What bike is this?

 
A guy on the Two Wheeled Texans forum is trying to identify the year and
model of the bike his father owned.  I know y'all will know it right off.

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George
AH#139
BS235

 
My guess would be '51 to '54 if that tank emblem
is the original.  Hydra-Glide (obviously), but whether it's
an EL or FL, or whatever, I don't know.   There's other
clues like the type of primary cover and the black
crash bars, but for me -- i'd have to look that up.

#34

 On Mon, 2 May 2011 10:15:42 -0700 (PDT), Jim Combs


Yeah, '54 was th' first year for th' "Jubilee Trumpet horn", so I'm
goin' for th' first year of a foot shift, '51.  If it has phillips
head screws in th' gear cover it's a '51 or '52.  

Snarl
 

 

52 or 53,  it won't be a 51 as it is a foot shift, and 54 does not have the
straight bar under Harley Davidson on the tanks

 On Mon, 02 May 2011 15:58:41 -0400, notat@home.com wrote:


Wanna bet?  First year of a foot shift was late model '51.  And check
out th' year tab on th' license plate.  

Snarl... $8.00 bucks and a pair of ice cold Coors