 1340 Electra Glide. Why" ?Because I don?t know anyone else who has radically rebuilt an Electra Glide,? he tells us.
The transformation sure is radical. Wolgang’s taken this Harley from laidback mile-muncher to aggressive street ripper?with wide tracker-style bars, a hint of cafe racer in the bodywork, and enough power to spin the back wheel at will.
The ‘1340’ motor’s been swapped out for a beefy 113 ci ‘Super Stock’ power plant from S&S Cycle, for a capacity increase of just over 500 cc. It’s hooked u...
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