The Blue bike Opie was restoring is a Harley Panhead. They were produced between 1948 to 1965. As a Biker from the 1980's Panheads were the most popular to ride, Shovelheads coming in a not so close second place. Unlike the SONS bikes being nearly identical, our bikes were drastically different in appearance, because a biker is about the love of the machine before anything else.