I tried posting a couple lately and they wouldn't show. Maybe a lack of host site permissions or more likely a lack of my computer skills.
I'm mainly just curious what the two missing pics are since the one that did come through was pretty cool.
My brother was a GoTo guy around South Daytona for Knucks and Flatheads for many years. This was his main ride when he worked at Miller's Custom Parts. Stroked with an Ironhead Sportster rear fender (right side cutout for the chain), 18" Sportster rim laced to a star hub, S & S "L" body carb, Jockey shift. Unfortunately he's pretty much confined to the house with COPD these days, but he managed to put a '37 UH together lately. This is a pic of a pic obviously, the original bike parted out to pay bills. I got to ride it just before he took it apart and I'll testify it ran like a scalded ape, but didn't stop for ****!
Kinda, but didn't register until you mentioned it. No doubt it needs a little extra to spin that monster!
Not a rod, just another extra heavy duty arm. The last time that I had spoken with the owner, the bike was just sitting at a friend's shop. I asked him if he had ridden it and all he said was: It's too much! I first saw the bike 35-40 years ago at a R G Canning show in Ventura CA. It's a masterpiece!
Another pic of a pic as the bikes are long gone. My brother would build them for himself and then someone would offer him a deal too good to p*** up and away they'd go. He's pictured here with a basically stock Knuck in '91, close to restoration spec, but maybe a few aftermarket parts that were hard to find. He preferred them close to stock as the yellow one was fun, but a ballbuster to ride with the stroker motor and jockey shift in traffic.
Been collecting and repairing parts for this bike since roughly 2010. Finally have it together and running. 48FL, 48 springer, 51 frame, 57/58 tanks.
Yes, those jockey-shifts are a real pain in the **** in traffic!! I rode a '54 panhead for a dozen years and the jokey shift could be fun. But it could be a pain, too.
It was worth every minute, nice work! My brother had one of those small S & S air horns on his yellow Knuck that got mangled when the Chinese cylinder came apart and the piston got jammed in the case causing him to go skidding down the street on his side. I pieced it back together fairly well, but it was never the same. Digging the magneto also!
Violator, 16 years is light speed ahead of me as I've been collecting parts for this since the 90s and it's still not done. ****py pics are because it's squirreled away in my crowded ba*****t. Basically a 1940 ULH 80 in a VL frame with VL springer. Front wheel was ebay in the 90s before prices went nutso, think I paid $140 shipped. Rear wheel and fender from my brother's knucklehead, 4 speed ******, Santee aluminum tank modified for the clutch release arm, Fairbanks Morse magneto. Axed flat side Evo tanks I cut 1 1/2" from the inside of each, NOS military surplus shift gate and ribbed Bates solo seat. Handlebars are Harley Hummer with the stem cut off and a one piece Sportster handlebar clamp I hacksawed the center out of. Tanks and seat are under the bench.
Looks good John, I agree the prices are so insane right now and probably never going back down. I usually start out with worn out junk and restore it. I think that is part of the fun. My 51 wishbone frame I literally pulled out of a shrubbery bush where it had been thrown years before.
I remember those same days. I snagged a lot of brit bike stuff, before price and shipping went way up. For Brit stuff, good used parts are generally plentiful on eBay. Shipping ****s.
I hear you Violator and Leon, we were lucky. Now the supply has dried up and the at***udes have changed. My brother horse traded with his buddies for the motor, frame, and springer. Now it's $20 for a rusty bolt and $15 to ship it.
I'm digging the wheels and split rocker boxes, says it's a Detroit Brothers frame if you remember them from Biker Buildoff
That's Custom John from SoCal. He had a shop on Harbor just north of Katells. That bike was for sale in the showroom. The exhaust looks like it was from Chris @ FUBAR. He also sold things called bongs, whatever they are.
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