Heart Of Glass: Jared Smith's sweet 1966 XLCH Sportster

Jared Smith has a pretty diverse skill set. He has one foot in the digital world as a user experience and software designer, and the other in the analog realm as a custom bike builder. And he does it all under one banner: Blue Jack Studio. “What gets me up in the morning is designing and creating anything,” he says, “whether physical or digital.” From his converted single garage in Vallejo, California, Jared builds a bike or two a year. This mid-60s Harley-Davidson XLCH Sportster is his fifth build, and it's a real peach. Jared first got interested in building...