Harley Davidson 1948 panhead with an inertia starter from a V12 Merlin engine WW2 era

[makodean]

The neighbors don't know if it's the guy next door starting his bike or if they should seek shelter. 🤣🤣

[briang]

bro gotta make his own severe weather alarm before he goes riding

[timn]

My old man lost his shit seeing this. Fabricator from way back and not much shocks him . Well done

[Sublime_]

Thats badass. The sound it makes when it winds up is cool too

[brokenwrench]

This is the kind of bike you park in the living room and clean after each ride

[neoncatfish]

As he was cranking the starter, it sounded like the turbines of the jet plane! Love that sound!

[ROTAX]

What’s amazing is 95% of Harley Davidson’s ever made since 1903 when the company started are still on the road today…the other 5% made it home.

[demeter-the-great]

Imagine you stall while taking off from a red light at a busy intersection.

*Hold up, guys, I need to wind up my bike*

[User-gyho]

Imagine trying to diagnose a no start issues and have to do this everytime to see if you fixed the issue

[craig_ramjet]

Thats dope AF. It sounds like an old warbird when you hit the start switch. This is probably the coolest thing on a Harley in 50 years.

[BlogingLP]

Hell yeah who wouldn't love a bike that sounds like Spitfire?

[Johnnykgb-nsa]

In '78 my buddy had an old panhead. He kept it inside our apartment in Houston. It was our only seat in the place. We would go out drinking, then later when back home, he would start it up, inside the damn apartment. After three warnings, we got kicked out. The noise was incredible echoing thru a nearly empty apartment

[loachoha]

Sounds like the helicopter engines that I flew for 24 years! Great sound and beautiful engineering!

[theroidragedtrex]

My old man would be going nuts, props to you for using a piece of history.

[joule]

I will never tire of hearing this bike start.

[jaredh]

Let's hope that starter chain never fails because it looks like it's just waiting to amputate a leg.

[insatiablefondu]

this is and always will be the coolest way to start a small engine, no matter if there are obvious better ways

[kennardshire]

The spin and start up sound amazing. That's the sickest thing I've ever seen. Imagine the neighbours in the morning hearing a helicopter starting and then a moto turns on.

[NaztyGamingHD]

I’m not even into bikes like this but damn that’s cool af. What a great piece of history you’ve got there

[subjude]

It may not seem practical, but that is stunning engineering. Beautiful job guys.