old photos

[ronald]

same bike?

[ronald]

that was a standard muffler /exhaust system on some years of early HD's.

[ronald]

bet the braking(?) sucked....

[Chris Haynes]

1908 Harley factory building.
Looks like Harleys on the loading dock. But is that a Harley on the sidewalk?

Where can I find a good hi resolution copy of this?

[aka HAWG]

another cool harley

aka HAWG

[Chris Haynes]

Kyle, unfortunately all I have is the picture. I'm gonna guess it was taken in California. Maybe Chris Haynes knows something about it. .

Looks to be a Dry Lake rather than the Salt Flats. Muroc, Rosamond and El Mirage dry lakes were the favorite places.

[c.o.]

That's a great picture Cory, I'd love to see more and get some history. I see it has the magneto at the gen location and I'm guessing there are a couple of carbs hanging off the left side. One of the tiny fuel tanks held oil and the other not much gas? Where is old Steve and his racer today?

Kyle, unfortunately all I have is the picture. I'm gonna guess it was taken in California. Maybe Chris Haynes knows something about it. .

[Rubone]

Here's another Knuckle!
Robbie

[koanes]

That's a great picture Cory, I'd love to see more and get some history. I see it has the magneto at the gen location and I'm guessing there are a couple of carbs hanging off the left side. One of the tiny fuel tanks held oil and the other not much gas? Where is old Steve and his racer today?

[Tommo]

I'm pretty sure you'll find that the first Tourist / LT sidecars were 1922.
Replcement parts for LT sidecars first appear in the HD Parts Book as 1922 0n

[c.o.]

[Sargehere]

Sarge-Sucher's book shows '23 as the 1st LT--they also made QT in '23 --- says body made by Harley after '25 --- '26-'30 had same body

Hey, thanx! There's probably a book in explaining just what was what in the early sidecars.

[Chris Haynes]

Somewhere I heard the bodies were built by Nash for a while.

[duffeycycles]

Sarge-Sucher's book shows '23 as the 1st LT--they also made QT in '23 --- says body made by Harley after '25 --- '26-'30 had same body

[Sargehere]

Correction of earlier statment of '15HD sidecars made by National-looking at Sucher's The Milwaukee Marvel He says they were made by Rogers up until '25

Just curious; what do you make the first year of the "LT" passenger sidecar? Merle Wolfe makes the repro bodies, and he dates the LT in his catalog from 1924 through 1936.
I know the dropped-seat "Streamlined" JD came out in '25, which would be a fine excuse to simultaneously redesign the sidecar, so I leaned that way, but now, I just don't know. It lasted through the last single-downtube Big Twins, the '36 VLs, is all I'm certain of. Wondering if anyone has '24, '25 advertising, I guess.