AFTER FINDING A GREAT 70+ YEAR OLD FLATHEAD IN HAMBURG, STEPHAN WAS ABLE TO START HIS DREAM BUILD - MOVING FROM A COLD GARDEN SHED, TO GARAGE AND EVENTUALLY TO HIS BASEMENT IN WINTER. This is the story of his build ......... "I am Stephan and I live with my wife and daughter close to Hamburg, Germany. How I make my living? I work as a Project Manager in a medium size machinery factory. My background is actually electronics engineer. Ever since, I was dreaming of riding a Harl

The Fortyfivers MC is an invitational club of like-minded owners, riders and builders of Vintage Harley Davidson Flatheads founded in the UK, with a global membership reaching as far as Japan, Australia, South Africa and Argentina as well as the usual locations of USA, Europe and (of course) UK. It was a chance meeting in the summer of 2018 when co-founder, Clint Vosloo pulled up on his ’52 WL at the fuel station in Old Windsor, Berkshire. “I was getting ready to refuel when

We caught up with new members, Glen and Shaun Moger, to give us a run-down on their build of a vintage Harley Flathead in the UK. 45BLOG: "So, what made you guys build a Flathead as your first project together?" Shaun: "Glenn (Dad) has long been a fan of old Harleys, though the oldest he had previously owned was an early 70's Ironhead Sportster. His first proper taste of a flathead came when working on one at Red Max for Sideburn Magazine Editor Gary Inman. He also found the

TATTOOIST, VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE PARTS DEALER AND CHOPPERHEAD LUKE KEMPTON INVITES US INTO HIS GARAGE OF OLD SCHOOL H-D® GEMS IN SOUTH-WEST LONDON, UK. From early memories of seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger on that iconic Fat Boy® in The Terminator, to his days as a tattoo apprentice at the age of 18, watching bikers on choppers and stock bikes coming and going from the studio, Luke never thought that one day he’d join the Harley® family. How wrong he was! “I've got a lot in my gar

We have worked closely with Rob, from Motostuka to create an unique two tone glove for Fortyfivers MC Members - We call this model Black/Gold It all starts with the popular Motostuka Shanks Glove Many of us already have the Motostuka Shanks Gloves and we all love how the hand dyed and oiled leather that ages with every mile - so it was a great starting base to develop the new Black/Gold glove for the Fortyfivers. Using the already well established fit of the Motostuka Shanks,