Hello,
New to the thread. I have been mostly a car guy (Model T guy now) but I have owned a few motorcycles (57 and 60 BMW's) but ever since I laid eyes on the early model 6, 7 and 8's at Barrett Jackson back in 02 I have had an itch for the pre 13 H-D's. Unfortunately for most, but fortunately for the lucky few that have them, the prices have always been out of reach (I should have bought back in 02!) Anyway, now I have come to a point where I would like to build one of these and hopefully find an orphan engine to take off the shelf and put back on the road.
Now there are a few folks manufacturing the reproduction parts, from frames to whole bikes. I am leaning to buying the whole bike kit and building it, all the while looking for the orphan engine to replace the replica engine. What I am going to be looking for is to make it as original as I can but I don't want to ride/show it as original. Is there a registry that I can assign my HD to so when the time comes and I am gone folks will know what they are buying?
I like to be as honest as possible considering there are so few original bikes out there.
Lastly, are there any books on the early singles that I can study? or any books on the early single engines so I can differentiate from one year to the next that way, in my hunt for an engine, I know what I should be looking for?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
New to the thread. I have been mostly a car guy (Model T guy now) but I have owned a few motorcycles (57 and 60 BMW's) but ever since I laid eyes on the early model 6, 7 and 8's at Barrett Jackson back in 02 I have had an itch for the pre 13 H-D's. Unfortunately for most, but fortunately for the lucky few that have them, the prices have always been out of reach (I should have bought back in 02!) Anyway, now I have come to a point where I would like to build one of these and hopefully find an orphan engine to take off the shelf and put back on the road.
Now there are a few folks manufacturing the reproduction parts, from frames to whole bikes. I am leaning to buying the whole bike kit and building it, all the while looking for the orphan engine to replace the replica engine. What I am going to be looking for is to make it as original as I can but I don't want to ride/show it as original. Is there a registry that I can assign my HD to so when the time comes and I am gone folks will know what they are buying?
I like to be as honest as possible considering there are so few original bikes out there.
Lastly, are there any books on the early singles that I can study? or any books on the early single engines so I can differentiate from one year to the next that way, in my hunt for an engine, I know what I should be looking for?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
. The further back you go into H-D, the muddier it gets. Herb's brilliant research into the Isam's, Carl Lang Harley is some to the best research, and enjoyable reading I have had.
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