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This get's two votes. His and Mine. It's got a springer, even tho it is almost impossible to see clearly, the headlight is a dead give away.
The 'wheel cover' (Note the front wheel looks solid) has me baffled. IT is a guess, but I do not believe those were available back then. BUT I got divorced along the line, so you KNOW I was WRONG at least one other time.
Someone easily could have installed them on an older scoot, just like we do to ours. 
AGAIN, that's a GUESS.
The eagle fender tips, IF they are 'original' to THAT scoot, were available from 34-48. BUT remember, MY memory iz failing, YES,it iz photographic, but it iz so oldt, they don't make film for it any longer.
BTW - last springers, 48. Also, first year pan. Note, that's when the eagles stopped. Well, at least the ones, you described. Altho the rear fender, continued to 57, last hardtail, the front changed with the Hydra
Glide, 49.
DEMOCRACY = 2 Wolves and a Sheep, voting on what to have for lunch.
LIBERTY = A WELL armed Sheep, contesting the vote.
The 'wheel cover' (Note the front wheel looks solid) has me baffled. IT is a guess, but I do not believe those were available back then. BUT I got divorced along the line, so you KNOW I was WRONG at least one other time.
Someone easily could have installed them on an older scoot, just like we do to ours. AGAIN, that's a GUESS. The eagle fender tips, IF they are 'original' to THAT scoot, were available from 34-48. BUT remember, MY memory iz failing, YES,it iz photographic, but it iz so oldt, they don't make film for it any longer.
BTW - last springers, 48. Also, first year pan. Note, that's when the eagles stopped. Well, at least the ones, you described. Altho the rear fender, continued to 57, last hardtail, the front changed with the Hydra
Glide, 49.
DEMOCRACY = 2 Wolves and a Sheep, voting on what to have for lunch.
LIBERTY = A WELL armed Sheep, contesting the vote.
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Looking in my copy of Harley Davidson "Design and Development" I found what appears to be the same model. It would possibly be a 1947 WL. It had the eagle trim on valanced front fender, side shift, 45 c.i. flathead side valve engine. I think the windshield on your bike's picture is from the late 30's for some reason. If it were a 61 c.i., it could date back to 1936 61 EL Knucklehead. Some basic configuration. Hard to know for certain.
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About all i can tell from that pic is that it's a motorcycle, i think. Could be a knucklehead or an old UL flathead but i bet it's a 45. The crash bar looks smaller than a big twin crash bar but it's hard to tell.
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This get's two votes. His and Mine. It's got a springer, even tho it is almost impossible to see clearly, the headlight is a dead give away.
The 'wheel cover' (Note the front wheel looks solid) has me baffled. IT is a guess, but I do not believe those were available back then. BUT I got divorced along the line, so you KNOW I was WRONG at least one other time. Someone easily could have installed them on an older scoot, just like we do to ours. AGAIN, that's a GUESS.
The eagle fender tips, IF they are 'original' to THAT scoot, were available from 34-48. BUT remember, MY memory iz failing, YES,it iz photographic, but it iz so oldt, they don't make film for it any longer.
BTW - last springers, 48. Also, first year pan. Note, that's when the eagles stopped. Well, at least the ones, you described. Altho the rear fender, continued to 57, last hardtail, the front changed with the Hydra
Glide, 49.
DEMOCRACY = 2 Wolves and a Sheep, voting on what to have for lunch.
LIBERTY = A WELL armed Sheep, contesting the vote.
The 'wheel cover' (Note the front wheel looks solid) has me baffled. IT is a guess, but I do not believe those were available back then. BUT I got divorced along the line, so you KNOW I was WRONG at least one other time.
Someone easily could have installed them on an older scoot, just like we do to ours. AGAIN, that's a GUESS. The eagle fender tips, IF they are 'original' to THAT scoot, were available from 34-48. BUT remember, MY memory iz failing, YES,it iz photographic, but it iz so oldt, they don't make film for it any longer.
BTW - last springers, 48. Also, first year pan. Note, that's when the eagles stopped. Well, at least the ones, you described. Altho the rear fender, continued to 57, last hardtail, the front changed with the Hydra
Glide, 49.
DEMOCRACY = 2 Wolves and a Sheep, voting on what to have for lunch.
LIBERTY = A WELL armed Sheep, contesting the vote.
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Here's a page I found helpful http://knut.dhs.org/hd2.htm It has some great pictures in great detail .
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NOW, where's Harley'sinthefamily (??) with his '48?
SD, as long as we have this pic here, note on the back fender, there are 'fender stanchions' on it. Also, if you look where the saddlebarges mount to the fenders, there are likewise stanchions mounted there. It also has the front fender, BUT is missing the speedo stanchion.
On EBAY earlier this winter, there were NOS National (they made a lot of Harley stuff) stanchions, the front, rear, saddlebarge AND speedo ones. They were at about $75-$90, so thought, hey, I'm gonna watch them suckers, being NEW and all. Well, just the saddlebarge stanchions went for over $380, the front was over $300, and the rear fender went just over $200. Speedo was over $200, also. Someone wanted them for a 100 pointer, BAD. Uhhhh, I'm STILL looking. Bwahahahaha
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