The Sportster chopper has allowed people to opine doubly when they hear Mitchell , South Dakota . That ’s because Mitchell had really been known for its Corn Palace . But now that Klock Werks has gear up up shop , it is also get it on as being the " Sportster Capital " of the United States .
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Klock Werks mainly customizesHarley - DavidsonSportsters ; a rarefied specialty , as most Harley customs start living as one of the fellowship ’s bombastic Big Twins . For the Sportster , Klock Werks modify a 1998 Sportster , smoothing the welds in the frame and molding curves into the tube articulation .
A new swingarm on the Sportster allowed use of a wide 180 - mm reartireand a fender from the Jesse James catalog , which also supplied the front fender . The fuel tank was stretched , and revised triple Tree gave the forks an superfluous five degree of rake . All this resulted in a motorcycle that calculate longer and lower than a line of descent Sportster .
Further touches on the Sportster include a set of Performance Machine wheels , a digital gauge cluster , and " chopper style " headlight and taillight . Topping it all off is a metallic blue key job foreground with tribal flames hiding ghosted skulls .
Klock Werks ' Sportsters are well - known in South Dakota and are always a deal to lay eyes on . As an attraction in Mitchell , it appears the Corn Palace has some new competition .
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The Sportster is a customs duty motorcycle with a 5 - speedtransmissionand a 74 - cubic - inchHarley - Davidsonengine . Below are more characterization and detail of the Klock Werks chopper .
Due to their magniloquent , short stance , ancestry Sportsters seem a bit ungainly next to their rangy Big Twin brethren . Not so a Klock Werks Sportster , as a stretched tank and raked forks tip the look .
customs duty touches abound on the Sportster , include chopper - fashion headlamp and taillight , five - speak wheels , and digital instrumentation .
The usance of a dark dismal base coat on the Sportster is place off by tribal flames engulf a elusive skull motif .
