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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Funky Front End 05/05/11 at 15:07:56 Cruising the pics for something out of the ordinary and came across this interesting bike...wonder how it handles?
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Starlifter Serious Thumper Offline It only snows seven months of the year here. Posts: 3746 Eastern Michigan Gender:	Re: Funky Front End Reply #1 - 05/05/11 at 18:05:52 Hmm, well to each his own.
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OE Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 87 Panama City, FL Gender:	Re: Funky Front End Reply #2 - 05/05/11 at 18:21:05 Starlifter wrote on 05/05/11 at 18:05:52: Hmm, well to each his own. Yeah, you're right but I give the person that did that a lotta credit. Lots of work went in to building that thing. Never seen a leaf spring suspension on the front end of a bike before.
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Midnightrider Serious Thumper Offline Alliance Member Posts: 3244 Winston Salem, NC	Re: Funky Front End Reply #3 - 05/05/11 at 20:07:52 [/quote] Yeah, you're right but I give the person that did that a lotta credit. Lots of work went in to building that thing. Never seen a leaf spring suspension on the front end of a bike before. [/quote] There might be a reason for that
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Funky Front End Reply #4 - 05/05/11 at 22:16:52 You've never seen the stock front end on a pre-47 Indian Scout, Chief, Four, or Powerplus? Leaf spring front ends on bikes came out in the 19teens... They didn't look like that show bike though.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Funky Front End Reply #5 - 05/06/11 at 05:23:44 Kinda a Rube Goldberg approach, I like it.. needs a fender. Looks well engineered. It wouldnt ever be found on a race track, but it otta handle well enough for just riding around.
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Arnold Serious Thumper Offline The dude abides... Posts: 896 Westchester, NY Gender:	Re: Funky Front End Reply #6 - 05/06/11 at 08:33:17 I like the other one too, the bike picture of the rear view.
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Re: Funky Front End
Reply #7 - 05/06/11 at 11:06:10

When I was a kid (15) as a M/C apprentice mechanic, we had a bike in for repair called ABC associated british cycle, it had leaf springing for and aft, quite progresive for the time ,the bike was about a 1923.
I did ride it after it was fixed,I missed second gear and the over reving of the engine caused the push rods to go flying off,I did find them all but not the valve spring retainers.the one in the picture is one just like it.

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Funky Front End Reply #8 - 05/06/11 at 23:01:58 Same suspension as a Power Plus V-twin. And to think HD didn't "invent" the swingarm until the mid-50s... Wonder how many Softail owners realize hidden shock triangulated swingarms were on Vincents when HD was still rigid frame only...
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Stimpy - FSO Serious Thumper Offline SuzukisSavage Int'l Division Posts: 1203 Germany - formerly SD, SoCal Gender:	Re: Funky Front End Reply #9 - 05/07/11 at 08:05:27 I love it, i'm crazy about steampunk sh1t. ...look here (daily 1-wheel drive pr0n): http://www.bikeexif.com/
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Re: Funky Front End
Reply #10 - 05/07/11 at 10:49:30

WD wrote on 05/06/11 at 23:01:58:

Same suspension as a Power Plus V-twin. And to think HD didn't "invent" the swingarm until the mid-50s... Roll Eyes

Wonder how many Softail owners realize hidden shock triangulated swingarms were on Vincents when HD was still rigid frame only...

HD did not invent the swinging arm suspension.
It was BMW in the late 40s, and telescopic forks in 1937 the year I was born.
HD invented the oil leek.

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Reply #11 - 05/07/11 at 22:00:00

Yeah, but I love to dig on the "HD experts", you know, buy a brand new garbage barge (Geezer Glide, er, Electroglide) and think that HD invented motorcycles and everything about them.

Indian had electric start option same year Cadillac made it standard (1916). HD got electric start in 1965 (and it still isn't worth 2 cents, even with Toyota/Mazda starters).

I like real Harleys (pre-49 Big Twins) that aren't treated like fine art. I like real riders who treat their bikes as basic transportation. My friend Drifter Doug even does all his shopping, in winter snow no less, on his 99 1500 Drifter.

Triumph invented the oil leak, I've had a few Bonnies. Wink

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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Funky Front End Reply #12 - 05/08/11 at 05:47:52 My '37 Enfield had a stamped metal cover on the primary drive with a foam rubber gasket. I could NOT get it to stop leaking. Topping up the oil in the primary drive was part of the starting routine.
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