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Old Aug 4, 2021 | 05:54 PM
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Hot Dutch Flathead Rests in Featherbed Frame
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Old Aug 4, 2021 | 06:11 PM
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nice ..... a 50mph cafe racer
 
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Old Aug 4, 2021 | 06:14 PM
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Very cool 💪👍😎
 
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Old Aug 4, 2021 | 08:33 PM
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That's just odd. Misplaced passion, resources, and skill. Either one or the other, fully restored, would be much more desirable than the mishmash.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2021 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by old mago
nice ..... a 50mph cafe racer
LOL yes - why replace a hot rod motor with a tractor motor?
 
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Old Aug 4, 2021 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by panheadache
That's just odd. Misplaced passion, resources, and skill. Either one or the other, fully restored, would be much more desirable than the mishmash.
More likely somebody has the skills and access to sizable parts piles to play with. Them dutch boys like to play like that, I've been over there.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2021 | 09:44 PM
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I have to admit, I like it. As a Norton lover (2 Commando’s and an Atlas Cafe Racer), I’ve always wanted to slip an H-D twin into a featherbed frame. But as

‘68 Norton Cafe in ‘81
some of you pointed out, it takes access to quite a parts bin.

So I’ll content myself with my Ironhead build, while feeling a wee bit jealous of our Dutch colleague.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2021 | 12:10 AM
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yeah i thought if your gonna put a side banger in a featherbed frame why not use a KR donk ?.......the Dutch are messing with our heads here LOL
 
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That's a Norton transmission I suppose.
 
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Originally Posted by nanonevol
That's a Norton transmission I suppose.
sure is ......... a three speed tank shift would have looked strange .......maybe?
 
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