Hunting Harley's, 1947 Knucklehead original paint, Mr. Bill 

Lmao that made my day

Hahaha

I'm pretty sure a 71 year old person didnt write this. "Kickin it", "lol" yeah if this was a person. That's 71 then there hip asf at 71

@@claymabry6298 he said while I'm still kickin. As in alive......Read...

why?

in my country it would be around $100K

it is most unfortunate, but I have just sold the motor and transmission out of this machine and soon the chassis.

Well you have to live. I hope I can meet you some day.

I did. Mr. Bill just died? He must of been 95 plus. A pretty good run for a human, RIP

Unfortunately no longer my machine

Theres a few of us old coots that have taken great care of our bikes,the 80s you couldn't give a knuckle or pan away ,these old OG knuckles weren't worth much ,same with the panheads,I saw hundreds of pans chopped up into fugly bobbers & choppers just thrown together on paughco frames with 2" open headers ,even shovels became nearly worthless in the 90s after the Evo had established itself ,which never made alot of sense to me seeing how weak the 88 CI Evo motors we're ,I test drove the 1993 Evo Springer ,merged onto the expressway and got right back off 3 exits later ,I thought the motor would blow the RPMs were so high & 5th gear was out of torque at 65 mph ,those of us who own original knuckles and pans try hard to keep them up but when your nearing 70 it's very difficult to keep up with the maintenance because no HD dealer will even work on a knuckle or Panhead anymore ,the 2 dealers near me won't work on anything older than an Evo and also refuse to work on the HD Buells anymore ,that leaves me with a knuckle ,a Panhead , a Shovelhead ,an Ironhead ,and 2 Buells that I had to maintain ,HD makes it very hard for us vintage owners to keep our bikes serviced ,instead they try to push new bikes on us .

Where in Michigan is this guy ? I’d like to invite him to a club ride some day, love to get some photos with the brothers

This was in Kalamazoo. The video is from 2012. The machine now resides in Washington State

@@HuntingHarleys that’s a damn shame, wish it stayed in Michigan

It was on Craigslist for a month before I bought, right there in Kalamazoo

+Harlan Linville wow, VERY cool! Do you have pictures of the machine, before and after? email huntingharleys@gmail.com

LOL, plenty of other vids with that motor in them!

+Michael Ledford Mr. Bill came from kalamazoo Michigan. He was sold new at the HD dealer there. After buying the bike, I went to the dealer and confirmed it with the owner.

HuntingHarleys That makes me feel good man , its nice to know there still nice original bikes in my state , I also loved seeing that man's much loved bike go to the right man . One of my greatest fears is my 55 pan , 36 knuckle & 70 shovel end up in the hands of some west coast choppers ass bag who destroys them & puts a huge rear tire & flames on them :( , I'm fairly certain I've taught my son's better though , I'm 68 now so seeing Mr Bill hold on to his till he was 88 gave me a huge smile :)

yea, really something he was able to hold onto the machine so long. Even more so, that he know all of the owners since 1st sold. Michigan is full of original machines. One of the best stocked states there is.

Im looking for a 81 Harley Davidson lowrider

There are a small group of people who watch nearly every video I make and hit the dislike button just because I made it. Go figure that one out.

@@HuntingHarleys that's fucking sad !! Oh wells I love watching your Videos especially the Springers 🤙🤙

You have missed something, a few somethings' Duncan rebuilt the motor and trans saving the original patina, it has been on the "bench" for months now, waiting. The motor and transmission out of Mr. Bill is at the start of the video I just posted. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bS7rsZRM1Q0.html