Description
HARLEY DAVIDSON FL 74 CI Side Car – 1948
PRICE £47, 500 approx.
Mileage: 10, 860 km
PLEASE READ THE ADVERT CAREFULLY AND MAKE REALISTIC OFFERS OR EXCHANGES IN LINE WITH THE ACTUAL PRICE AND RARITY OF THIS RIG!!! - Impossible to find in this condition!!! Original 1948 Panhead FL 74 ci paired with its original numbered side car with reverse gear & brake – Complete restoration carried out by Classic Motor AG Switzerland – Alex Lüchinger for the connoisseur – everything is original down to the Linkert carburettor - Full restoration documentation provided!!!
Has covered just over 186 miles, essentially weekend cruising – Recent comprehensive service with full fluid change carried out by a specialist in classic American bikes – Runs like clockwork!!!
Motorcycle serial number: 48FL6456 – Matching frame & engine numbers -
Side car Goulding serial number: 48JE1731-
Reserved exclusively for knowledgeable private buyers, HD dealerships for display or motorcycle museums – contact by email and telephone, viewings by appointment only for genuinely interested parties – Make realistic offers in line with this ultra-rare model..... Let's avoid wasting time -
Absolutely nothing needs attention on the engine, upholstery, chrome & paintwork - 6-volt electrics – New battery -
French registration document -
POSSIBLE PART-EXCHANGE FOR A FINE KNUCKLEHEAD OR VERY NICE WL 45, UL 74 OR 80 CI,
LAST COMPLETE SERVICE CARRIED OUT BY ONE OF THE FINEST ITALIAN SPECIALISTS: PATINA GARAGE -
PRESENTATION OF THE 1948 PANHEAD -
To celebrate its 45th anniversary, Harley-Davidson replaces its timeless but ageing FL Knucklehead with a more modern version equipped with a new OHV V-Twin engine topped with valve covers shaped like a frying pan (pan). This V2 thus inherited the name "Panhead". It features aluminium cylinder heads with four rotary valves, a 32mm Linkert carburettor and a four-speed gearbox. It powers the EL 61 and FL 74.
From 1953 onwards, the "Panhead" was only offered in 1200 cc and entered the legend of sacred monsters produced by the Milwaukee firm.
Panhead displacements:
1948 – 1952: 1000 cc
1948 – 1965: 1200 cc
Technical specifications:
- Type: V2, 45°, 4-stroke, OHV
- Air-cooled
- Displacement: 1206 cc (74 ci)
- Power: 50 bhp
- Bore / Stroke: 87. 31mm x 100. 8mm
- Compression: 7:1
- Fuel system: Linkert 38mm carburettor
- Induction: 2 valves per cylinder
- Ignition: battery/ coil, 6V
- Primary transmission: Duplex chain
- Secondary transmission: chain
