It Sure Ain't No Harley!

zipperzap

http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=14032
[:D]

hawkeye6020

Actually it is, or at least the motor is. I want that flying eyeball headlight

shooter4

Pretty low center of gravity.

catpealer111

What kind of motor is that? Looks to me like an old Curtiss.

guntech59

quote:Originally posted by hawkeye6020
Actually it is, or at least the motor is. I want that flying eyeball headlight


You bet, an old flat head.

Great art but, sucks as a daily rider I'll bet!

Lowrider

I don't think it's a Harley Davidson engine. The carburetor is on the wrong side. It might be an Indian.

zipperzap

quote:guntech59:

Actually it is, or at least the motor is.
You bet, an old flat head.

... I'm still correct[:D] ... by using a double negative,
I have made the statement a positive![:D][:D][:D]

zipperzap

Oh no!

I was correct only by using an ungramatical double negative after all?[:0][:0][:0]

guntech59

Tricky Zip!!Very tricky![:D]

zipperzap

(When you got five VERY, VERY TRICKY grandkids who probably know more than three of ME, ... you've got to scramble to just stay alive around here![:D])

Lowrider

I still say it's NOT a Harley engine.

zipperzap

(Com'on guys - I've got to go out with the wife tonight! Let's get this settled.[}:)])

spryor

Doubt it's a Harley motor.

I wanna see em wheelie it.[;)]

iceracerx

quote:Originally posted by Lowrider
I don't think it's a Harley Davidson engine. The carburetor is on the wrong side. It might be an Indian.



Yep, INDIAN

guntech59

Just looked at some old pics. Unless the negative was flipped it shows the carb on the left side of the JD model.

civiliansoldier

I say it's a european motor. Early BMW? The pictures were taken in Europe so it more than likely is european in origin. I do not recognize it as any of the early HD or Indian designs. I could be wrong, but i don't recal Indian ever making a flathead V-twin. At first glance it looks like an early sportster motor, but I don't recall those going far enough back to ever have been a flat head design. I'm stumped.

Lowrider

Flathead engines were all Indian ever made.

civiliansoldier

lowrider, I know they only made flatheads, I just don't recall any of them being V-twins. I remember the parallel design and the single cylinder, but not a V-twin. I'm probably wrong though.

dongizmo

Nice,
But, where are the brakes?
Don

Lowrider

Indian - the ORIGINAL Indian company - started manufacturing bikes in 1901 and went belly-up in the early fifties. They built V-twins from 1907 through 1953, as well as some singles and in-line fours.

Lowrider

Here's a fine old Indian Chief from the twenties.

http://www.photos.indianmotorbikes.com/22-34chief/chf010.jpg

Here's a beautiful 80-inch Chief from the fifties.

http://www.photos.indianmotorbikes.com/50-53chief/tel038.jpg

And an Indian Scout from the forties

http://www.photos.indianmotorbikes.com/40-42sports/4024206.jpg

Big Sky Redneck

I don't care what engine that is, that is the ugliest damn thing I have ever seen!

HappyNanoq

yeah.... PHEW.. !!

FUGLY...

I'd be scared to ride it - accelerate just a little too fast, and it rips you a new * too..

[xx(]

iceracerx

It's an INDIAN I tell ya'

http://www.starklite.com/FORSALE/1947shop_indian_chief.htm

PS WR Harleys had the carb / air cleaner on the left

alledan

Looks like an old 45 Harley engine to me.

Ray B

Regardless as to the motor, how is the steering mechanism connected from the handlebars to the tire?

TRAP55

Ray, 16th pic from the top, see the chrome rod coming down thru the frame in front of the motor?
I'm still trying to figure out where the brakes are?

LaidbackDan

Man, that Tom Petty sure has some cool stuff don't he?

shooter4

He's using them Fred Flintstone kinda brakes.

wizard78

quote:Originally posted by Lowrider
I don't think it's a Harley Davidson engine. The carburetor is on the wrong side. It might be an Indian.


Looks like an old Sporty 45 with the Magneto. The carbs were easy to reverse. I don't know of any other flathead that had a mag, unless it was modified to accept.

catpealer111

I don't think it's a motorcycle at all. Notice there aren't any pics of him actually riding it?