49 Panhead
Recently I went on a charity run with an old friend Rockabilly Rich, on the the run there was this 1949 Pan. As it turns out the motor in this bike belonged to Rich in the late sixties which he ran in a custom he build and rode at that time when he was hanging with the Aliens M/C out of the Bronx N.Y. Long story short, he sold it to this same guy somewhere around 1970 and he still owns and rides it 44 years later at 65 years old. Check out the aluminum rear rim, original axed 61-62 tanks, if anyone was wondering where the name "Alien Tanks" came from now you know! it was a popular modification/fabrication with the Club and of the era along with "Spanish Louie" tail pipes and "Sleds" extending off the backend of Full Dress Pans & Shovels, all originating out of the Bronx and Mount Vernon area of N.Y. in the late sixties early seventies.
