+David Swick I prefer to show the real, The good, the Bad and the Ugly. No such thing as every bike starts perfect every time, especially if the kicker did not do the mechanic's himself, which in this case I did not and as with most mechanic's, they do as little as possible and charge as much as possible.
Yes, it takes a real man to post his failure simply because he loves his motorcycle so much. I have never been able to master the Enfield kick-starting procedure, so I know how frustrating it can be. Thankfully I have put those shitty bikes behind me and ride a self-starting Harley.
The bike is a one kicker, now that Duncan actually worked on my bike. I have picked up all my bikes from Larry. I got tired of him charging for work he never did as he called my bikes "pieces of shit". Good way to treat ones best customer.
Love bobbers. Been building and riding since early 60s. Every time I bought a swing arm, I ended up cutting it up. Pushing 70 and I still am on rigid bobbers with jockey. Clean, no nonsense bikes.
This bike really caught my eye . Built "56 Pan with " 54 wishbone frame and " 48 springer . Black with just little bit of chrome. One time 3 am after bar closed , she didn't want to fire up . So I took off distributor cap and cleaned the points . She fired right up . Every now and then same thing . Sold her to a man in Germany 1991 . Miss her . Thanks for posting thinkin of riding again .
Watch part 2. This is what happens when your mechanic takes your money but doesn't work on your bike. Don't go to Larry Sittles in Harbor City California
Great lookin bike, I’m really wanting to do a Frankenstein bike parts from 1954, 1957 and 1980 because those were the years me and my parents were born. It’d be a family tribute bike that I think would be such a fun project to do before my parents pass away. They’re both battling cancer at the moment and I think it’d be such a great thing for all of us to create a vision and see it all come together. Great bike! 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
I did, the mechanic who did the build had the pleasure of having all my bikes removed from his shop. Larry Settle was the mechanic. I took it to another mechanic and the bike was redone correctly. There is another video on this machine.
Been there. Once got stuck at gas station for about 30 minutes trying to kick my FX to life; of course I flooded it, used some salty language and then, quite suddenly, it roared to life. This happened during a hot and humid July evening. Normally, though, 3 or 4 kicks and things were shaking and thumping. Life is good.
I know the feeling, have a 54. changed the Linkert to S&S, total different routine. miss the Linkert. kicked so much my right leg is twice the size of my left. in the middle of my last rebuild now, at 56 kicking not as easy as it used to be, but just as rewarding.
so wanted it to start but dont really care cos it was so beautiful to look at, a bit like a beauty queen youll look at it all day knowing your never gonna get to ride it lol
@@Ryansanders80 Pearl Harbor happened on December 7th, 1941, but the United States did not officially declare war on the Japanese Empire until December 11th.
We was in the war before that...just not officially. We were cranking out military supplies for the British to use against Germany. So we really joined the war long before...we just weren't firing shots yet . If your supplying a country with war material to use on another country you are pretty much in the war one way or another
I would have had my plugs out by the tenth kick, checked point gap; assuming gas is getting to the bowl and carb is working right. Maybe water in the gas?
D Nelski There are three ways to look at this. 1936 to 1964 transmission's will bolt up behind any year Big Twin motor from those years with the only possible alteration being the transmission lid needing to be changed between a foot shift to hand shift model. The STYLE of the transmission case with little alteration was used from 1936 to 1954, well into the Panhead era. Then, for the purist, the guy who has to have the right trans, right frame and right motor combination, EVERY year was a tiny bit different in some way.
+ russ bonnett that depends on what country your from. The war as far as an actual declaration of war, did not start with the United States until after the bombing of Pearl Harbor December 7th 1941. The US declared war n Japan the next day and shortly thereafter Germany declared war on the USA. That said, the USA had been sending everything but men to Europe to air in their war, without serial numbers, since 1938.
6 ปีที่แล้ว +4
It started Sept 1st 1939 we entered it Dec 8th 1941 and Germany declared war on the United states 3 days later.
As I understand, a "Bob Job" (bobber) was stock frame with bobbed fenders and all other non-essential appurtenences removed for a very spartan machine. Bobbers were originally intended for hill climb competitions, but ended being cool looking road scoots. When the bobbers got frames raked, they then became "Chop Jobs" (choppers), since the frames needed to be cut and rewelded in order to achieve the intended rake of the front forks. You have a raked frame. Looks to me that you have a chopper, not a bobber. I know, most people assume choppers have long super extended front forks, but not all choppers are that radical.
Some time after I made this video. I found some documentation , as in a magazine article, detailed how to properly chop your motorcycle. Then it showed how they and where to, cut your fenders to properly chop it. Dated roughly 1953 or 54 if I recall and I suspect somewhere on the channel as a video. I am familiar with the early cut downs. These were what you referenced as "bobbers". They were popular around 1925-26 up to the mid 30s. When exactly bobber 1st started in terminology, year wise, I cannot say. However, the early look of mid 30's through late 40's, people called them bobber's, or least the old school guys who schooled me did, west coast San Fernando Valley. So, basically, both terms are probably far older then we realized.
the gratest bike out of all the bikes i have ever seen in my whole life! I have dyna with evo 80 but your bike is really true. with love from bloody russia
It looks like you have an El Camino swap meet shirt on, and you mentioned something about the long beach swap meet to. I used to go to both of those, i go to long beach for the car one though, im getting into old harleys, have any good swap meets or shows in the south bay?
I'm going to Larry's in the morning just to tell him about how winded I got watching you start your bike. Sweet looking Knuckle. Most of the time that happens when a hot looking girl is around.
if the mechanic who built the machine for me had done his job, it would of started easily. I had another go through the machine, again, and then she started and ran fine. There are other videos of this on the channel
one of my top three favorites from your videos. So am I correct in thinking you go out and find all these bikes and then rebuild them ? Are you a collector or do you also sell them ? I'd be curious to know what something like this is worth but I have a feeling it's kind of like that saying goes"if you gotta ask you can't afford it ! "lol...anyways great vids,one day i will have a bike like one of these
in part my unfamiliarity with this particular bike and in part the tuner. This was not a Duncan Keller tune up but a Larry Suttle Tune up. I think I will have Duncan fine tune it
There is something beautiful about a kick start but I don’t miss it, man6 times my leathers would be wet like scuba gear kicking over my 68 Boneville chopper kick start
+HuntingHarleys Gotcha, I'm planning a major bobber transformation on a 96' sportster. Starting to gather up notes on parts now. :) Great looking bike by the way. I've gotten quite a lot of inspiration from it. Keeping my Evo and Baker 6spd, but looking to transform everything else.
I remember the old 1970s Dave Mann paintings won't start. the bike is a nice slice of history nice sled man how much. I want to buy it if its still up for grabs.
@SPOOKSTR I suggest you watch part 2. Larry Suttle in Harbor City built this for me, sending it back out of tune and every nut and bolt loose. I took it to another mechanic who straightened it out. Why didn't I do it myself? Impossible to work 16 hour days, 7 days a week, buying bikes and also be a mechanic.
i have a 1948 flathead and a 1963 pan. each bike has it's own procedure and i follow them with a start on the first kick if my gas and chock is set right for cold starts.
lpwis the initial videos on this bike were taken after I had the machine built by Larry Suttle's in Harbor City CA. After taking 18 months to do this, he negelected to tighten up 1/2 the machine and sent it back totally out of tune and with it needing desperately a carb rebuild. After correcting the problems, there are proper starting running videos of this machine on this channel
+Jawad Saleh Knuckles don't have much compression. The "problem" I had a mechanic do a tune up and build the machine, who did not do what I paid him to do. Once I had another Mechanic go over the machine, it ran fine
almost correct. 1st war of what became WWII 1933 with en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria Europe gets involved in 1939 with the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland Until the USA got involved, it was not a world war, and the people in Asia and Europe would of lost. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II While some historians say 1939, it is technically incorrect and if their view is correct, it should be 1933.
I just became a big fan. Love the fact You still posted even though it didn't start!
+David Swick I prefer to show the real, The good, the Bad and the Ugly. No such thing as every bike starts perfect every time, especially if the kicker did not do the mechanic's himself, which in this case I did not and as with most mechanic's, they do as little as possible and charge as much as possible.
Yes, it takes a real man to post his failure simply because he loves his motorcycle so much. I have never been able to master the Enfield kick-starting procedure, so I know how frustrating it can be. Thankfully I have put those shitty bikes behind me and ride a self-starting Harley.
That’s what’s shows he’s a man
The bike is a one kicker, now that Duncan actually worked on my bike. I have picked up all my bikes from Larry. I got tired of him charging for work he never did as he called my bikes "pieces of shit". Good way to treat ones best customer.
Larry who?
at least an honest man
Love bobbers. Been building and riding since early 60s. Every time I bought a swing arm, I ended up cutting it up. Pushing 70 and I still am on rigid bobbers with jockey. Clean, no nonsense bikes.
“Really love the way this bike feels”
Goes to crank it...”damn it!” 🤣😂
I wonder how hes right leg feels, ha, ha.
I used to hate when that happened. by now all yur friends are at the next watering hole and the chick you brought left in a car with some dudes
This bike really caught my eye . Built "56 Pan with " 54 wishbone frame and " 48 springer . Black with just little bit of chrome. One time 3 am after bar closed , she didn't want to fire up . So I took off distributor cap and cleaned the points . She fired right up . Every now and then same thing . Sold her to a man in Germany 1991 . Miss her . Thanks for posting thinkin of riding again .
Legend has it that he's still trying to get it started
Watch part 2. This is what happens when your mechanic takes your money but doesn't work on your bike. Don't go to Larry Sittles in Harbor City California
Great lookin bike, I’m really wanting to do a Frankenstein bike parts from 1954, 1957 and 1980 because those were the years me and my parents were born. It’d be a family tribute bike that I think would be such a fun project to do before my parents pass away. They’re both battling cancer at the moment and I think it’d be such a great thing for all of us to create a vision and see it all come together.
Great bike! 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
That is one sweet ride! That would be my dream machine.
Nice build on this knuck!
Hope you get the start figgered out!
I did, the mechanic who did the build had the pleasure of having all my bikes removed from his shop. Larry Settle was the mechanic. I took it to another mechanic and the bike was redone correctly. There is another video on this machine.
Pretty much how I feel after trying to start my 78 after I stop anywhere.Starts right up when I wheel it out of the garage though.....
Been there. Once got stuck at gas station for about 30 minutes trying to kick my FX to life; of course I flooded it, used some salty language and then, quite suddenly, it roared to life. This happened during a hot and humid July evening. Normally, though, 3 or 4 kicks and things were shaking and thumping. Life is good.
This is by far the best looking Knuckle or Pan you have shown..IMHO
I know the feeling, have a 54. changed the Linkert to S&S, total different routine. miss the Linkert. kicked so much my right leg is twice the size of my left. in the middle of my last rebuild now, at 56 kicking not as easy as it used to be, but just as rewarding.
Brings back memories of my youth lol. Bikes that don't start.... I'm glad Japanese came along
so wanted it to start but dont really care cos it was so beautiful to look at, a bit like a beauty queen youll look at it all day knowing your never gonna get to ride it lol
The war started for the USA on 7th December 1941 not late 1942 but still cool motorbike.
*8th
@@Ryansanders80 Pearl Harbor happened on December 7th, 1941, but the United States did not officially declare war on the Japanese Empire until December 11th.
We was in the war before that...just not officially. We were cranking out military supplies for the British to use against Germany. So we really joined the war long before...we just weren't firing shots yet . If your supplying a country with war material to use on another country you are pretty much in the war one way or another
@@nathanwagner7937 the government didn’t declare war but Americans declared on the 7th
Sort of like with the Ukraine huh?@@JohnnyRebKy
I would have had my plugs out by the tenth kick, checked point gap; assuming gas is getting to the bowl and carb is working right. Maybe water in the gas?
A csrb gummy and not tebuilt by the mechanic I hired, Larry Suttle
Most excellent machine, I absolutely dig it. What are some differences been a knucklehead trans and a panhead trans? Thanks from seattle
D Nelski There are three ways to look at this. 1936 to 1964 transmission's will bolt up behind any year Big Twin motor from those years with the only possible alteration being the transmission lid needing to be changed between a foot shift to hand shift model. The STYLE of the transmission case with little alteration was used from 1936 to 1954, well into the Panhead era. Then, for the purist, the guy who has to have the right trans, right frame and right motor combination, EVERY year was a tiny bit different in some way.
That's what's cool about old knuckleheads, they're a great workout and you don't have to worry about crashing them.
Ah, the good old days of the Kickstarter!
+ russ bonnett that depends on what country your from. The war as far as an actual declaration of war, did not start with the United States until after the bombing of Pearl Harbor December 7th 1941. The US declared war n Japan the next day and shortly thereafter Germany declared war on the USA. That said, the USA had been sending everything but men to Europe to air in their war, without serial numbers, since 1938.
It started Sept 1st 1939 we entered it Dec 8th 1941 and Germany declared war on the United states 3 days later.
@ and Germany got fucked!
Thanks for posting. Brings back memories.
HuntingHarleys i'd love to have one of your bikes.you guy's know how to build em.beautiful bikes hands down.
Howdy Todd! A very sweet looking bike. Take care!
Love it, but do you have arthritis in your right Hip? Just aggravated mine.
Lol yup it hurts after awhile of kickin. I still prefer my kickstart .l don't know why but I love kickin my bike over.
As I understand, a "Bob Job" (bobber) was stock frame with bobbed fenders and all other non-essential appurtenences removed for a very spartan machine. Bobbers were originally intended for hill climb competitions, but ended being cool looking road scoots.
When the bobbers got frames raked, they then became "Chop Jobs" (choppers), since the frames needed to be cut and rewelded in order to achieve the intended rake of the front forks.
You have a raked frame. Looks to me that you have a chopper, not a bobber. I know, most people assume choppers have long super extended front forks, but not all choppers are that radical.
Some time after I made this video. I found some documentation , as in a magazine article, detailed how to properly chop your motorcycle. Then it showed how they and where to, cut your fenders to properly chop it. Dated roughly 1953 or 54 if I recall and I suspect somewhere on the channel as a video. I am familiar with the early cut downs. These were what you referenced as "bobbers". They were popular around 1925-26 up to the mid 30s. When exactly bobber 1st started in terminology, year wise, I cannot say. However, the early look of mid 30's through late 40's, people called them bobber's, or least the old school guys who schooled me did, west coast San Fernando Valley. So, basically, both terms are probably far older then we realized.
the gratest bike out of all the bikes i have ever seen in my whole life! I have dyna with evo 80 but your bike is really true. with love from bloody russia
Nice old girl, but unfortunately your mates have arrived at the next pub whilst your still trying to get her fired up.
It looks like you have an El Camino swap meet shirt on, and you mentioned something about the long beach swap meet to. I used to go to both of those, i go to long beach for the car one though, im getting into old harleys, have any good swap meets or shows in the south bay?
They didn't have much for brakes back then I've heard?
almost looks like the bike Fonzie had on the 1st season of Happy Days.
once bobbed a Royal Enfield it could be a sod like this but worth it Nice Bike!
Hey Todd, what years came with the pig snout kicker cover?
early Pan stuff, approximately 49/50ish through 1953
How much to build another?
cool looking bike, what was the problem?
Very tight and clean bike!
Beautiful bike! Kick start is cool. My everyday ride will be electric start.
that is my dream machine as soon as I hit the lotto I'm looking 4 it!!
What inch pipes are you running on this bike I've been thinking about finding one for myself
I'm going to Larry's in the morning just to tell him about how winded I got watching you start your bike. Sweet looking Knuckle. Most of the time that happens when a hot looking girl is around.
You mean spare tire cover fender?
❤️ cool buddy, nice bobber 👍 love it💕
Next to spell check, I think roller bars are the premier invention of the 20th century.
wow, sure does crank good.
watch part 2
I wonder how different, Steve McQueen movies would've been using this bike?
Do believe it's flooded Mac. I've always straddled the bike when I kick start any bike for complete control when it fires.
legend says he's still there to this day attempting to crank it up
if the mechanic who built the machine for me had done his job, it would of started easily. I had another go through the machine, again, and then she started and ran fine. There are other videos of this on the channel
I came back to have another look
He's still kicking it over. It's fucked mate. And the fuel dried up 😉
and what are those switches by the coil ??????
too many years to recall
I will be 69 in a few weeks.
My right hip is shot from too many years of kick-starting V-twins.
Seen that happen to so many
Ithink ur knowledge iscawsim.. ur my Harley God !!!
one of my top three favorites from your videos.
So am I correct in thinking you go out and find all these bikes and then rebuild them ?
Are you a collector or do you also sell them ?
I'd be curious to know what something like this is worth but I have a feeling it's kind of like that saying goes"if you gotta ask you can't afford it ! "lol...anyways great vids,one day i will have a bike like one of these
in part my unfamiliarity with this particular bike and in part the tuner. This was not a Duncan Keller tune up but a Larry Suttle Tune up. I think I will have Duncan fine tune it
Dude that is a sick bobber. I dig it!!
TODD, COOL KNUCKLE, DIGGING IT!!!!
Arranca o no arranca?
That is the sickest motorcycle I have ever seen.
Wow, Beautiful bike. Thanks for the video.
it’s a motorcycle or a fitness machine?
my style , not too much rake, beautiful bike
Awesome bike, hard to start or not.
Thats a righteous bike, thanks for posting.
There is something beautiful about a kick start but I don’t miss it, man6 times my leathers would be wet like scuba gear kicking over my 68 Boneville chopper kick start
What kind of tire is that in the rear? Is it new old stock or do they still make tires like that?
+Pretty Neat VR It was a common street tire from the 80's. Just got the bike with it. Doubt they make them anymore
+HuntingHarleys Gotcha, I'm planning a major bobber transformation on a 96' sportster. Starting to gather up notes on parts now. :) Great looking bike by the way. I've gotten quite a lot of inspiration from it. Keeping my Evo and Baker 6spd, but looking to transform everything else.
+Pretty Neat VR Allstate Tires makes very good "new" old tires
Lovely bike - just the job for that quick getaway... 😅
That's a good leg workout
Uhhh.... forget how the bike "feels".. how does your LEG feel???
Not a big deal, if you're in shape
how many " over is the springer?
+Rey Solis I did not measure it
I remember the old 1970s Dave Mann paintings won't start. the bike is a nice slice of history nice sled man how much. I want to buy it if its still up for grabs.
+Scott Vanthof long gone
How long springer fork？
Never measured
BADDASS! What does something like that cost?
About 50 bucks. It's a piece of SHIT 😆
It's now 2024. He's still kicking. Fucking cool looking machine though.
@SPOOKSTR I suggest you watch part 2. Larry Suttle in Harbor City built this for me, sending it back out of tune and every nut and bolt loose. I took it to another mechanic who straightened it out. Why didn't I do it myself? Impossible to work 16 hour days, 7 days a week, buying bikes and also be a mechanic.
@@HuntingHarleys I watched part 2. Love that bike.
Nice bike, but please give me an electric start and a rear suspension. My back and right foot would not last long on this one...
i have a 1948 flathead and a 1963 pan. each bike has it's own procedure and i follow them with a start on the first kick if my gas and chock is set right for cold starts.
I'm diggin that Knuckle!!! Sweet build, perfect.
Beautiful bike! I want a knucklehead so bad!
know fa about bikes, but this one i dig, gorgeous
haha now thats a harley i had a kick start 68 shovelhead and I know the feeling hahhaha
If Harley let kick gears engage at 12 inches instead of 4 inches l bet it would start. But..been through that and still love Harleys
I think you got it over-chromed, or under Jack-Danieled ;-} a few more kicks should get er' done...
lpwis the initial videos on this bike were taken after I had the machine built by Larry Suttle's in Harbor City CA. After taking 18 months to do this, he negelected to tighten up 1/2 the machine and sent it back totally out of tune and with it needing desperately a carb rebuild. After correcting the problems, there are proper starting running videos of this machine on this channel
For a 40's harley this kicks over no problem.
watched it just to see if he could start it. I'm more impressed with your strength than the bike haha
watch part 2, runs perfect
HuntingHarleys I watched it. that's a slick bike!
Is this bike available?
Sold years ago. it would be easy enough to recreate it. email me huntingharleys@gmail.com
Beautiful motorcycle.
I feel like you guys are riding time capsules.
soviet bikes have a kickstarter on the left side, more comfortable to jump on it
)))
In Russia, bike kicks you..
+Jason Valadez In Russia bike ride you
+Blake Powell sometimes, like any old steel pieces of shit, actually, I got one of them)))))
I love the old russian m72/k750 sidevalves!!!
Seems like compression is low
+Jawad Saleh Knuckles don't have much compression. The "problem" I had a mechanic do a tune up and build the machine, who did not do what I paid him to do. Once I had another Mechanic go over the machine, it ran fine
I love that bike..ninimum and classic.
Great Looking bike get a battery. Sometimes you have to beat ass. peace. jc.
Michael vicario
Cuusing an bitchn is a Harley trade Mark ! 🌵
Love the old bikes but damn you have to love electric starters. Kicking is a bitch
I'm sorry but that's a nice bike.thanks for showing me something from 70s.
Yup now ya did it. Ya flooded it 😂😂😂
Watch part 2 and learn something
You would definitely not be able to loose the cops on that bike
Textbook beauty.
Y'all still hunt bikes.....i would like a 1970s Harley
Email me huntingharleys@gmail.com
WWII started in 1939. Anyway, nice looking balance bike.
almost correct. 1st war of what became WWII 1933 with en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria Europe gets involved in 1939 with the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland Until the USA got involved, it was not a world war, and the people in Asia and Europe would of lost. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II While some historians say 1939, it is technically incorrect and if their view is correct, it should be 1933.
God bless the man who invented the electric starter motor
That's pretty cool I gotta admit.
Should you own a motorcycle?