Nothing like riding one. I really want to build an old school bobber and run one.
https://youtu.be/RxT0g2PlzTQ
The auto-clutch upgrade is a game changer. Oh and this dude has some nice vehicles.
https://youtu.be/dkWGAcGDX7A
Does one have to wear skinny jeans and tennies to ride one?
Mark
Quote from: Mhanis on April 17, 2021, 06:50:30 AM
Does one have to wear skinny jeans and tennies to ride one?
Mark
Not necessarily skinny jeans, but definitely jeans and sneakers. I prefer high top Chucks. 8)
C'mon, Vans are perfectly acceptable foorwear for motorcycles. [roll]
Quote from: krolik on April 17, 2021, 11:16:37 AM
C'mon, Vans are perfectly acceptable foorwear for motorcycles. [roll]
Hell yeaah! 8)
Pretty clean build using a Honda Shadow engine.
https://youtu.be/yEIKMLYgsYg
Or the right side shifter on the old BMW's.
https://youtu.be/rcQecJb3R9c
https://youtu.be/Go9Aq2ijNgQ
My panhead was nearly jockey shift until I decided I'd probably forget which bike I was riding and chaos would ensue.
Still have all the parts to do it though....
Quote from: Speedbag on April 23, 2021, 08:41:55 AM
My panhead was nearly jockey shift until I decided I'd probably forget which bike I was riding and chaos would ensue.
Still have all the parts to do it though....
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say, I highly doubt you confuse riding that beast of a panhead with any other motorcycle. [evil]
I'm not sure I have enough brain cells left to run a bike with a suicide shift, much less an older one where every appendage you've got has two or three different jobs - on top of the ones we're all used to, old Indains came with throttle on the left and right hand controlling adjustable ignition timing and feet doing who knows what down there. Or a foot operated oil pump...
Or whatever's going on here:
(https://occhiolungo.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/sc0053b9b5_thumb.jpg?w=754&h=560)
This blog post (from which I linked the image above) makes my head spin...
https://occhiolungo.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/riding-an-early-bike-1-myths-about-indians-and-guns/ (https://occhiolungo.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/riding-an-early-bike-1-myths-about-indians-and-guns/)
Oh hell yeaah!
got to keep this simple?
I had a good laugh seeing my brother-in-laws father (so what does that make him? any-who) custom shift rod attached to the foot shifter on his Honda quad (has auto clutch); ... b-in-law explained in an embarrassed low voice his father never got used to foot shifting; I thought this was the coolest modern suicide shifter; took me 5 minutes to get used to ....
so ya-all could just add a long rod to the foot shift mechanism and "voila" instant suicide shifter (might be a bit more too it but I duno ... ) whos going to ... like Nike says - just do it? whos up!?
Quote from: kopfjäger on April 23, 2021, 06:53:09 PM
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say, I highly doubt you confuse riding that beast of a panhead with any other motorcycle. [evil]
True. But the primary drive on that thing is a fully open 3" belt, so one less element of danger is a good thing for my feeble brain. ;D
Quote from: Speedbag on April 26, 2021, 07:56:59 AM
True. But the primary drive on that thing is a fully open 3" belt, so one less element of danger is a good thing for my feeble brain. ;D
:D It's all good. The open primary is a must also. [evil]
[evil] [evil] [evil]
(https://i.imgur.com/e8DWLr3.jpg)
That looks evil. [evil] I like watching a big fat open primary belt spinning around, as much or more than my dry clutch.
Beautiful 46 “Knuckleâ€
https://youtu.be/cpQh4HyExBM
What a beautiful “Shovel†[evil]
https://youtu.be/s0Rh-3F7TzQ
https://youtu.be/DLtm4Nfpt_k
https://youtu.be/_s5nEP2OR48
I love the ignition kill switch on the knuck above.
(Actually, I love the entire thing...)
Quote from: Speedbag on June 22, 2021, 09:16:35 AM
I love the ignition kill switch on the knuck above.
(Actually, I love the entire thing...)
Absolutely. That was/is killer! 8)
https://youtu.be/DE65EsEpXAc
https://youtu.be/H8LtmrNMNGk
Ah yes, there's no better cardio workout than learning the startup quirks of a new kickstart big twin HD project bike. [laugh]
Been there. I'm amazed at the lack of cussing in the videos, if I had made any of me with my panhead they would definitely be NSFW.
[laugh] Oh hell yeaah, and you know that's part of the love hate relationship.
Yep, along with it almost throwing me through the garage door once when I got it wrong and it kicked back. [laugh]
Quote from: Speedbag on June 25, 2021, 08:26:18 AM
Yep, along with it almost throwing me through the garage door once when I got it wrong and it kicked back. [laugh]
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] There's always that possibility. [bang]
It got compression releases after that event. ;D Much more predictable.
Quote from: Speedbag on June 25, 2021, 10:47:09 AM
It got compression releases after that event. ;D Much more predictable.
Smart man. 8)
Amazing piece of history. [evil]
https://youtu.be/TVDOls7JFco
Beautiful build. I'm not an EVO fan, but he did an excellent job.
https://youtu.be/wgHcv1Ul_vk
Damn!
https://youtu.be/6fV2gpV6KLU
That pan motor looks brutal.
Damn!! [evil]
https://youtu.be/ES-GczzPlAE
https://youtu.be/ICLTgQKfXi4