My harmon long bike build!

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smithcasey210

Discussion Starter · Sep 23, 2010

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So not to long ago i picked up a harmon front end 24 over and decided its time to build a long bike. So i was either gonna build a shovel or a pan so a basket shovel project came up and wa la... The start of a delkron case build from the bottom up.. so luckily my good friend john found a harmon frame for to match my front end. The neck was no where close to be raked right and i am lucky enough to know Bill harmon who built these bike for the past decades with john harmon when he was alive and Bill still builds these front ends.. so bill is rakeing out this neck to fit my front end and i am lucky enough to work righ along side of him learing all his knowlage...I also am lucky to have a good friend john to help me build this shovel motor to go along with this bike...super stoked!! now for some pics!

The last pic is the look i am going for..i already have that tank and i got a cheetah seat to go with it also.. i will get some better mock up pics when i get the neck on!

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Am-Iron

· #2 · Sep 23, 2010

It's hard to say anything........ but......... you are building the dream.

Do you sell those other frames in the background? They look like the frames Jesse used for his Harmon build.

CanuDigIt

· #3 · Sep 23, 2010

Wow. Cant wait

Toecutterp

· #4 · Sep 23, 2010

Good to see another Harman build. I have on going on. Got the parts gathered just need to mock it up

smithcasey210

Discussion Starter · #5 · Sep 23, 2010

yeah i also got some invader rims coming my way too...should be a pretty cool bike

smithcasey210

Discussion Starter · #6 · Sep 23, 2010

they are frames just like that going to some dudes in i think canada...bill is finishing it up still..

Horst Heiler

· #7 · Sep 23, 2010

Cant wait to see! Say "Hi" to Bill Holland from me. He surely remember, Horst Heiler, the German ...

JJ_Minnesota

· #8 · Sep 23, 2010

I can't wait to see this thing finished!

glorydays

· #9 · Sep 23, 2010

Have fun! I had this for a long time and then let it go...

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G

· #10 · Sep 23, 2010

Very nice, I bet that was hard to sell?

glorydays said:
Have fun! I had this for a long time and then let it go...

Dave63

· #11 · Sep 23, 2010

So....Harmon's forks were basically designed to absorbed energy based on their length/flex?

Very cool, nostalgic look.

Big Nick

· #12 · Sep 23, 2010

Dave63 said:
So....Harmon's forks were basically designed to absorbed energy based on their length/flex?

Very cool, nostalgic look.

No, they have a rocker on the bottom with the spring inside the rear leg of the springer.

Dave63

· #13 · Sep 23, 2010

Cool. I didn't see that...... Couldn't get past the L E N G T H.

Toecutterp

· #14 · Sep 23, 2010

Chime in time heres mine if i ever get e chance to work on it. Just picked a 68 Shovelhead motor to make it go down the road

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G

· #15 · Sep 23, 2010

An unbelievable smooth ride.

71'Trump

· #16 · Sep 23, 2010

Fuck yeah!!! Cant wait to see that thing up and running. Gotta love a long bike and that front end is the icing on the cake.

low and slow

· #17 · Sep 23, 2010

Killer! That seat is tits!

danisdead

· #18 · Sep 23, 2010

You guys Suck (jealousy just took over)!!! I almost didn's see this thread, glad I did. Hey Toecutterp, what are those other front ends in the background??

smithcasey210

Discussion Starter · #19 · Sep 24, 2010

glory days that bike looks amazing!! super sad you offed it..but how much over is the front end mine is 24 over... and what frame is that?

Toecutterp

· #20 · Sep 24, 2010

Wayne engineering Girder. Well the other one is a 1 of 3 first harman frontend. The footage in the history of the chopper of John Harman riding his pink? purple bike, it's the frontend off that very bike.

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