New Harley Davidson project

[slackmac]

I recently picked up this 1922 JD Harley V twin 1000cc engine for a board track racer project.


This is what I'm aiming for. This may take some time!

[hellotreacle]

Whoa, that's a project and a half. Good luck.

[Nathan]

Awesome! I'm totally jealous!!

[StanTheMan]

prtty noisy I bet.... LOL

[tougemon]

serious dedication to do this..well done

[slackmac]

Second part of the puzzle is finished.

Forks are currently being made in the states.
Now going with a later model build 1918 and not 1915.
Here

[slackmac]

Forks, exhaust stubs and front hub. Picking up the beaded edge rims in NZ next week, these are pre clincher rims.

[hewey]

Very cool. How much of this is original, and how much is custom/repro? I've got mates building '30s rods, they've got to search hard enough for parts let alone a bike from the teens! You looking at rego?

Found an awesome youtube clip of a guy riding this era board tracker on the dirt track, balls of steel I tell ya! Cant access it at work, will try and remember to share it from home.

[slackmac]

Nope not for rego. The engine is all that's original. There's a shite load of early teens Harley repro stuff out there, for instance the bottom end rebuild kit for the v twin was something like $270US and included all crank pins and bearings etc! My brother and I are planning to head to the States in 2013 to race, he's building a early teen Dayton V twin. I use these guys for parts http://www.competitiondist.com/index.php
The original racers were hard men alright, plenty of them died racing on the wooden board tracks.

[hewey]

That bottom end pricetag is awesome!

Here's that vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgNmgGfb2LY