One Piece at a Time | 1956 H-D Custom FL
Cro Customs’ Sophisticated Pan
Specifications
| Bike Owner Anonymous |
| Shop Name | Cro Customs Inc. |
| Shop Phone | (310) 923-2613 |
| Shop Website | crocustoms.com |
| Year/Make/Model | ’56/H-D/Custom FL |
| Fabrication | Cro Customs Inc. |
| Assembly | Cros Customs Inc. |
| Build Time | About six months |
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| Engine |
| Year Manufacturer | ’56/H-D |
| Type/size | Panhead/H-D |
| Builder | Cro Customs Inc. |
| Cases | ’46 H-D |
| Cylinders | ’48 H-D |
| Heads | ’48 H-D |
| Rocker Boxes | Custom Cycle Engineering |
| Carb | S&S super B |
| Air Cleaner | ’40s Ice-O-Mat Top |
| Exhaust Modified | Paucho Upsweeps |
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| Transmission |
| Year/Manufacturer/Type | ’49/H-D/Jockey Top |
| Case | H-Dw |
| Clutch | BDL Pro Clutch |
| Primary Drive | 1-1/2-inch Belt |
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| Frame |
| Year/Manufacturer | ’55-57/H-D |
| Rake | Stock |
| Stretch | Stock |
|
| Suspension |
| Manufacturer Front | ’40s H-D Springer, Modifed |
| Length | -3/4 inches |
| Triple Trees | Cro Customs Inc. |
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| Wheels, Tires, and Brakes |
| Manufacturer Front/Type | Cody/Speedway rim, Spool hub |
| Size-Height/Width | 23x1.6 |
| Tire/Size | Cheng Shin/23 |
| Manufacturer Rear/Type | Akront/Spoke |
| Size-Height/Width | 18x1.85 |
| Tire/Size | Firestone/18 |
| Caliper | H-D Drum |
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| Finish/Paint |
| Color | Black with Ghost Etching |
| Painter | T. Markus Paint |
| Graphics | Cro Customs Inc./ T. Markus Paint |
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| Accessories |
| Rear Fender | Bates |
| Fender Struts | Cro Customs Inc. |
| Gas Tank & Cap | Wassell axed and frisco’d |
| Oil Tank | H-D |
| Handlebars | Cro-bars |
| Foot Controls | Cro Customs Inc. |
| Footpegs | Anderson shaved, drilled, engraved |
| Headlight | ’30s Packard |
| Taillight | ’48 Webster Microphone |
| License Mount | Cro Customs Inc. |
| Seat | Cro/JD Flying Monkey Fab, hand-stitched buffalo hide |
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