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LOWERED PRICE ! PRICE IS IN US DOLLARS! 1960 was the last year they raced on the beach at Daytona. This bike is time warp perfect with 2 sets of handlebars which were beneficial for the Daytona 2 mile straights and negotiating the deeply rutted sand at each of two turns for every one of the 100 lap professional race! The bike also sports the original period racer fitted hacksaw blade magneto cutout and VERY RARE FACTORY RACE CONICAL AND FINNED HUBS! Correct rare Smiths magnetic tachometer. I purchased this bike over 40 years ago at the estate of legendary bike collector Zachary Reynolds' estate auction . Zachary Reynolds was an heir to the Reynolds tobacco company fortune and was sadly killed at a young age in an aircraft accident . He had a big collection of bikes and cars, all of which were the best available. I am including his personal collection of license plates , and all correspondence he had with the Harley factory with the sale and a tattered old Bates race bike Harley cover I bought at the auction. The bike has all the right stuff The original racer/ owner is not known but Zach had enough money to buy whatever he wanted so it is anyone's guess. It has been in dry heated storage since I let fired it up about 35 years ago ! It has an American title and all correct import papers to Canada in my name. I have plenty of experience crating and shipping bikes just about anywhere. The Harley KR engine was probably the greatest development of any flathead engine , motorcycle or automobile. In the late 1960's a 750 cc KR reached 150 mph on the banked Daytona speedway track. Cal Raybourn won Daytona with that KRTT . I ran another KR on the street for 3 years in the early 1980's and it made a superb and fast road bike should you chose to go that route.
