If you’ve ever fantasized about building a Harley-Davidson Sportster flat tracker, there’s a good chance that you’ve pinned a couple of Richard Pollock’s bikes to your mood board. Better known as Mule Motorcycles, Richard has been building flat trackers since day dot and has mastered the art. He can make a Sportster go fast, turn left and look spectacular.
His latest custom Harley Sportster is pure fire. Built for a friend who races in the Hooligan flat track series on the US West Coast, it has a level of fit and finish that you’d expect from a pro race bike. It looks sharp as heck too, draped in Harley’s iconic racing orange.
Richard kicked the project off with a 1987 Harley-Davidson XL1100 Sportster frame, sent over by his racer friend’s sponsor, Barnett Harley-Davidson in El Paso, Texas.…