So during the whole 2007 I have been looking for a pre-war Harley Davidson Knucklehead, a bike that is hard to find because it has been popular ever since it was "launched". First as a first class super bike then as the perfect bike to rebuild as Bobber then after a couple of years turned into a chopper during the late 60´s when the owner has see the movie "Easy Rider".....and then after 25years of hard riding most of them are hard to rebuild because there are one piece from every year of its life time.
..... here is a pic of the Harley flathead with mounted sidecar, (yes I am Swedish)..
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We have used the bike as a family transportation vehicle, I had my wife on the rear fender (detachable sadle) and our son in the sidecar during a vintage rally "Bornholm Rundt" at the Danish Island Bornholm.
On the other hand....it is sometimes to much into original on different forums, what is a 95 point bike according to the American Judging system and what is a 92 point bike... , the only thing that really counts for me is the miles that you are spending in the saddle together with friends on a nice sunny day.
Above is a picture of a nice bobber Harley Knucklehead 1940, ready for a ride during a snowy day in February 2007...without any friends....this is under restoration...below
Below you see the sandblased and painted frame, the beutifull Knucklehead engine on the bench.
The tank and rear fender is pin-striped by Cay that is a member of the bobber club Killer Bobbers in Copenhagen thanks Cay!
The fantastic restaured speedo is now recieved from Eppie´s Speedoshop in Holland "The oldtimer", thanks Eppie!
After a fantastic day in my workshop I mounted the tank and wheel´s just to get the first impresion of the bike.....and yes that´s my wet dream!
Need som gaskets to the petrol lines and some minor bults and nuts then on the 1st of May it will be the Grand Finale, I will add some clip @ youtube.com.
(...any one that has seen my tank plates, I am looking for them, maybe I forget them at the paint shop...)
I the Knucklehead it is ready now....2008-04-03
Take a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_adXoB_sTBE
Below is my Suzuki GSX 1100es, bought it when I was 18 years old and rebuild it in the same year 1988.
I thought the standard version looked so ugly but I liked the engine a lot. These engines were famous for it´s tuning possibilities and of course have my engine some goodies. The bike that I bought was already repainted and modified due to a crash, the price was therefore OK for a guy that still were spending his time in school..
I have drove it 80 000Km during the 20 years I have own it, everything from street race to long tours in Europe. I retired the bike in 1996 after our honeymoon that we of course did with this bike, after this I am treating my old "Suka" as the old gentleman that he is.
The bike is built in Japan November 1982 and is registered as a 1983.
I am sure that some of you people from Europe sometimes has been close to this bike...it has been in: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Swiss, Austria, Italy, Spain, England, Scotland, Wales Poland, Belgium, Monaco with me in the saddle.
It is like an old friend that needs to be there, the feeling to ride the bike that you drove when you were 18-19 is amazing. You starts to remember things that you have forgotten, like names on guys you used to ride with, phone numbers to old ...friends etc...
Below is a picture how it looked when it came from the factory...I think my version is nicer.
