As a nuclear chemist with clients spanning multiple industries, Corban Gallagher’s day job calls for ingenuity and precision in equal measure. So when he occasionally takes a break from work to build custom motorcycles, he typically ends up creating machines that are both outlandish and well-engineered—just like this totally bonkers Harley Sportster ‘Grand Prix’ racer.
Just like his debut custom build, Corban built the Sportster specifically for the annual Handbuilt Show. “Because it’s held in Austin on the same weekend as the American MotoGP, I wanted to do something that was in the spirit of both events,” he tells us. “I thought it would be fun to build the most low-budget ‘GP’ bike ever, by using almost exclusively salvaged parts.”…