The bike is now still at Bill Hollands place. Harman died from a dissecting aortic aneurysm while driving his car to St Thomass in 1994 aged 87. Published Maat 700 296 in JOHN HARMANS SPIRDER CHOPPER THE INTERNALLY SPRUNG REVOLUTION. The frame is rare in the fact that Bill Holland John Harmans old partner believes that John had only made less that 5 Triumph chopper frames before his death. Published Maat 700 503 in JOHN HARMANS SPIRDER CHOPPER THE INTERNALLY SPRUNG REVOLUTION. The front ends and custom choppers they built were featured in magazines throughout the 70s and 80s like Street Chopper and Custom Bike. He was a great husband father gardener rancher sailer musician you name it he did it all and he did it well. I apologize for the annoying ringtone at the end my sis. John Harman and I believe brothers Harry Bill Holland in the early days of H H Cycle which was born from John Harmans revolutionary design for an internally sprung girder that was not only easy on the eyes the performance and quality far exceeded what was commonly found on the market at that time setting a new standard that others tried to followed but there really was no other like Harman. The sprung girder originated in the 70s with John Harmans idea and Bill Hollands handy work. To make it easier to follow this build article Ive decided to start providing a label to the various parts and bends in the tubes. Karen Harman Scott Stewart and Amy Forget Dalas. With able hands and willing hearts the difficult we do at once. Okay so Harman did make some short front ends near stock length Too bad the design is limited to bikes with lots of rake Im guessing 36 deg I read that Harman died of.īesides the motorcycles he designed and built homes. On Maat the age of 34 Johnny Vasko aka Johnny Chop passed away from complications resulting from a heart transplant hed received when he was a teenager. His sister Elizabeth wife of Lord Longford introduced him to a lawyer Anna Spicer. We anticipated a few bikers to ride in for my fathers funeral but we had a few more than expected. This past March the custom motorcycle industry lost a bright young star whose passion for turning cold metal into fused functional art had quickly gained notoriety among the motorcycle masses.Īt that point I was solely responsible for building the front end and John built the frames. The frontend on photo is one of three prototypes John Harman has built The frame is Harman too. He flew and maintained his own multi-engine airplane.ġ970s company history owners In the early 80s as the length and style changed the demand to run long front ends declined and gave me the break I needed. Grandpa to Nathan and Sarah Stewart and Henry Forget. H H Cycle began building the front end with John Harman. Bill was the partner of John Harman when John was. Suddenly at his residence in Komoka David John Harman passed away on Decemin his 82nd year.īeloved husband of Charlotte nee Williston for 56 years. We went on to building our own along with hundreds of customers custom bikes. Ive already had a few phone calls about the project and its kind of hard to communicate when were talking about things like the third bend. The fork was professionally slightly de-raked by Bill Holland for increased high-speed performance.Ĭity Of Dreams Celebrates The World S Most Iconic Car Brand And Lifts The Lid On The Rarely Seen World Of Automotive Design With The First Ferrari Under The S Dream City John Harman did some cool stuff but in my opinion that one should have stayed dead.ĥ john harman motorcycle builder death. I started building weightlifting equipment and owned a World Gym in 1986.