Gorgeous Garage-Built 1962 FL Panhead
By Bruce Montcombroux

This Chopper project started out as a pile of parts and lots of determination.

 

Nice looking bar hopper. Nice to see he is still running the manual advance timer, the Linkert carb and using the jockey shift keeps the handlebars uncluttered. I would bet there are less than a dozen wires for the whole bike. Love that front spool hub and a drum back brake. My first chop was a Sporty with a spool hub and drum brake. Got a fix it ticket by the CHP. Back then (early 70s) a company called Hallcraft was making a mini-hub that fit the definition of a "front brake" (think it had maybe a 4 inch diameter). Woudn't stop for $hit but I was able to get the equipment violation signed off because technically I had a front brake.

 

A cool old school bobber with the 45 degree up sweep exhaust and trumpet style mufflers.