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1960 Harley-Davidson FL - Black Death

Bacon's Panhead
From the January, 2010 issue of Street Chopper
By Dan "Bacon" Carr
Photography by Josh Kurpius
1960 Harley Davidson FL With Model
Model: Candice

1960 Harley Davidson FL Front View
Anticipating the spring thaw, I started to try to get some cash together, selling parts, building bikes. I had just finished a really nice '65 XLCH, which I sold to fund the unseen parts pile, but needed one more deal to happen before I went to make an offer on the motherload. I had a pretty good '47 bullneck that was already modified for a Panhead motor, so I cleaned it up and started putting what I had around the shop on it to get some quick cash. I powdercoated a set of star hubs, built a mint set of wheels, used a cool ribbed British fender, and got the sissy bar from Negotiable Tim in California. I restored the Springer and made the bars. Everything was looking super cool but it needed a motor and transmission. A friend of mine had a complete 1960 H-D for sale. It had been bastardized but it was relatively complete and right out of the '80s. I brought the bike home and within a couple of hours I had the motor and transmission out and the rest of the bike was for sale. I was very lucky with the transmission. It only needed a basic rebuild and didn't need too many parts. When I took the motor apart I found the crank to be nice, so I fit a new set of pistons, cleaned up the heads, and polished a set of CCE covers and bolted them up. The motor was now cherry and ready to be put in. I finished the bike and it was cooler than any other bike I have built in the past.

1960 Harley Davidson FL With Owner
Shortly after the bike was built I got the call from the guy with the parts stash so my girl Candice, and I shot over there to dig through what we hoped would be the buy of our lives. When we finally got there to see the treasure trove of parts, it was a goddamn disappointment. It was pretty much a bunch of beat up crap with too high of a price tag. And the guy wouldn't budge on the amount he wanted for it.

1960 Harley Davidson FL Front Rigth View 1960 Harley Davidson FL Engine 1960 Harley Davidson FL Back Right View
1960 Harley Davidson FL Front Left View 1960 Harley Davidson FL Engine 1960 Harley Davidson FL Engine

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