Sycamore Harley Alley Rat

The Alley Rat, built by Syc Kustoms, the custom side of Sycamore Harley-Davidson of the UK got the best credits by the judges at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show. The Alley Rat will now go head to head with the finalists from other regions at a Grand Final to take place at Milan’s EICMA exhibition in November 2018 where the “Custom King” will be crowned.

Harley allows dealers to make use of one of the selected machines that comprise of the Iron 883, Forty-Eight Roadster, Street 750, Street Rod, Street Bob and Fat Bob for their build.

The Alley Rat was the only build here underpinned by a Dark Custom Forty-Eight.

Syc Kustoms commented: "We chose the Forty-Eight as the template for our custom, giving us the perfect low-slung body we believed our vision deserved. Named the "Alley Rat", our custom shows that rust and faded paint isn't the sign of something old, but rather, something with true character.

Todd Meynell, our custom king for this year alongside Trevor Bell, said "the end result is more of a celebration to the original shed-built bikes and the freedom for imaginations to run riot with a raw, stripped look but one where all the work comes together with the paintwork in place."

The build includes a 4.5 gallon custom fuel tank, Chrome retro air cleaner, side-mount vertical licence plate with stop and brake light, Coker tyres, Nostalgic black grips, Screamin’ Eagle exhaust wrap, Brass collection Derby cover, Daymaker headlamp, Screamin’ Eagle fuel pack, Tall Boy Sportster bars, 1200 Custom front brake line, 115th anniversary poker chip and more.

It also gets custom brake lines, a solo seat, Kellerman and Hines indicators, and a custom fabricated rear fender.But they say, the hardest part of this build was to come up with an actual name for this tasty Dark Custom Forty-Eight. Sure it looks all soiled, dusty and rusted, just like the rat in one of your Alleys.