Sunday, May 31, 2009

Knuckle Bobber with Dogs

11 comments:

Chico said...

my new screen saver.

timeless beauty right there.

Anonymous said...

Do you think the good Doctor S can
provide the names and ages of the dogs?????????? Oops, Sorry just a
joke, a dumb joke.

drsprocket said...

That's cool. I'm still laughing. By the way Larry, it's Benji and Max, 1 1/2yrs. and 3yrs.

Flathead Jedd said...

Gee Doc, how did you possibly know that was Larry the Bastard that left that comment?

drsprocket said...

Jedd, you know me better than that."Carnac the Magnificent" taught me every night at 11:30, envelope please.

Chico said...

i also wonder what kind of fender is on the front of that lovely bike?

british? JD with the valances cut off?

Chris K said...

Nice scooter... for me to Poop on!

Irish Rich said...

How can that be a bobber?

It doesn't have a Sportster or XS650 engine, or a gas tank made out of a toaster oven, or an oil tank made out of a hollow bowling pin (sez Rich, with his tongue planted firmly in his cheek.

The front fender looks like a spare tire ring to me.

drsprocket said...

Chris and Irish Rich, Jedd doesn't stand a chance. What do you two think? '36 at the most '37? Rear stand, push rod covers, early tanks w/petcocks, cam cover, oil tank w/ banjo fittings, early toolbox. '40 and above footboards though and 16" rims, plus '41 and later 7" air cover. Crash bars on a bob don't look bad.

Chris K said...

Doc, damn your good.

I'm going out on a limb and saying '36. It's hard to tell but, the side car lugs look more pronounced (welded on vs part of casting), and the frame looks rounded instead of angled below them.

The rear fender also has the stainless trim that was started in '39.

Wonder what year the photo was taken? How about that side mount license plate? Who and when was that first done?

A funny coincidence just dawned on me. Did anybody realize my earlier statement (to poop on!),is from "Triumph" the insult dog?

drsprocket said...

Chris, check out the aluminum finned ring on the front brake drum I missed the first go round. That paint is killer along with the pinstripping on the front fork. I looked through my archives of old photos and I'm almost certain the is C.B Clausen the first President of the Boozefighter's in 1946. He built one of the first flathead 80" fly wheeled stroker knuckles ever built. He ran another monster knuck called "the Brute Jr." on the Rosemond dry lake. That bobjob is one of the best. Thanks Jedd.