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And today the 1941 is starting a build before paint and final
Its an early one of 2600 that the factory had to bend the frames on because of a mistake it was on the assembly line so its repair number is low but it has a late motor / early 41 motor number
They had to change the neck angle on 2600 or just a handful of the first 2600?
Im assuming the bull neck frame neck forging was a tweak of the existing die for the 18" wheels that they machined offset to get the new angle before the final revised neck die was ready. Interesting details in these old bikes.
They made a running change to 16 inch wheels for 1941 beginning production - but left the 1940 - 25 degree neck in place built 2600 machines before they realized the police machines that were delivered were going out of control and crashing because of the negative trail
they stopped production some 25 or so bikes had already crashed - then decided to bend the neck angle to 28 degrees on all remaining and any machines they could get returned to the factory to repair them
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And today the 1941 is starting a build before paint and final
