1936 Flying Coloud

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1936 Flying Coloud

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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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Thanks Roo !!!

One very fine bike. Really, really nice.
Great pictures

Funnily this is the first time for me looking much closer at a pre-war knuck and discovering
banjos at the oil tank and rocker, simple fuel taps instead of the instant reserve and ... the gap between both tanks
is covered with some rubber strip !?!
Typical example for someone whose Palmer`s is collecting too much dust :oops: :lol:

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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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I'm glad the gran' kids didn't "restore" this machine. It is original only once, and then it becomes just another restored old bike....
....RooDog....
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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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Lowbrow Customs has very aggressive marketing. Once you buy something from them they bombard you with blogs, videos, invitations to parties, etc. There's a lot of good stuff in there, but also a lot of stuff about Sportsters, which I'm not particularly interested in, myself. Anyway they sent the 1936 Flying Cloud article sent to my phone. Good story and bike was mostly original, including paint. Glad the owner is not "restoring" it.
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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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Once you buy something from them they bombard you with blogs, videos, invitations to parties, etc.
Never heard of em till today, what a bike !

Lowbrow was started in 2004, a physical manifestation of chopper fever and passion for all things motorcycle. We are the premier source for custom and chopper parts for your moto, backed by a tight-knit crew here in northeast Ohio who strive to make your experience with us the best possible. We not only work hard to supply motorcycle enthusiasts with cool parts from small shops all around the world, but to also keep innovating and building, creating brand new parts and accessories, getting them out onto the road.

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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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That bike has been around for many years on the AMCA circuit. Lots of magazine articles, etc. Rich and the Ramseys are well known in the old bike field. I've dealt with them since the 80's.
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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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My thoughts, Lowbrow has nothing to do with this bike just using it to get you to click on there page so you might buy some of there stuff, typical marketing technique.
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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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pan620 wrote: Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:21 pm My thoughts, Lowbrow has nothing to do with this bike just using it to get you to click on there page so you might buy some of there stuff, typical marketing technique.
So what? Made you look... LOL...
Marketing is part of doing business....
Their guy wrote the story, you can tell by the errors in the text it wasn't very well proof read....
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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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I actually like Lowbrow as a vendor. I like the style of stuff they sell. Can't fault them for aggressive marketing, either. It's part of business. Look at what corporations pay for a commercial slot during the Super Bowl. Sometimes I do get tired of my phone pinging, though.
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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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Mongrel505558 wrote: Sun Apr 17, 2022 7:17 pm I actually like Lowbrow as a vendor. I like the style of stuff they sell. Can't fault them for aggressive marketing, either. It's part of business. Look at what corporations pay for a commercial slot during the Super Bowl. Sometimes I do get tired of my phone pinging, though.
I hope the caretakers of the bike got reimbursed for it use, maybe they gave them there permission?
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Re: 1936 Flying Coloud

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Post by Architect »

Lowbrow is a good bunch of guys, very into the scene, not just making money. The shows they put on are excellent, I had my Flathead in the Fuel Cleveland show in 2019, great weekend.

And...................

They offer 10% discount on any order to AMCA members. They carry Colony hardware, that should be reason enough to like them.

And the Sportster parts are cool!!!!!
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