OVRLANDR. Harley-Davidson Sportster by Combustion Industries.
Written by Ian Lee.
As time goes on, the number of niche custom motorcycle categories increases. Flat tracker, becomes a street tracker, with a touch of café racer, and so on ad infinitum. One area that encapsulates a few areas, while maintaining its own unique identity is the post-apocalyptic style of build. From Icon 1000?s Dromedarri to El Solitario?s Petardo, these bikes have a flavour all of their own. They are visual sledgehammers, built to create conversation, and most of all to be functional. Combustion Industries has just rolled out their latest build, a 2008 Harley Sportster 1200R. Picked for function, as well as form, Michael Bates of Combustion Industries has utilised his experience and contacts in the bike industry to create one rugged bike that looks like it could survive the end of the world.
Michael has always been into motorcycles, right from when he dropped his first motorcycle on the driveway during his maiden ride. Starting off as a designer in ?high-end plumbing gear?, he moved onto product design at Kuryakyn, an American aftermarket parts supplier for bikes. Michael has a good philosophy on building a custom bike; ?A rule that I have when I am building or customizing a bike is that I want to create something that I or someone else is going to be able to appreciate and want to keep running literally forever. That means that the design has to be timeless, and the engine can’t be so crazy that no one will be able to service or repair it if it nee...
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