Easyriders© Magazine Article

In February of 1982 Easyriders© magazine did a 6 page spread on Generation II of the V4 that Kenny Lyon engineered and built at a time when CNC machines were only owned by high-end manufacturing facilities. Thanks to Bob Alford of Pro Street Choppers in Winter Park Florida for the conetn and pictures on this page. Visit Bob;s site for more on the new generation of this exciting motorcycle [link].

We have obtained permission from Easyriders allowing us to post this material online for your enjoyment. To keep file sizes manageable and image quality high, each page has been added as a link to download and view (you will need the free Adobe Reader™ available here to view these files).

This is the inner page of the Easyriders© magazine showing the page number for the article. [Click here for file]

This opening page of the article refers to the 167mph V4 motorcycle. [Click here for file]

This is a great shot of the motorcycle, the rear wheel and the gauges. [Click here for file]

Pictures on this page depict the turbo, underside of the motorcycle as well as a great show of Kenny Lyon in the command position. [Click here for file]

The text on this page is a discussion of the oil pump and cylinder heads and contains a great image of the turbocharger setup. [Click here for file]

Here is a great shot of the underside of the motorcycle showing the exhaust routing to the turbocharger. [Click here for file]

Last, but not least, is a picture of the fuel tank and two different shots of the front wheel. [Click here for file]

Sponsors of Kenny's Motorcycle

Larry - Cal Products Company

East Jordan, MI

L/S Harley engines, cases, Rocket Fuel

Jim & Rick - Dew Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Westminster, CA

Fork tubes, triple trees and risers

Robert George

Marina Del Rey, CA

Water-cooled cylinders & jackets, fairing

Roger & Steve - AAA Shot Peening

Phoenix, AZ

Shot peening of rods and hone true

Mil Blair - Jammer Cycle Products, Inc.

Burbank, CA

Loan of front Firestone™ tire

Bob Alford - Christian Customs (Now owner of Pro Street Choppers, Inc.)

Bob is responsible for the new generation of Kenny's Bonneville bike, check Bob's website for more details [link].

Oakview, CA (now in Winter Park, FL)

Painting

John Moreland

Carson, CA

Machine work & parts

Bruce Morton

Sunland, CA

Heliarc welding

Terry Smith

Carson, CA

Machine work & parts

Robert Ashley

Costa Mesa, CA

Transmission parts

Jim Thiessen - Jim's Machine Shop

Camarillo, CA

H-D engine parts & raw stock

Garry & Bill Holliday - Holliday's Performance & Harley-Davidson Repairs

Camarillo, CA

Head & valve work, Ultron synthetic lubricants

Mac & Shelly - Mac motor Works

Tucson, AZ

Dynamic engine balancing

Barry - Ellison Engineering

Gardena, CA

Electrical discharge machining

Perry & Nancy - Performance Machine

Paramount, CA

Wheels, brakes & hubs

Andy - Harley Engine Specialties

Culver City, CA

High-flow pinion shaft bushing, pressure plates, rocker shims

Tom & Kennie Graves

Garden Grove, CA

Exhaust pipe bending & ghost writer

Mike - Barnett Tool & Engine

Sante Fe Spring, CA

Clutch plates

Skip - Phase 3 of America

Paramount, CA

Inner clutch hub

Tim - Daherty Machine Products

Torrance, CA

Machine work & parts

Greg Bennett (Tut) Head Wrench

Thanks go out to Easyriders© magazine for their permission to use the article on this website.

These pages do lack some image clarity but this was necessary to keep the files at such a size that download times weren't excessively long for dial-up connections.

Easyriders© magazine is a part of the Paisano Publications company. All other copyrights are owned by their respective companies and in no way implies endorsement of or affiliation with Project GoldWing.