Top Five Harley-Davidson Sportsters, Part Two: Evolutions
The new Harley-Davidson Sportster S signifies the first major redesign in decades for the illustrious Sportster. To celebrate, we’ve been looking back over our favorite Sportster customs from the past few years, sorted by their motors.
Last week we featured our top five Sportster Ironhead builds. This week, we’re focussing on the the motor that powered the Sportster from 1986 until now: the Evolution. As the most prolific and easily obtainable Sporty, it’s been customized a lot?so let us know if we’ve left out your favorite.
Thrive Motorcycle If there’s one custom shop that reminds us time and time again that the Indonesian custom scene is not to be ignored, it’s Thrive Motorcycle in Jakarta. Their rework of this 2000-model Harley-Davidson XL1200 Sportster has shades of Japanese chopper style in it (something they’ll happily admit), but it’s also entirely unique. Thrive started with a custom rigid frame from Brodonolo Custom Garage in central Java. Then they spent several months shaping new aluminum bodywork, with an emphasis on streamlined and clean lines. Despite their angular nature, the new parts flow perfectly from top to tail.
Thrive built a new headlight nacelle, fuel tank, seat and oil tank for the Sportster. There’s a vintage yellow lens up front, with a custom-made finned LED taillight hiding between the tail section and the rear tire. The controls consist of a set of mini gullwing bars, with Mooneyes gri...
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