Sorry for the rough picture but it was taken in 1977 in the old King Dome in Seattle Washington when my Harley was entered in the "Great Northwest Truck and Motorcycle Show". It won 1st place in the Domestic Custom Motorcycle class probably as showed the judges it would start on the 1st kick. The bike, 1963 Harley Sportster was built and painted by me except for the heads flowed by Jerry Branch in LA area while I was stationed in upstate NY at the US Navy's atomic power site. The engine was bored and stroked to 80 cubic inches with S&S parts, Sifton minus-minus cams, titanium valves and dog geared transmission. Spark was provided by a John Deer tractor magnito. The frame had the hardtail added by me, Century Enterprises springer front forks and an Arlen Ness flat bottomed Sportster gas tank. Since it was a kick start I used a very large capacitor instead of a battery to run the lights all the time as required by NY and CA laws. I had a lot more pictures but my 2nd wife took all of them when she left!
