Walt Siegl's Supremely Elegant Harley Shovelhead

Walt Siegl is one of those increasingly rare guys who can build a motorcycle from scratch. He was born in Austria but now lives in idyllic rural New Hampshire, USA. And when word gets out that Walt’s built a new bike, I’m all ears. Walt’s latest creation is the ‘Speed Glide’, a very unusual Shovelhead-powered machine commissioned by a collector of British and American motorcycles. The brief was very specific: Walt’s customer wanted a hybrid of the two types, with styling influenced by the 60s and 70s. And without the shortcomings of the originals. (Oh, and there had to be...