American Iron Garage – July-August 2019

20 • GARAGE BUILD • ISSUE 419

There’s a reason why

Zachary Gallo used the

word necessity when

referring to his 1985 Harley XLH custom—and with such frequent regularity

we found almost alarming. His mods were done “out of necessity,” he tells us.

busted during an unfortunate altercation with “a defenseless

mailbox.”

It becomes all the more necessary when your swingarm

and strut mounts are ripped from your bike after entering a

curve too hot.

All this happened to Zak’s Ironhead.

And as though this weren’t enough, Zak resorted to

making claims so audacious that they just had to be a

shameless attempt at hyperbole: the project itself was “a

build of necessity.”

But Zak wasn’t exaggerating. It’s absolutely necessary

to replace your tank, controls, and bars after getting them