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Re: 1950 Servicar questions

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Sugar Bear sez:
".... both sets of legs (front and back) were to be made from round material only, resulting in a clean and simple design. "
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Re: 1950 Servicar questions

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Started cleaning up the rim a little bit and can now make out "Dunlop" "Made in England" "MC.17" on it. Did they manufacture aftermarket rims or make them for a motorcycle manufacturer?
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Re: 1950 Servicar questions

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1957flhchop wrote: Tue May 03, 2022 7:35 pm Started cleaning up the rim a little bit and can now make out "Dunlop" "NC17"(or NG17, can't tell for certain) on it. Did they manufacture aftermarket rims or make them for a motorcycle manufacturer?
Dunlop made rims for a variety of manufacturers as well as for sale to the general public. The 17" sizes were popular for a short time on choppers. They handle really poorly due to their size.
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The 17" wheels were the brain child of Tom McMullen, he featured them in his TRM series of magazines and to boost sales of his crap from AEE choppers....
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RooDog wrote: Tue May 03, 2022 8:20 pm The 17" wheels were the brain child of Tom McMullen, he featured them in his TRM series of magazines and to boost sales of his crap from AEE choppers....
I was really confused as to why it said "MC.17" on the wheel. The tire is a 3.00-18
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Re: 1950 Servicar questions

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Here is a better pic of the front end. Hopefully somebody can help ID it.
Chopper front end 1.JPG
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Not to hijack this thread but the mention of AEE choppers brought up a question I have had for years . I never saw the trike but always wondered how they hooked up a automotive automatic transmission in that trike . If this needs to be moved or scratched then so it go's .
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Re: 1950 Servicar questions

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OH yea , all the Sugar Bear springers have had the large curved lower rockers . I have a similar springer that came on my Servi when I got it . If anyone wants I can see if I can dig it out & get a pic or two .
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Re: 1950 Servicar questions

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animal12 wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 4:47 am Not to hijack this thread but the mention of AEE choppers brought up a question I have had for years . I never saw the trike but always wondered how they hooked up a automotive automatic transmission in that trike . If this needs to be moved or scratched then so it go's .
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More details, please.
I have no idea of what you speak, but it could be interesting to find out it....
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Re: 1950 Servicar questions

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My bad I forgot the link , once you see the pic you'll remember seeing it in mag's . There's one pic in the link that shows some of the engine/transmission but not enough for me to see how they did it
https://www.hotrodhotline.com/content/a ... nMXW-jMLIU
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