Project · Harley-Davidson Sportster · the first HD
Gotham
Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 Forty-Eight. Small, careful touches that change the bike's character.
ScrollChapter 01 — The first HD
Small
touches
- Base
- Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 Forty-Eight
- Year
- 2014
- Seat
- Single seat
- Exhausts
- Vance & Hines
This was the first time I got my hands on a Harley-Davidson.
Nothing too radical, just a series of carefully considered details that change the bike's character.
Chapter 02 — The hump
Tank up,
bars down
The tank has been raised at the front and the handlebar lowered to emphasise the Sportster's distinctive hump even more.
An elongated headlight, Vance & Hines exhausts and side-mounted instruments complete this Sportster 1200 Forty-Eight.
Chapter 03 — The tail
A shortened
subframe
A single seat and a shortened rear subframe.
The rear fender has been cut and raised to house the tail light inside it.
Now, if only its owner had a black cape…
Specifications
See the other bikes- Model
- Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 Forty-Eight
- Tank
- Raised at the front
- Handlebar
- Lowered
- Seat
- Single seat
- Rear frame
- Shortened
- Rear fender
- Cut and raised, integrated tail light
- Headlight and instruments
- Elongated headlight, side-mounted instruments
- Exhausts
- Vance & Hines