Tuesday, April 6, 2010

..john harmon..

my buddy rich ostrander
sent me some sacto chopper history
a while back and called the other day
to say " hey post them haromon photos"
...ok rich...

july 4. 1971
this panshovel
is way cool...
check the oil bag:



love the purple


love the purple vest





bonnie with harmon

18 comments:

Kid Kurpius said...

Yes.... but the shorts in the first pic are way cooler!

max schaaf said...

"look at that dude with the daisy dukes on!"

hey josh

Jet City Jughead said...

What's the story w dual carb. shovel heads? Did someone manufacture and sell them, or were they a home brew deal?

drsprocket said...

Daisy dukes and white converses in '71. Must have been a skater. John's motors were always off the hook. He was one of the first to go way over 100" with dual mags and 4 plugs. My friend Greg had one of those early motors and it shook the earth. John had it going on. Left way to early. Thanks max.

BA said...

My man's got thighs for days........ errrr........

Liz said...

Ditto what the first guy said. Bring back the Daisy's for Dudes, Max. If anyone can do it, you can.

christiano said...

honda shirt of the fisrt pic rocks

jbfrmca said...

killer pics rich. i'll be sure to show them to bill.

michael said...

harmon is the same guy that made a 120 inch shovel back in the day. uber badass motors

jolyne said...

dude hot pants = AMAZING

Toecutter said...

I'm building a bike right now with a Harman front end. Love these photos. I found the first one John ever made a couple months ago. Sent it to Bill for the sake of history.

Scotty Scott said...

I cant wait to dive into the harmon project waiting in the wings! Hey John! Hey Rich! Hey Josh! Hey Max!

BTW, I live about a block from where Mr. Harmons house where he used to build his stuff. My ancient grumpy neighbor tells a pretty funny story about how they used to rip up and down the street on "test runs".

Scotty Scott said...

and if anyone has a Harmon bigtwin frame that they would like to trade for a great cond triumph one, contact me.

Toecutter said...

The house in the history of the chopper. I have the leafer Harman front end thats on his bike in the old footage him riding around. I had two of the first three ever made together for the first time in 40 plus years. Very moving to see them together thinking about the storys behind them.

Unknown said...

A guy I know over here in UK had a Harmon 120" shovel back in late 1980's. Absolute beast of a bike, wonder where it is now.

Juhana H. said...

It was fatured in Big Bike february 1972.
Absolutely marvelous masterpiece:)
Extremely light and fast...

Michael said...

There is a little article in the new Street Chopper on the front ends. Along with a little bit on max's 69 mile ride. Dig the Harmon stuff though.

Max said...

Those daisy dukes are next level.