In 2013, Scott Jones of NOISE Cycles confirmed up at Born Free 5 with a machine that captivated minds: a 1952 Harley-Davidson Panhead morphed right into a race-inspired, aluminum-bodied bike with an asymmetrical face.
He clutched the “Greatest in Present” award, netting him a model new 120R motor from Harley-Davidson that got here with the dedication of constructing a motorbike round it for the following 12 months’s present.
“My thoughts began spinning instantly,” says Scott.
Inside days, there was a sketch. The concept was a unadorned superbike – a motorbike with a silhouette that seemed just like the race machines that Eddie Lawson and Wes Cooley piloted to AMA victories. Earlier than work began, nevertheless, Jones discovered himself within the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
After a full day’s time contained in the museum that blew his thoughts, there was a brand new concept: “The silhouette was going to imitate the WR Racers of the Forties.”
In NOISE Cycles trend, it turned much more concerned than simply making it appear to be a WR. The concepts got here flooding in, and tweaks have been made to verify the bike labored each mechanically and aesthetically.
“I threw Morris magazine wheels on there to offer a little bit throwback to the highway race bikes of the ‘70s, and I acquired some NOS Works Shocks, too,” he stated.
Pulling in iconic bits and items from Harleys of all years and making them work in concord looks as if an unimaginable process, however Jones discovered methods.
“I acquired an previous white buddy seat from an early Shovelheadtook it aside, and had my seat man use that cowl to wrap my new seat. I initially had a special concept for the paint, however close to the tip, I began seeing it, and I selected to go together with Harley Davidson Orlando Orange, and a paint scheme that’s a throwback to the Nineteen Thirties.”
Jones meticulously introduced in precisely what he needed.
“The nacelle is an early Vast Glide morphed with a Sportsterand the foot-clutch-hand-shift setup is simply Nineteen Twenties HD. This factor is a handful, however a blast to trip.”
The bike made it to Born Free 6, and regardless of being a contemporary bike at coronary heart, all of the classic styling cues actually let it slot in with the remainder of the present. It now rests within the Harley-Davidson Museum.
“I’m actually honored and blessed to have my work in there. It’s a dream come true.”
This text first appeared in concern 17 of Iron & Air Journal, and is reproduced right here below license.
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