Ok Experts,What Kind Of Bike Is This
#22
I like it, a buddy of mine strips down metric bikes, configures and welds the frame into a hard tail(he changes up the design on every bike he does) rebuilds everything, lowers them etc. and makes some pretty cool bobbers out of them. Sure they are not Harleys but they pretty cool and fun to tool around on. they turn heads. I guess you could say they where RE made in America.
#23
And you may be right, they might have made a vtwin with only 2 plugs at some point. But all shadows had 4 plugs.
#26
Since it has full fins, it's obviously air cooled and just has the world's biggest oil cooler!
If it is a reconverted bike to look retro, it's a dang fine job. I thought it was something old, like a Federal from England back in the '20-30's.
Except for that dang radiator.
If it is a reconverted bike to look retro, it's a dang fine job. I thought it was something old, like a Federal from England back in the '20-30's.
Except for that dang radiator.
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and honda does not always run 4 plugs on thier v-twins.
And you may be right, they might have made a vtwin with only 2 plugs at some point. But all shadows had 4 plugs.
i honestly just dont see it.
Last edited by dogtownmax; 06-14-2010 at 05:18 PM.
#30
First thing that caught my eye was the eagle on the tank. Can't say why, but that eagle just screamed HONDA to me...
And personally, I gotta give props. Anyone with the imagination to make that bike is better at fabrication than most of us could ever hope to be...
dogtownmax, if you look at both sides of the heads closely, you will see there is a spark plug on each side. 2 cylinders, 2 sides, one spark plug on each side = 4 spark plugs...
That 'radiator' might just be a huge oil cooler...
I can't quite make out the lettering on the shift lever guide and right side cover, but it almost looks like "L A R S O N". Did a quick search for vintage Larson motorcycles and came up with everything under the sun concerning each individual word. Too much to sift through...
After copying the images, then blowing them up the lettering looks more like "A L L S O N", or maybe "A L I S O N". Still no info thru google...
Thought I was gonna be sneaky and peak at the properties of the image. Could have given a hint if the file name was other than "vintage 0x.jpg"...
And personally, I gotta give props. Anyone with the imagination to make that bike is better at fabrication than most of us could ever hope to be...
dogtownmax, if you look at both sides of the heads closely, you will see there is a spark plug on each side. 2 cylinders, 2 sides, one spark plug on each side = 4 spark plugs...
That 'radiator' might just be a huge oil cooler...
I can't quite make out the lettering on the shift lever guide and right side cover, but it almost looks like "L A R S O N". Did a quick search for vintage Larson motorcycles and came up with everything under the sun concerning each individual word. Too much to sift through...
After copying the images, then blowing them up the lettering looks more like "A L L S O N", or maybe "A L I S O N". Still no info thru google...
Thought I was gonna be sneaky and peak at the properties of the image. Could have given a hint if the file name was other than "vintage 0x.jpg"...
Last edited by CroK; 06-15-2010 at 09:06 AM.