Help Identify - Chopper - Panhead?
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Good looking scooter. No real way of telling what year engine, frame, tranny from the pics. Some of the chops had such a mish-mash of parts they were related to that old Johnny Cash song. Engine is a Panhead (1948-1965), but probably an earlier model, but I'm only guessing that because of the wishbone frame (1948-mid-1954). Could be an early frame/later motor; no way of telling from athe pic. The frame has been raked and fairly heavily, but still cleanly, molded. Obvious girder front end, but hard to tell what make. I saw Durfee suggested and it could be; only thing that makes me wonder are what look like unequal length links. The Durfee I had came with equal length links, but I don't know if all of them did. I do know it's not a P&P or Fury; P&P had links inside the rails, and Fury had 2 springs & shocks. Tank is a high tunnel, not Frisco'd. Frisco'd meant the tank has a low tunnel and sets up high on the backbone. Tank almost looks like a so-called "King" Sportster to my old eyes - it looks "fatter" than the stock Sporty style.
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Just discovered some additional pix....There all were in an old 35mm slide tray....I had to shine them on the wall and snap them with a digital camera....I'm having them all converted to digital next week for higher resolution....Hope these help.
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From: la la land jerzey
very cool and just what was around in the NYC / jersey area back then -- BTW the pictures are flopped they the negatives are backwards when you convert them turn them around ---- i had the same front wheel on mine 16 inch, i was almost killed one night coming over the verazano bridge in a wind storm, the bridge opened up as it expanded and if i had not been going 70 plus the wheel would have fallen into the grates -- johnjzjz
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very cool and just what was around in the NYC / jersey area back then -- BTW the pictures are flopped they the negatives are backwards when you convert them turn them around ---- i had the same front wheel on mine 16 inch, i was almost killed one night coming over the verazano bridge in a wind storm, the bridge opened up as it expanded and if i had not been going 70 plus the wheel would have fallen into the grates -- johnjzjz
It's ironic that the owner of this bike is named John Z. I used to call him JZ. The pix were taken in Bergenfield NJ. I'm sure this scoot went over the Verazano more than a few times!
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From: la la land jerzey
thats funny -- we would go to coney island to nathans from staten island at 1 or 2 in the morning mid 60s than early 70s after i was in the service -
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