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[Twolanerider]

Starting w/the Knucklehead what year and what where the motors name from then to present, and why were they named such?

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Fired00d
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Names of the knuckleheads?  You still talking about Twolane, Rog and TC  [smiley=nixweiss.gif] ?

[Fired00d]

Starting w/the Knucklehead what year and what where the motors name from then to present, and why were they named such?

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[smiley=oops.gif] Maybe we should start w/the Flathead and proceed from there.

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[Fired00d]

Names of the knuckleheads?  You still talking about Twolane, Rog and TC  [smiley=nixweiss.gif] ?

[smiley=oops.gif] You said that I didn't. [smiley=huepfenlol2.gif]

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[Grover]

A better question; when did they make the first one that was right upon initial release?

 [smiley=huepfenlol2.gif]...1909 HD released it's first Vtwin. They did not produce a twin for 1910!! But it came back in 1911 to stay...

[Fired00d]

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[SPIDERMAN]

Heh, anybody noticed BB is no longer here???

Maybe he's gone to get some Makers to loosen up his fingers.

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Nope,
        Talkin to Otis on the phone. If you can't talk to Otis, you can't talk to anyone. Judgin from the good spirits he was in, I'd say things a going ok in the holla. Anyway, he got me loosened up a bit.

[Grover]

Starting w/the Knucklehead what year and what where the motors name from then to present, and why were they named such?

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Fired00d
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Flat head 45 ?-48, Knuckle head 48-?, Pan head, Shovel head, EVO Big head, Twin cam ? head, Revolution liquid head.

Heads namesake from what they resembled...Not for sure on all years

[Fired00d]

..... If you can't talk to Otis, you can't talk to anyone......

That is so very true. [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]

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[SPIDERMAN]

[smiley=oops.gif] Maybe we should start w/the Flathead and proceed from there.

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Yeah that's better

Flathead, Knucklehead, Panhead, PanShovel Shovelhead, Blockhead (Evo) and Fathead (Twincam) and I'd guess the V-Rod "Revolution" would be the Wethead  

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[Grover]

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 That was too easy 10/10

[Fired00d]

Yeah that's better

Flathead, Knucklehead, Panhead, PanShovel Shovelhead, Blockhead (Evo) and Fathead (Twincam) and I'd guess the V-Rod "Revolution" would be the Wethead  

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Excellent!!  Now can someone tell us why they were named that and what year/s each motor was produced?

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[Fired00d]

 That was too easy 10/10

Try this one - The Awesome Harley-Davidson Quiz.

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[Fired00d]

Excellent!!  Now can someone tell us why they were named that and what year/s each motor was produced?

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[smiley=oops.gif] I see Mark already answered this. I didn't scroll back far enough.

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[SPIDERMAN]

Excellent!!  Now can someone tell us why they were named that and what year/s each motor was produced?

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d00d
         Grover's post had a bunch of question marks, so here's my best guess. I'm not 100% sure as I'm doing this from memory as opposed to grabbing one of 20 or so H-D books sittin less than 10 feet away in the bookrack

Flatheads were the first motors and ran from 1903 to 1932 I believe when the Knuckleheads came out. First year for Panhead was 1948, first year for Shovelhead is a matter of debate because of the Pan-Shovel thing. The first full Shovelhead was 1968 I believe. You had Pan-Shovels from like 65-67  Evo's hit the street "officially in 1984, but there were a bunch of mules out there in 1983 and for whatever reason the MoCo sold them so if anyone ever tells you he/she's got an 83 Evo don't get into an argument over it cause you could be wrong. Twincams first appeared in 99 on the baggers with the Evo line running another year in the cruiser models I think the Revolution first appeared in 2003 That's weird that the most recent one is the fuzziest to me.

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[Grover]

Excellent!!  Now can someone tell us why they were named that and what year/s each motor was produced?

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'31-? Flat head, '36-'47 Knucklehead, '48-'66 Panhead, '66-'84 Shovelhead, '84-'98 EVO, '99-present Twincam, '02- present Revolution.

Flat head was flat, Knuckle head looked like knuckles, Panhead looked like a pan, Shovelhead looked like a shovel, EVO Bighead/blockhead, twincam fathead.