Since my mom's passing, I've realized this Shovel has been in my life longer than any person or thing. I know, a sad commentary on my personality & character development.
A few of mine not showing my cookie cutter Street Glides or my daily rider DRZ 400SM. Over 57 yrs ago, first of many Built 10 yrs ago At our local watering hole. before maiden voyage. unfinished project.
Several yrs back I was bidding on a flathead barn find trike on ebay, had a Ford V8-60 in it, it surpassed where I wanted to be on it so I bailed out of the bidding. I believe it was in Michigan state, I've always kept my eye out for it hoping someone brought it back to life but I've never seen it surface.
Man, that’s a twin to the 64 Panhead my uncle had when I was a wee lad too. He gave me my first ride on that bike. Hi-Fi Burgundy/white, with the lower half of the windshield see thru red. He set me on the fat bobs in front of the seat and I “steered” with the crossbar between the handlebars. I can still remember the smell even. Consequently, I got my earliest lessons on cussing while he was kicking that dual point distributor fired thing. Hardest starting bike ever. Lol
Dave, you've been around long enough to realize that most of the mods that were made to early bikes were hardly OSHA approved. It's a wonder that any of us lived to be typing on the HAMB.
No front brake, either! That's the sketchy kind of stuff that keeps you paying attention! Just like hot rods!
Sure are quite a few Vtwins in the above posts. Here is my version of a Vtwin: and a couple other non Vtwins that I no longer own:
Is the modern Triumph water cooled? I think they did a great job keeping the classic look, nice bikes
No it was air cooled but it did have a small oil cooler mounted on the front down tubes. It was a 2001 model but I modified the bike to look more like a ‘67 Bonneville. I fabricated the exhaust from SS, installed a ‘67 rear fender and taillight, and a bunch of small stuff. I miss that bike! One of the dumbest moves I ever made was to sell it, but someone offered me stupid money for it and I let it go.
Before I wrecked it.. and right after. Remember to keep up on your maintenance and checking them nuts and bolts!
Built and designed from scratch back in 2006 when the bike building craze was wide open....Hand formed aluminum tanks,rear fender,bars and risers,foot controls,battery box...made the cover and featured in American Iron magazine..exciting time for me!
I saw more than one or 2 mid 70s era bikes with the '36 flying wheel decal over the strip tank emblem. Or like me , put the ''64 -72 emblems on the AMF tanks
Thank you for the kind words.Here are a couple of boardtrack racer replicas that i built to go in the back of my 67 Ranchero.I found blueprints for the frames on the web and then used pics of the real deals to fabricate the tanks and other components. I used a Honda XR 100 engine,rear hub and steering neck with the triple clamps as i already had the bikes in my storage....99 % of the people who come by at the local car shows think they're the real deal! 1915 Harley 1912 Indain Blueprints used
I could quite easily get right into that. Do you mind if I use your blueprints and your pics to have a play myself?
Very nice work and the blueprints are right on. I'm not sure if I will ever give up my cardboard cut outs though.
My old shovel I built many moons ago. Sold it and a nice little collection of magnesium wheels to help finance a shop remodel. I still have that Bates solo, guy that I sold it to but a big puffy seat on it and buckhorn bars, ugh! At least he gave me the seat back!
Nice boardtrackers. I crewed on a 1914 Indian for the Century Cannonball in 2016. More than 100 motorcycles built before 1916 started in Atlantic City and some of them finished in Carlsbad, California two weeks later. I made patterns and cast cylinder heads and domes with the idea of building a second motor. We did not finish well but it was a memorable adventure. I still have a couple of front heads and domes. And the patterns. This was a pocket valve V twin with the intake in the dome and the exhaust directly below it offset from the cylinder itself.
Go for it....the tubing for the main hoop is 1.250x.083,for the double backbone it is 1x.083 and for the rear from frame to axle is 3/4x.083 all ordered from summit racing.The tanks for the Harley are hammer formed but the Indian tank was made from 4" round exhaust tubing and would be easier to fab up.The rims are 21" front wheels found on your typical 250/450 dirt bikes and can be found used on ebay as well as the smooth tires.Vintage looking seats,grips,pedals,tank decals and chromoly bicycle forks can be found on ebay/amazon also...pretty easy to build and gets A LOT of attention wherever i take them.A few mock up pics.
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