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Old 10-11-2009 | 02:49 PM
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Smile New H-D front suspension (leaf-spring)

I don't think you will find very many of these parts in the H-D catalog. The engine is S&S.



Check out the FRAM oil filter under the license plate.








The leaf spring doubles as a front fender and the rear fender doubles as an oil reservoir.
 

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Old 10-11-2009 | 03:03 PM
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That's pretty innovative! (Unless it's been done before and I don't know it) I like it!
 
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Old 10-11-2009 | 03:03 PM
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yeah thats pritty knarly, is that headlight a giant pistion head??? that front end looks heavy as hell, but i do dig the rear fender/oil pan, very cool chop
 
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Old 10-11-2009 | 03:09 PM
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The whole thing makes me puke.
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Old 10-11-2009 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by old skool1983
yeah thats pritty knarly, is that headlight a giant pistion head??? that front end looks heavy as hell, but i do dig the rear fender/oil pan, very cool chop
I believe the headlight housing is made from a large bore piston. Bigger than anything Harley ever made. Maybe a large industrial diesel piston.

The front forks might be made from valve rocker arms from a very large diesel, like might be found in a ship.

The wheels could be Dyna Street Bob, at least the front wheel.

It is a design that you probably won't forget, even if it causes stomach upset to our more sensitive H-D brethren north of the border.
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The whole thing makes me puke.
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Old 10-11-2009 | 04:22 PM
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That is A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!! Sick bike.... damn. I'd LOVE to take that thing for a spin! What a cool ride.
 
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Old 10-11-2009 | 04:45 PM
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Did you notice the water faucets on the handle bars?
 
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Old 10-11-2009 | 04:50 PM
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that thing is butt ugly
 
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Old 10-11-2009 | 04:51 PM
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The nice shiny motor screws up the whole look. He should have went with a distressed, black, or brushed steel look. His current set up makes it painfully obvious that the distressed "rat bike" look is completely fabricated: A poser bike.
 
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Old 10-11-2009 | 05:04 PM
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Not my fav
 



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