Not all scramblers are created equal. Some wear high pipes and knobbly tires, but may never go off-road, while others are made to be punished. It’s builds like this that really get our hearts racing: Purpose Built Moto’s 1998 Harley-Davidson Sportster, a lean scrambler packing real dirt credentials.
The Queensland-based team know what they’re doing when it comes to throwing a Harley around off-road, as this is their second scrambler based on H-D’s perennial Sportster. Their first was featured in the must-see documentary, Wide of the Mark, smashing through the Tasmanian bush.
And that’s how the latest Sportster project kicked off—while their first was still under construction. “During the build process for the first Sportster, the customer visited the shop,” says Tom Gilroy from PBM.…