If you want to hear something really cool. When I was in my twenties. I took a HD 45 tranny and replaced it, with a Triumph tranny. I had to rig a stick shift on the Triumph tranny. But with a little welding here and there. I still had my foot clutch along with a now suicide stick shift, that I welded to the shifter piece, that bolts on to the the linkage, were the foot shifter bolts onto the the Triumph tranny. Then, I modified a Triumph tranny, to go into the HD 45 frame. Then, I had to tweak out the primary chain, to make it fit and work with the Triumph tranny. But afterwards, once I got all the bugs worked out. The bike ran great. I got a lot more power out of it also. It was a lot faster than a stock HD 45 and would go faster than 55 mile an hour without a problem. For some reason, HD didn't make their 45s { which is a 750 } go very fast except for flat tracking. Which is where the WR racing cams came into play. Made by HD, for their 45's, for the flat track racing scene. Made to give the Indian Scout, more competition on the track. But during the depression. Right before, WWII started? The military contract went to HD, instead of Indian. Then, that was pretty much the end of Indian then. But, they managed to stay a float, until 1953. But they really needed that military contract, that HD got. Plus, Indian was the better motorcycle IMO and I've owned both bikes too. I've always preferred the Indians over any Harley Davidsons. But, that's just me and my own opinion. As a matter of fact, I road a 1903 Indian a while back and boy, was that fun, but a little scary, at the same time. It was like riding a bicycle with, a big V tween on it, along with old style brakes. I didn't take it on the freeway or anything like that. But, I did go around the block a couple of times. It was a great experience though and really fun. That's probably the oldest motorcycle, that I've ever ridin. As a matter of fact, I'm getting ready to go for a ride. After I finish writing this. It's a nice day and I'd like to take advantage of it.
