Gene Williams does n’t mould out of a large production adeptness , nor does he have the latest machinery on hand when it come in to build things like the Board Track Replica . What he does have is an informal noesis ofmotorcyclesand the know - how to assemble his own creations .
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display panel - track racing ( so named because the oval track were made of wooden planks ) was popular in the early day of motorcycling as a test of both upper and endurance . To build this replica of a 1930s board - course race car , Williams started with aHarley - DavidsonKnucklehead railway locomotive that he bored out and go with a high - performance cam and dualcarburetors . A 1931 Harley VL model donate its frame , which had to be stretched by an in to fit the larger engine . ( The VL amount with a flathead V - twin , which is more compact - but far less brawny - than the overhead - valve Knucklehead . )
The fuel cooler has been modified to pack gas only in the left half ; the right-hand half is just a cover version that conceals the oil tank , battery , andignitioncoil . Olive Drab paint that mimics the color used on Harleys from the belated teens to the early 1930s gives the bike a period appearance - which is the whole estimate .
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The Board Track Replica is a custommotorcyclebuilt by Gene Williams . Below are more pictures and detail of this hefty helicopter .
Harley - Davidsonsof the 1930s had a hand - shifttransmissionand groundwork - operatedclutch– as does this control board - track replica . There ’s also no front pasture brake , so the only handlebar control is for the throttle , leave
the bars devoid of levers .
display panel - track race car of the 1930s typically had nobrakesand certainly no ignitor ; being a street - effectual wheel , this replication has both , though there ’s a Pteridium aquilinum only on the rear wheel . The Knucklehead engine have its name from the great valve - screen bolts that look like brass knuckles on a fist . A kick - start lever stand marvelous next to the rear exhaust system pipe ; 1930s Harleys did n’t have electric start , and neither does this bike .
The springer front fork is a period Harley piece . The Knucklehead locomotive has been alter with twocarburetorsinstead of one , along with exhaust system pipes that exit on both side of the bike ; the front piston chamber to the left , the rear cylinder to the right wing . The tall shift lever for the transmission can be seen culminating in a knob at the rear of the fuel cooler ; the pes - activated clutch pedal is rise ahead of the footpeg .
