Superunknown: A first-time builder hits the big time
The project kicked off four years ago, when Jackson was still in design school. ?I found an old Lucas brass taillight in Spain,? he tells us. ?A month later, I stumbled upon an unusual power plant: a 1960 Harley-Davidson Super 10. It wasn?t running, but it was ?all there? and had a unique AMA race history.?
?I?d met a guy who had bought out Lewis Puckett?s shop inventory years before, and this was one of the last engines to come out of the shop.? Jackson drafted out an idea and made a deal to buy the engine.
Working under the moniker ‘&Sons Atelier,’ Jackson started piecing his freshman build together in the kitchen of his downtown apartment. He could only work on it after hours?and was acquiring skills as he went.
There was a lot to do. For starters, even though the engine was upgraded, it needed a full rebuild to bring it back to life. Jackson also installed a Lodge race spark plug, and a Linkert M18 Carb with a Falcon velocity stack, set up for racing by Charles ?Mutt? Hallam.
Jackson then reworked the triple tree so how could mount the one-off handlebars. Those feature a custom internal throttle, with no less than 13 parts in operation. The grips and switches came from POSH Japan, and the levers are custom cast BSA M20 items.
For wheels, Jackson sourced a 1961 Scat rear hub, along with a 48 Harley front. They’re laced up to 18? rims with polished stainless steel spokes from Buchanan’s.
Even the seat became a complex process. Jackson ...
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