Harley-Davidson owned the internet yesterday. Unless you live under a solid aggregate of minerals, you?ll know that the Motor Co. teased its upcoming model range?including the productionized Livewire, a streetfighter, and an adventure tourer called the ‘Pan America.’
But did you notice there was no mention of the Sportster" Could this finally be the end of the road for the venerable roadster" Fear not. There will always be killer Sportster builds to keep the massive second-hand market alive?like this rowdy flat tracker from Australia’s Gasoline Motor Co.

The Gasoline crew developed a taste for flat track racing after blasting round their local track at Appin, an hour?s drive out of Sydney. At first they used a KTM 450 shod with Dunlop DT3s, but founder Jason Leppa realized it was soon time to move on to more appropriate machinery. ?Learning the ropes of sliding at high speed on the dirt soon turned into a need to practice on a heavier Harley XR1200X,? he tells us.

At first glance, this V-twin street tracker looks like a no-fuss hooligan racer. But it’s primed to tear up asphalt as well as the dirt?and has enough of the right bits to make it street legal.
A 2000-model Harley-Davidson Sportster was the starting point for what became the ‘XX Tracker.’ Gasoline stripped it down, then threw away anything they could to save as much weight as possible.

A monochrome palette was on the cards from the word go, so the engine was...