ORANGE COUNTRY Customs
STEVE Doherty is a longtime car and motorcycle tragic from Orange in the NSW central west. Previously best known for his show-quality Toranas, he switched his focus back to bikes after being introduced to the modern custom scene on social media by his son Richard.
His first project was a 1981 Harley-Davidson Roadster that he bought 20 years ago. “I never liked riding it and didn’t know a lot of people into bikes,” Steve says. “So I took it apart and customised it. I was 32 and playing with that bike in the shed changed my whole life.
“I’m dyslexic. I struggle to read and write but I can figure out how things work; if you know where something starts and where something finishes, it’s easy. All through school, I never had any achievements; I was just punished
