It sits on a hidden mounting frame, and is capped off with a vintage leather seat from VP-Autosattlerei. Julian ticked all those boxes, then added a custom fuel cap from Handcrafted Choppers.įor the back half, he fabricated a steel tail piece that loosely blends flat tracker and scrambler aesthetics. The tunnel was too narrow, there was no flange to mount the fuel pump, and the mounting points had to be redesigned. In reality, the tank took a lot of fettling before it fitted as it should. Then he started sourcing the right parts for the build, including an aftermarket fuel tank that looked like it would work. The first change was a classic Sportster mod-Julian stripped the bike down, and lopped off the rear fender struts. All in all, it had to be a typical OWM build-timeless design, special sheet metal work, sharp details and tasteful finishes.” “One that can really ‘go’ on the road, but also works off-road. “The goal was a sporty and aggressive bike,” says Julian. So he sourced one of the last brand new Sportster Roadsters from a German dealership, and sent it over to the OWM workshop in Staufenberg, north of Frankfurt. He was enamored with an older Sportster scrambler that Julian had built, and had something similar in mind. Julian’s client actually discovered One Way Machine by chance. Built by Julian von Oheimb at One Way Machine, it’s definitive proof that the classic Sportster’s still got the goods.

Today, we’re shifting focus to a scrambler based on one of the outgoing models: the Harley-Davidson XL1200CX Sportster Roadster. Yesterday we showcased one of the first custom variants of the new Sporty. But even though the ‘old’ Evo Sportster is starting to vanish from showroom floors, it remains iconic, and will stay a popular custom build donor for years to come. With the release of the Nightster, the decades-old Harley-Davidson Sportster has now fully passed the torch on to the next generation.

Harley scrambler