Old Iron: A vintage-style Harley Sportster custom

Most custom bikes are easy to label: scrambler, café racer, streetfighter and so on. Others are impossible to categorize, but immediately grab the eye. This is one of the tricky ones. It's not traditional Bike EXIF fare, but we love it. It's a Harley-Davidson Sportster custom from the German workshop Altes Eisen—which means 'Old Iron.' 'Old iron is what we build, and prefer,' says co-founder Dirk. 'Our bikes are far away from the modern generation—no fuel injection, engine remapping or ABS.' Like many of the best builders, they strive for simplicity and would rather hammer metal than mold plastic. And...