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nsurprisingly, this is not
Trevor’s first turn about
on the custom merry-go-
round and if there was such
a thing, then the gentleman
would be too dizzy to ever stand
up again! He’s been riding and
building bikes for an impressive
forty-two years—ever since he
was just sixteen, in fact. Some of
those builds have appeared in a
variety of magazines—Superbike,
Streetfighters, AWoL—and they
were all based on the mighty
Honda CBX6. But this is clearly
not one of Honda’s legendary sixcylinder beasts, as Trevor explains.
“I thought I would have a go at
something different. This is the
first Harley-Davidson that I’ve
ever touched, let alone owned.
So I basically bought a frame, an
engine and a couple of bits and
took it from there. I bought the
engine from a chap in Kings Lynn
who assured me it was from a
running bike and “Good to go”.
That was an utter lie! The motor
required a lot of work and far
more new parts than I’d expected,
but the good part is that it now not
only runs but sounds like a beast.“THIS IS THE FIRST HARLEY-DAVIDSON THAT I’VE EVER
TOUCHED, LET ALONE OWNED”
BIKE FEATURE HARLEY-DAVIDSON XLH1000 SPORTSTER
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