Clasic Of "HARLEY-DAVIDSON PEA SHOOTER"
To my eyes, the various most perfect Harley-Davidson vintage bikes are those who had been built between the Wars. And not just the heavy machinery: the light-weight racing ‘Pea Shooters’ had an stylish style that has worn nicely over time. These very fast singles got here into being after the AMA released a ‘21 cubic inch’ racing class in 1925; Indian became ready, with its Prince model, but Harley became now not. So Milwaukee were given its skates on, and inside months had designed and constructed new singles. One turned into a facet-valve flathead, and the alternative changed into an overhead-valve. The ‘S’ was the racing model of the OHV, with an innovative removable cylinder head, and that’s what you’re looking at above. The bikes have been referred to as ‘pea shooters’ attributable to their extraordinary popping exhaust be aware, and that they wiped clean up on the flat tracks of the day—both inside the US and overseas. Weighing a trifling ninety eight kg (215 lbs), the tremendously tuned engines nudged the S models towards the magic ‘ton’. Which in those days, become a amazing success. Many of these intended race bikes ended up as road machines; they became a famous choice for enthusiasts in Europe, and some have been even used as normal bikes. This particular example, a 28S in extremely good condition and with a lovely patina of age, lives in Holland. It’s for sale for €45,000 (US$60,000) on the supplier Yesterdays, that's a veritable treasure trove of antique bikes and well worth a browse if you have a couple of minutes to spare. [Via Loudpop Voyager.]
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