There’s more than one way to skin a cat; or, in moto terms, there’s more than one way to customize a Sportster. We’ve had all sorts of Harley-Davidsons grace these pages?from bobbers to cafe racers, scramblers and flat trackers.
Which has us wondering: is there still room for low-slung, hard-tailed and stretched-out (read: uncomfortable) Sportsters in the custom scene"

For the Del Prado brothers, the answer’s a solid ‘yes.’ Despite having built several bikes with full suspension and sound ergonomics, their phone still rings off the hook for the hotrod style that originally put DP Customs on the map.
?We love doing full suspension bikes,? they tell us. ?They?re just not requested as often by our customers, who usually already have a superbike of some kind?or a ‘comfort’ bike, a dirt bike, etcetera.?
Customers realize they’re sacrificing a measure of comfort for style. ?It usually goes hand-in-hand with them living in an area blessed with smooth roads. For example, the customer for this build lives in Carefree, Arizona?beautiful views and roads smoother than a baby’s ass.?
?He loved the look and stance of our previous hardtail bikes and wanted something similar. The key input we got was that he likes black, red, and white. Those also happen to be our logo colors, so that was a fun paint job for us to design!?

The brothers started with a 2001-model Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, and gave the motor a comp...