What kind of motercycle is Mutt's?

Make? Model? Year?

I think it's a Harley Davidson Sportser circa 1957. I could be wrong though!
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It's a Harley Davidson Springer Softail, made to look like a bike from the 50s. There was more than one because it sometimes had disc brakes(as in the picture above). Sometimes it was made to look like it didn't, but the reservoir is on the handlebars always (which is wrong).

That engine is a Blockhead - it's not period correct either. A 50s-era Harley would have been a Panhead, a different looking engine. Also not really period-correct is the Springer front end. Harley had made the move to Hydra front ends in 1949. You could, however, make the argument that a greaser from the late 50s wouldn't have a new bike anyway, so the Springer isn't really out of place. Harley started making them again several years ago.

His jacket - a Perfecto, and his hat - a Stroker, are period-correct.
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The bikes they modified most likely started out as this;


The Sportster is an entirely different bike, from the ground up.
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Well I was wrong! Good call man!!

deckard24 said:

Well I was wrong! Good call man!!

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A lifetime of riding, kid - a lifetime of riding.....


Crap!!, sorry about that - I went into Temple Of Doom nerd mode.


I've been a daily rider for 30 years. You just happened to hit on the one area where I can contribute something other than Indiana Jones movie trivia.

This is a Panhead from the 1950s. Notice the logo on the tank of Mutt's bike, it's period-correct.



If you want to suspend belief, Mutt could easily have had a bike like he's riding (minus the Blockhead), cobbled together from a few years of 1950s Harleys. In fact, that would have most likely been the case.

That's a beautiful bike!!

Stone Triple, how many bikes have you got and what makes? I personally love the look of the vintage bikes over the modern ones, and if I had the scratch I'd get a motorcycle w/sidecar just like out of LC!!

Nice bike Stone Triple

I'm starting to get the itch for a bike myself.

deckard24 said:

Stone Triple, how many bikes have you got and what makes?

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As of last weekend, I'm down to just one. A Triumph Speed Triple. I sold a Moto Guzzi Stone that I'd had for a number of years. Like anyone who's ridden for many years, I've had many bikes. I'm keeping the Triple. Don't know what's next for the stable. Don't have my eye on anything just yet.

Indy Black said:

Nice bike Stone Triple

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That's not mine. I just posted it to show what a 1950s Panhead looks like.

Vroom-Vroom...

Motorcycles from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" are coming to the Harley-Davidson Museum, the museum announced Monday.

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Two Harley-Davidson Softail motorcycles - one of which was ridden by Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf - will star in a new display opening Friday, and visitors will be able to sit in the one used in all of the stunts for a free photo opportunity.

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Museum technicians built an "Indiana Jones"-themed set for the stunt cycle to add some character for when people mount up to get their pictures taken. The bike's stage was inspired by the cavernous warehouse scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" when the artifact is carted off among a sea of crates.

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StoneTriple said:

It's a Harley Davidson Springer Softail, made to look like a bike from the 50s. There was more than one because it sometimes had disc brakes(as in the picture above). Sometimes it was made to look like it didn't, but the reservoir is on the handlebars always (which is wrong).

That engine is a Blockhead - it's not period correct either. A 50s-era Harley would have been a Panhead, a different looking engine. Also not really period-correct is the Springer front end. Harley had made the move to Hydra front ends in 1949. You could, however, make the argument that a greaser from the late 50s wouldn't have a new bike anyway, so the Springer isn't really out of place. Harley started making them again several years ago.

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The DOHC (twin cam), disk brakes and belt drive were not available in 57.

Rocket Surgeon said:

StoneTriple said:

It's a Harley Davidson Springer Softail, made to look like a bike from the 50s. There was more than one because it sometimes had disc brakes(as in the picture above). Sometimes it was made to look like it didn't, but the reservoir is on the handlebars always (which is wrong).

That engine is a Blockhead - it's not period correct either. A 50s-era Harley would have been a Panhead, a different looking engine. Also not really period-correct is the Springer front end. Harley had made the move to Hydra front ends in 1949. You could, however, make the argument that a greaser from the late 50s wouldn't have a new bike anyway, so the Springer isn't really out of place. Harley started making them again several years ago.

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The DOHC (twin cam), disk brakes and belt drive were not available in 57.

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Uh, yeah - that's what I said. I also included a (now failed) link to a picture of the 06 or 07 bikes they used.

And by the way Rocket, whether that Blockhead is a Twin Cam or Evo (they look nearly identical), one thing is certain - it's not DOHC.