2006 Independent Cycle East - John Little's Sled

For the powerplant, they decided on a 124-inch S&S with Arlen Ness pushrod tubes and rockers. For the transmission, they used a Primo Rivera six-speed with an open primary. On the side of the primary John put a plate with Rat Fink #393 written on it, his official membership number for the Rat Fink Club. He became a member back in '86 when Ed Roth appeared on the scene again, and has been one ever since. They decided on Performance Machine wheels, 18 inches in the front and rear, with a 300mm tire in the back. The rear taillight lens is from a '54 Chevy.

The bike handles pretty well. It is a 300mm tire bike, after all, but rides like a dream on the highway. John took it through a construction zone in D.C. a while back and it got kind of hairy, but he made it through. The bike tends to get a lot of attention. "A lot of people don't like it. I had a guy the other week look at it and say 'that thing's ugly.' I just smiled. The car guys always love it."

The bike won the Master Bike Builder Show in Daytona at the Speedway, took Eighth place at the Rat's Hole Show, and won the Boardwalk Show for Extreme Softail. It also won best hand-built at a local show in Pennsylvania.

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