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[JoJo357]

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1925 Harley-Davidson JD <-----*Facebook Marketplace.

[exeric]

I do like that '25. First year for the new 'streamliner' and right there in the middle of the 1920s Jazz Age, but for me, that was not as desirable as the '24 and earlier boxier Harleys. H-D was always making their motorcycles better in performance and continuing their adherence to quality, and new technology of the time, so every year was a progressive, and positive push to make their motorcycles the best in America. However, I think Indian did have a (conceptually) better motorcycle in 1925 than H-D but Indian did not have the commitment of management, engineering, or dedication of manufacturing to offer the better motorcycle they could have manufactured. In 1925 the Big Chief Indian had a super strong frame, side-valve motor, great transmission, and helical gear drive which put it above H-D, but greed, stupidity, and short-sighted disregard for Indian workers, dealers, and customers really bit them where it hurt. History is. . . . What it is.

[pfindlay]

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1925 Harley-Davidson JD <-----*Facebook Marketplace.

Looks more like a '26 to me. Peter

[JoJo357]

Looks more like a '26 to me. Peter

Wasn't 1925 the last year for the narrow ft. fender?

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[ammorest]

It has two items that I think are 1926 first year parts. The horn button and cutout relay.
Dave

[JoJo357]

This 25' or yet to be determined 26' JD reminds me of the Indian at Davenport, a few years ago. The wife caught her husband cheating on her and she took an axe to his Indian.

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[Jerry Wieland]

Definitely not a purebred. 1925 JD have a lot of 1 year only parts. Frame, tanks, transmission, fenders, maybe the front-end etc.

Jerry

[PaulCDF]

"The wife caught her husband cheating on her and she took an axe to his Indian."

OUCH!
Bad enough he cheats on his wife . . .BUT THEN doesn't get between the axe an an INDIAN (Sad).