This blog will follow the build of a custom motorcycle based on a 1926 Harley model B.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Keep on Keepin on or something like that
So I had time to work on my bike. I notched the frame to fit the knuckle rockers. I felt bad cutting into an 85 year old frame but I got over it quickly. I actually felt worse cutting into the right side gas tank to fit the rocker box of the knucklehead top end. Which by the way is from 1938 or 1939. Here is the explanation of the motor. The bottem end is from a 1930 C model, which is 500cc single cylinder model that Harley built from 1929-1934 and exported overseas. Americans liked more powerful V-twins back in the day and it didnt sell well here. Not much has changed when you think about it we still prefer bigger cars instead of fuel efficient little cars. Oh well. The knuckle top end is left over parts from another project and I didnt want to sell it. but I needed something to put it on. Then I thought it would be cool to use a single cylinder bottom end with the knuckle top end. I had not seen someone do it so I thought I would try. Remember I am not a mechanic by any stretch of the imagination and I dont know enough to know what I dont know. Make sense? Good. So here I am still trying to figure out the last two pieces of the puzzle. Pushrods and carburation. But those are minor details so I am told. Here are some pics of where it is right now. There is a lot missing but you get the basic idea of the stance and motor.
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