When Harley-Davidson celebrated its 115th anniversary with a party in Prague earlier this year, it invited a select few builders to present a custom Harley each. And with a remarkable three AMD World Championship podiums to his name, Julian von Oheimb was an obvious inclusion.
The German builder?who operates as One Way Machine?has a knack for turning Harleys into subtle, tasteful customs, and his anniversary build is a stunning example. Called Quartermile, it’s a dark and minimal cruiser imbued with drag bike style.

Despite the low-slung ergonomics and race slicks, it’s not actually a race bike. The visual cues come from an idea Julian’s had buzzing around in his head for years?since he fell in love with a Billy Lane Knucklehead with slicks. It’s also a bike that Julian didn’t have to build. Harley-Davidson gave all the invitees the choice of bringing an existing bike, or building something fresh.

Even though the show was less than four months away (a OWM bike usually takes well over a year to deliver), Julian was dead set on creating something new.
All he needed was a suitable donor. Luckily, Julian?s dad had a 2007 Heritage Softail, imported from the US years before. The two of them were scheduled to go on a road trip across the Midwest around the time of the Harley event, but had to postpone due to dad?s health.

The focus went onto Prague.
With the base bike decided, it was time to refine the design. Julian dug through his desk dra...