Motorcycles

Someone went to a lot of work to make this Chief look like a Harley. Check out the wings on the helmet on the guy to the left

 

'Portrait of men standing beside motorcycles, outside Hartley Brothers in Bendigo'; photo by Vincent W. Kelly; State Library of Victoria

 

Trust me, I am not trying to cause a shitstorm, but I thought post '65 shovelheads were not allowed. This is a cone motor engine which is from the 80's that is made to look old. There have been EVO engines posted that were in a bike made to look old.
The last big twin engine HAMB approved was the Panhead which was mad from 1948 thru and including 1965.
Can we just have clarification that is set in stone? No Shovelheads top ends are not allowed, regardless of configuration...regardless of lower end or any other reason.

Its early, I'm old, and I am rambling, but you get my drift.

 

I will delete. Didn’t realize it was post 65 TBH.

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Damn it’s only an image . It’s cool as hell . I have noticed a lot of early car images with late engines dressed up as early stuff .
List could open a real can of worms . The last nose cone shovel left factory in early 84 . That’s still pretty old . It is what it is , carry on . It was still a cool bike , FUN to look at

 

I was just trying to see if we could get some sort of continuity. It's frustrating to post some nice bikes only to find them disappear for some strange reason.
You make a good point.

 

Sky six have people post OT motorcycles on the off topic threads . Kool motorcycles that don’t meet the cutoff year rule will still be seen

 

I have thought of that but truthfully, I prefer the older stuff. If someone wants to start the modern thread, I have a boatload of Shovelhead pictures that I could post.
Just speaking for myself, I have zero interest in new stuff.
This is as modern as I get.

 

I guess I can try to start on OT , see how’s it goes .