There are a handful of classics out there that look amazingly ‘right.’ In that category, we’d put machines like the Norton Manx, the Moto Guzzi Le Mans, and the early Honda CB750s and Kawasaki Zeds.
In the V-twin world the Harley-Davidson XR750 fits into that category. But it didn’t just look good: it was also one of the most successful race bikes of all time. The XR750 won an incredible 29 AMA Grand National Championships, and garnered even more fame as the weapon of choice for Evel Knievel.
It would be borderline criminal to hack up an original XR750, but in Australia there’s a guy who can channel the riotous world of 1970s flat track on the street. He’s the lucky owner of this custom Sportster called ‘GAS XR’—a clever XR750 replica from Australia’s Gasoline Motor Co.…