1/9/2023 0 Comments Harley davidson scrambler![]() Then the internals were treated to a 1200cc piston kit and there’s a custom air filter box with stainless wire mesh covering the inlet. A small mild-steel dashboard houses the stock tachometer & warning lights.Ĭhrome engines do not generally look attractive on scramblers-or indeed any motorcycle-so Benjie sandblasted the side covers and the top end to get a pitted matte finish. The front skid plate is also aluminum, with ventilation slots to help cool the voltage regulator. The fenders and number plate are aluminum to match the gas tank, and held in place by stainless steel mounting brackets. There’s a custom oil tank slotted inside the frame midsection, with a notch to hide a gel-cell battery. “To maintain the natural flow of the lines, we got the front of the seat to follow the tail of the tank, and then curved the seat up at the rear.” To further abandon the bike’s previous life as a cruiser, the cowhide leather seat is as narrow as you can get without exposing the frame rails. “That gave us a beautiful curve to play with when building our seat,” says Benjie. Aside from a black flame graphic, the finish is bare polished aluminum finish. So Benjie fabricated a tank that follows the curve of the cylinder heads, adding a stainless steel rack and positioning a Monza gas cap off-center. Typical scrambler-style tanks wouldn’t fit, due to the shape of the Harley top-end. Then he installed lightweight aluminum Borrani wheels with raised-center ‘dirt catcher’ rims and fitted Shinko 705 Trail Master dual-purpose tires. To prop up the rear, Benjie used longer shocks (and raised the mounts by an inch). “We kept the Harley front hub but machined a new front axle and an adapter to accommodate the GSX’s double disc brakes,” says Benjie. On went a set of late ‘90s Suzuki GSX1000 forks to lower the front. The first step was to get rid of the cruiser ergonomics-the high front end and low seat. So we decided to turn the old cruiser into a bike that could be ridden everywhere.” And here we have it: the ready-for-adventure ‘American Scrambler.’ “But we build bikes to stand out and be ridden hard. ![]() For a long time, we didn’t know what to do with it.”īenjie considered turning the 883 into a bobber or a cafe racer. “It was a small, beat-up bike with a chromed-out engine and mismatched wheels. “For years we had an old 883 in the shop,” says Benjie, who works out of Edison, New Jersey. The latest is Benjie Flipprboi of BCR, with this heavily modified 1999 Harley 883 called ‘American Scrambler.’ ![]() Milwaukee is unlikely to join the party, but that hasn’t stopped inventive custom builders from doing the dirty on Sportsters. It’s fast becoming the dominant genre on the new wave custom scene, and manufacturers are getting into the act too.Īs everyone knows, Ducati has joined Triumph in offering a factory scrambler-and Moto Guzzi has just released a kit that converts the popular V7 into a machine capable of light off-road excursions. It looks like 2015 is going to be the Year Of The Scrambler. ![]()
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