The Harley-Davidson Sportster Roadster broke cover just six years before The Motor Co. unceremoniously pulled the plug on the aging Evolution Sportster. Equipped with upside-down forks and an atypical (for Harley) 19F/18R wheel combo, its aesthetic fell somewhere between café racer and street tracker, without leaning either way confidently. Still, it was a handsome enough bike, and one of the bolder Sportster variations available towards the end of the V-twin’s life cycle.
Of course, none of this matters particularly much to Winston Yeh—the man behind the Taiwan powerhouse custom shop, Rough Crafts. That’s because when he and his assortment of trusted collaborators get their grubby paws on a Harley Sportster, most of the stock bike ends up in the bin.…