auction sale result - harley racer

[HarleyCreation]

Herbert,
He does identify that as being a Rikuo, not a Harley. I am no expert on Rikuo's but the intake ports on those cylinders look real strange. The rest of the bike appears to be a Rikuo frame with some H-D parts, like the luggage rack, crudely modified to fit it. Appears to be a VL fork and not a Rikuo fork.

Thanks Chris. I did not see that identification and know very little about Rikuo. I might as well delete my post.

[Chris Haynes]

Herbert,
He does identify that as being a Rikuo, not a Harley. I am no expert on Rikuo's but the intake ports on those cylinders look real strange. The rest of the bike appears to be a Rikuo frame with some H-D parts, like the luggage rack, crudely modified to fit it. Appears to be a VL fork and not a Rikuo fork.

[Harleyson's]

Black Widow for 29000 British Pounds

Pics from the RAF Museum, London UK

*Black Widow Racer, Rikuo, H&W . . . .

http://www.harleysons.de

just another example of bonham's "double speak" they are masters at it.

[Sargehere]

Putting an 8-valve top on a standard bottom is just plain silly.

Did they give the motor number?

That would tell us more about this particular fantasy bike.

Off the Bonham's site: "Lot No: 45 1926 Harley-Davidson 74ci Model J OHV Racing Motorcycle, engine no. 26J13794"

[HarleyCreation]

Putting an 8-valve top on a standard bottom is just plain silly.

Did they give the motor number?

That would tell us more about this particular fantasy bike.

[Sargehere]

Why you hemmin' and hawin', Stillman? Why don'cha tell how you really feel?

[flat-happy]

that's what you get when you get lawyers involved with motorcycles----it's all about the language---where'd it come from? aaa gee i dunno. you know you lying bast----. you never bought anything in your life over $2 that you didn't know everything there was to know about it and even then you wouldn't pay a poor handicapped veteran $2 for it unless you knew where you could get $10 for it-----but i'm not bitter----

[Sargehere]

This may be the motorcycle your AMCA Judges Warned you about

Bonham's Auction's blurb is 80 percent generic, condensed early history of the H-D motor company out of some book somewhere, it sounds. Only the last paragraph of the description references the bike offered, beginning:
"Purchased from a private seller at the Beaulieu Autojumble in 2008, this particular Model J has the 74ci (1,200cc) engine first introduced for 1921. The origin of the overhead-valve conversion is not known, nor is it known when the engine was converted, or by whom..." AND "Sold for £29,900 inclusive of Buyer's Premium"

Hmm... Too late! We're on to ya. Fantasy Island Special, D'ja think?

[aka HAWG]

found this while surfing

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4497820&iSaleNo=18362&iSaleSectionNo=1

check out the other bikes also at the auction

aka hawg