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Originally Posted by Too Many Projects
WOW, that is WAY cool. My Dad was born and raised in St Paul and rode Indian's and Harley's but I don't recall him mentioning a Cyclone. BUT, he was born in 1925 and would have started riding around '39-40, so they may have already been scarce.
The pic with the cam cover removed is really cool, shaft driven, overhead cams.  |
Here is some detail on the cam drive and internals. They used beveled gears and SK roller bearings heavily. Later the same gents opened a gear company.
Note also the race version had ports in the cylinder walls so at BDC it had extra breathing capacity. Grandpa also built a sled out of Cyclone parts.