The 2Loose 1959 Harley Davidson FL 93 ci "Sidewinder" Project
More later....
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SOME HISTORY HERE....
Found a couple of old pix back in the late 60's, early 70's,when I was
first messin' with this bike, bought it as a basket case originally, and
put it together and ran it while working on my '62, but it was pretty
worn out, leaking oil, smoking, so eventually it got torn down again.
Fabbed some struts for the back, dropping it down as low as I could
go, and added 16" over tubes (from "Forking by Frank") up front:
Of course, that's me in this pix, I started messin' with bikes at an
early age....
(it's my son Vincent, named after the 'Black Shadow'....)
This is my original '62 frame next to the '59. I made a hardtail out
of it that's a bit different, imitating the stance of the '59 without
raking the neck with a 16" over glide up front....
Here's a couple pix of that '62 frame as I was setting it up, and after
it was on the road (but still no paint).....
A buddy of mine has that 62 frame now, and working on getting it
set up nicely! That bike always needed a springer, finally getting one!
Back to the '59 motor....
After taking the '59 motor apart, and buying an S&S 93" 'Sidewinder'
setup, I bored the cylinders to take the 3-5/8" jugs, and clearanced
the inside of the cases for the 4-1/2" flywheels.
Squared off the breather hole and degreed it with a degree wheel on
the flywheels to S&S specs....
