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.

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.)

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 Kenny Lyons for allowing us access to the original magazine pages (now out of print) and 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 Pro Street Choppers, Inc.