Brooklyn Brawler: An 883 Sportster with a double life

The mighty Harley-Davidson Sportster turns a whopping 60 this year. Since 1957 it's been modified in every imaginable way—long before the 'custom scene' as we know it even existed. It's a tough little bugger too, and easy enough to tear apart. Which is probably why Brooklyn-based Tim Harney picked it as his new do-it-all. And we really do mean do-it-all; Tim built this Sporty from the ground up for the prestigious Brooklyn Invitational, but it's also his bread-and-milk-getter, and weekend flat track racer. So although it's loaded with his hallmark raw hand-shaped parts, it's also got enough patina to keep...