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.
+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.
@@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
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.
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! 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
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 .
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
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
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.
That was great . I loved the " 36 ca chunks later" . That was me ! Oh fuck, if I could go back again I swear I would never get pissed and push the bike over (ha) .
+ 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.
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It started Sept 1st 1939 we entered it Dec 8th 1941 and Germany declared war on the United states 3 days later.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
@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 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?
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.
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.
The war started in 1933 with Japan's invasion of Manchuria. It started in Europe in 1939 with Germany's invasion of Poland. It did not become a World War until the USA became involved December 7th 1941 with Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor. If Japan had not done this, Hitler would of won.
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?
+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.
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.
Its a prewar bike for america yes but for poland the war began in 39 not 42. Remember whoever is criticizing this guy dor this that harley is an american company so its a prewar bikd
and the war in Asia began with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1933. The world war , as in all the big powers are now involved, did not start until December 7th 1941.
once I had another mechanic go over the freshly built bobber and do the work correctly, the bike started and ran fine. There are other videos here of just that and I have posted some links to them in the other comments below
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.
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
“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
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
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.
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! 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
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 .
Brings back memories of my youth lol. Bikes that don't start.... I'm glad Japanese came along
That is one sweet ride! That would be my dream machine.
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
This is by far the best looking Knuckle or Pan you have shown..IMHO
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
That's what's cool about old knuckleheads, they're a great workout and you don't have to worry about crashing them.
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.
That was great . I loved the " 36 ca chunks later" . That was me ! Oh fuck, if I could go back again I swear I would never get pissed and push the bike over (ha) .
Ah, the good old days of the Kickstarter!
once bobbed a Royal Enfield it could be a sod like this but worth it Nice Bike!
+ 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!
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.
Nice old girl, but unfortunately your mates have arrived at the next pub whilst your still trying to get her fired up.
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.
God bless the man who invented the electric starter motor
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.....
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.
Next to spell check, I think roller bars are the premier invention of the 20th century.
that is my dream machine as soon as I hit the lotto I'm looking 4 it!!
Beautiful bike! Kick start is cool. My everyday ride will be electric start.
That is the sickest motorcycle I have ever seen.
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
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.
TODD, COOL KNUCKLE, DIGGING IT!!!!
That's a good leg workout
wow, sure does crank good.
watch part 2
Very tight and clean bike!
almost looks like the bike Fonzie had on the 1st season of Happy Days.
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.
I came back to have another look
He's still kicking it over. It's fucked mate. And the fuel dried up 😉
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
Howdy Todd! A very sweet looking bike. Take care!
my style , not too much rake, beautiful bike
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
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
Do believe it's flooded Mac. I've always straddled the bike when I kick start any bike for complete control when it fires.
Ithink ur knowledge iscawsim.. ur my Harley God !!!
Dude that is a sick bobber. I dig it!!
Thats a righteous bike, thanks for posting.
Love it, but do you have arthritis in your right Hip? Just aggravated mine.
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
I'm diggin that Knuckle!!! Sweet build, perfect.
Hope you don’t kill your self on that contraption. It is a piece of barely functional art. It is probably a good thing it didn’t start.
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.
Wow, Beautiful bike. Thanks for the video.
Lovely bike - just the job for that quick getaway... 😅
❤️ cool buddy, nice bobber 👍 love it💕
I wonder how different, Steve McQueen movies would've been using this bike?
haha now thats a harley i had a kick start 68 shovelhead and I know the feeling hahhaha
Hey Todd, what years came with the pig snout kicker cover?
early Pan stuff, approximately 49/50ish through 1953
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 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
What inch pipes are you running on this bike I've been thinking about finding one for myself
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
Beautiful bike! I want a knucklehead so bad!
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.
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.
Love the old bikes but damn you have to love electric starters. Kicking is a bitch
Beautiful motorcycle.
For a 40's harley this kicks over no problem.
it’s a motorcycle or a fitness machine?
Most American thing: War did not start before 42...
The war started in 1933 with Japan's invasion of Manchuria. It started in Europe in 1939 with Germany's invasion of Poland. It did not become a World War until the USA became involved December 7th 1941 with Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor. If Japan had not done this, Hitler would of won.
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!
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?
With all these old bikes you don't need no fucking gym membership! lol
Video should be called I cant start a kick start lol
It should be called this is the type of work Larry Suttle does. He built the bike tor me, everything was loose, toally out of tune.
and what are those switches by the coil ??????
too many years to recall
What's "the base"? I'm serious, what is the kicking base? Tell me,I wanna know. This is knowledge I want to have!
That's pretty cool I gotta admit.
know fa about bikes, but this one i dig, gorgeous
They didn't have much for brakes back then I've heard?
I'm sorry but that's a nice bike.thanks for showing me something from 70s.
Cuusing an bitchn is a Harley trade Mark ! 🌵
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
I love that bike..ninimum and classic.
You mean spare tire cover fender?
i bet he could kick a football a really long way with that right leg
Textbook beauty.
Yup now ya did it. Ya flooded it 😂😂😂
Watch part 2 and learn something
love everything about it except the kick start
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.
soviet bikes have a kickstarter on the left side, more comfortable to jump on it
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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!!!
You would definitely not be able to loose the cops on that bike
that is one cool machine,
Its a prewar bike for america yes but for poland the war began in 39 not 42. Remember whoever is criticizing this guy dor this that harley is an american company so its a prewar bikd
and the war in Asia began with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1933. The world war , as in all the big powers are now involved, did not start until December 7th 1941.
all in the day for a kick start
How much to build another?
It's alright. It'll start. Cool '40 knuckle bobber.
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once I had another mechanic go over the freshly built bobber and do the work correctly, the bike started and ran fine. There are other videos here of just that and I have posted some links to them in the other comments below
Awesome bike, hard to start or not.
Uhhh.... forget how the bike "feels".. how does your LEG feel???
Not a big deal, if you're in shape