Until recently Harley-Davidson was, and had been since WWII, strictly a builder of street bikes. However, custom Harley conversions of the type Jarrow rode are common, not just in the U.S. but globally, usually using the H-D Sportster as a base model since the Sportster is, for a Harley at least, relatively light. The accompanying photo shows one of these conversions by an Australian customizer, Purpose Built Moto, dubbed the “Signature Series Harley Sportster Scrambler,” and instantly identifiable as genuinely off-road capable.
Lately, Harley-Davidson has dipped a tentative toe into the off-road market with the introduction of the Pan America—not as hard-core as PBM’s Scrambler, but no longer confined to asphalt alone.
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