With a 50's panhead and an old raked and stretched rigid he picked from a parts swap, he went to work fabricating and machining every part on this bike to get to what you see here. Josh Soto of Boars Nest Customs wanted to build a chopper that he could see himself riding around in the 50’s and 60’s era of motorcycle culture. I still need to rebuild either the original XLCH or the Sputhe engine, do a bit of wiring and be extremely patient with the Lake injector. It took some really careful work but I was able to save Marv Sims original paint on the tank, trailer fender, and generator. Now it’s been quite a bit of research and lots of hunting for replacement parts, but she’s getting close. I called a rider friend of mine, asked who Harman was, and got an “OMG that guy influenced Jesse James, he’s the Harman in Harman style, and the undisputed Godfather of big inch Harleys” my response “I guess we had better rent a van and leave for Roseville then.” At that time I had no idea who John Harman was but this bike just jumped off the screen. More time passed, decades actually, then I found her in a Sacramento, Craigslist ad three years ago. Time passed and long bikes fell out of style. He showed her once, she took home First Place, and then he just started riding her with a brand spankin’ new Sputhe Sportster engine. The original engine was a 1974 XLCH with S&S stroker flywheels, ported heads, a chrome Alphabet header, Andrews cams and completely polished cases and chromed covers.Ĭhuck showed the bike for a year or two and then decided to sell her to her next caretaker. The Harman frame and fork are both chrome plated and chromoly. The bike featured state of the art componentry, from companies like Alphabet, Hallcraft’s, Hurst/Airheart, Drag Specialities, S&S, Lake, and obviously Harman’s own Grand Prix Racing. This show bike was built for Chuck Long in 1974 by John Harman to compete in the hotly contested Northern California bike shows like Concord. Walk around an original survivor 1974 John Harman built long bike that features an outrageous Marv Sims psychedelic paint job.
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