6. 1927 Harley-Davidson 21.35 cubic inch "Peashooter."
In 1926, National Championship track racing began in the U.S. for machines
of 21.35 cubic inch displacement. The H-D Company entered the new class with
a single cylinder OHV motor designed in the early 1920’s by Arthur “Connie” Constantine
and Joe Petrali. The single cylinder racing model is not as rare as the special
H-D racing twins; it is estimated, however, that there are less than
a dozen complete examples of the single cylinder factory racer known as “The Peashooter”
in existence. This duel-port example is complete and correct in every respect
and displays several unusual features including a factory-manufactured rigid fork,
extra webbing on both crankcases, as well as the factory updated duel-port cylinder
head and “Baby Bosch” racing magneto original to this machine.
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