Flatheads, Panheads, Shovelheads & Twincams Oh My!

A few random shots of the bikes that showed up for one of the Bear Mountain AMCA chapter rides this past summer. 

 

Police Bikes

Midland Market must have some pretty good doughnuts!

It's good to see most PD's across the country have returned to using Harley Davidsons again after many years of trying other brands.

Time for the six month update!

OK...as always I just can't seem to get to this Blog as often as I would like, but here's a great story on this 1949 Pan.

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.

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!



Cool....Ness circa mid 1990's

 

 

Twin Cam's Heading to The Great White North...........

 

Here's some pic's from a trip I took back in July through the Adirondack's to the Canadian border, on the way back we came down via Vermont, New Hampshire & Connecticut.

Sometimes I forget just how beautiful upstate New York is. 



Days of Future Past.......... and the 1953 Panhead

OK I know it's been a long time since I've posted, just never seemed to have the extra time, but I did want to start again before the one year anniversary of my last post in February. So here we go..... a lot has happened good and bad, I will try to fast forward over the next few weeks and post short captions and quick pic's of what I've been up too until I reach the present. Then hopefully with winter setting in and a little effort/dedication on my part I will post more often for my many followers.

 

1953 Panhead

Finally got the beast done! fought me tooth & nail with too many demons to go into here so I'll just give ya some pictures of the finished product.

 

First day after defeating it's last (hopefully) demon

 

 The 53 sandwiched between a 60's Sporty and a beautiful Knuck outside the White Rose M/C clubhouse

 

While at White Rose AMCA meet my buddy Drew and I decided to take a ride by the York PA Harley Davidson plant for a quick and very cool photo Op. that's Drew's 58 on the left.

 

Stay tuned for more good stuff to come from the past ten months! 



 



 

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Time for change! Change is good!

BEFORE

AFTER

Needed some maintenance and change on my 1999 Softail. I've had this bike since new and been all over the east coast with it, always reliable and fun to ride just throw on a T-Bag, strap my leather to the handlebars and hit the road!

New tires, brakes, cleaned and repacked the wheel bearings, new neck bearings, Apehangers, sissybar and all fluids she's good to go! Did all the work at a buddy's shop and I would like to thank Pete for his expertise on internal wiring and cable length, it looks factory install.....nice! 

More updates on the 1953 Panhead rebuild soon......





1953 Panhead

Found some pictures I forgot about on my phone of the 53 before the motor went in and for your additional viewing pleasure I've add a new  "creature"  to your right.

Motors In

   Managed to get the 53 motor in, got this done a few months back just havent had the time to post, fitting the gas tanks will be next.