It’s only three weeks since Harley-Davidson pulled the sheets off the 2022 Nightster, giving us a look at the spiritual successor to the original Sportster. But six months ago, pre-production versions of the new bikes were discreetly delivered to a select group of five customizers in the US, England and Japan.
Hideya Togashi was one of the first people outside Milwaukee to see the new machine. He needs no introduction here; he’s been running the Hide Motorcycle workshop for twenty years, and has won the supreme award at the Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show not once, but twice. He’s also famous as a Sportster specialist.
The story started in December last year, when Harley-Davidson HQ contacted Togashi-san. Would he like to take part in a custom project for an upcoming new model?…