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Copperhead 1917 Harley Davidson Replica from a 1979 Sportster

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Quite a few builders have gone all out creating exact replicas of the early Harleys, only problem is the machines are not very practical to ride. Copperhead is not an exact replica but has a strong family resemblance to a 1917 Harley Davidson, though it began life as a 1979 Sportster. In other words, you have the antique look with a practical ride, qualities that remind me a … [Read more...]

Do Women Really Want Pink Motorcycles?

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Painting something pink and saying it's for the ladies is an old cliche, but cliches usually have an element of truth, and this one, depending on the woman, may be true or terribly wrong. The builder of this bike took a fairly low mileage, Honda CB400A, dressed it in cafe racer body work and then gave it a nicely done white and pink metal flake, two tone paint job. He carried … [Read more...]

Casting the Musket V-Twin Engine

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Aniket sent me the first photos of the new 1000cc Musket V-Twin engine castings fresh out of the foundry. Those gorgeous wooden patterns we saw several weeks ago performed their job beautifully and the new aluminum castings look just perfect. The photos below step you through the process from making the sand molds to pouring the molten aluminum and finally we see the new … [Read more...]

TRT – the Tilting Reverse Trike Harley Conversion from Too Kool Cycles

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Jim Harrell was thinking about trikes for some time, even before the blond on the cell phone rear ended him and his wife at a traffic light, but with a new collection of bumps and bruises it was getting even more difficult to ride, so, Jim finally decided, now was the time. He surveyed the options already out there, from Hannigan, Can-Am and others and became more convinced … [Read more...]

Desmohog Finishes the DesmoHarley Engine Project

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The very impressive DesmoHarley engine built by Chris Barber we covered years ago has a home in a complete bike. I never followed up on that project and a comment in the previous post reminded me that it's about time I did. Several years ago the build was already under way and here is the complete bike, the Desmohog. Putting Ducati 900ss desmo heads on a pair of Axtell … [Read more...]

LaHaDuc – a Laverda Harley Ducati Bitsa Bike

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You may remember the Vincati, a Ducati 750 GT frame with a Vincent V-Twin installed in place of the original engine. Pieter van den Breevaart of the Netherlands liked it a lot, but spare Vincent engines aren't easy to come by at an affordable price, nor are Ducati 750s, for that matter, so he decided to pursue his goal in his own way and the LaHaDuc, a Laverda Harley Ducati … [Read more...]