Harley-Davidson Panhead

The successor to the Knucklehead, with rocker covers like upturned pans.

The Panhead gained hydraulic lifters and aluminium heads. It became a symbol of American motorcycle culture and appears in the film Easy Rider.

Materials: Steel frame, overhead-valve V-twin engine

Manufacture: Made in Milwaukee.

The rocker covers that look like frying pans.

The telescopic fork of 1949.

• Motorcycles
• Harley-Davidson