1972 H-D Drag Bike | Archive
Drag racer Jim Cibel’s purple top fuel machine graced our cover back in April of 1972. Displacements were much lower back then as evidenced by Jim’s motor being a 100-inch Shovelhead; that’s slightly smaller than the stockers you can buy off the showroom floor right now. Having said that, Cibel’s motorcycle is seriously stripped down for real-deal professional drag racing. The S&S carb and crankshaft aren’t stock items no matter what year it is!
Hot Bike’s April 1972 cover. We were all about hot rodding your motorcycle back then.
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Dubbed “Precision in Purple,” Cibel’s rocket ship had Ceriani forks.
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It doesn’t get much more stripped down than a top fuel drag bike.
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Specs and details on Jim Cibel’s top fueler
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Just look at how tiny that gas tank is. Weight is the last thing you want when you’re running this kind of bike.
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