Handle for 1966 HD M50S

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THERE IS NO LOGO OR TEXT ON THE FILES PUBLISHED!\n\nBack in the 60's, Harley Davidson bought 50% of Aermacchi's motorcycle division and hired them to make a series of smaller motorcycles that would be part of the Harley Davidson brand.\nOne of those was the M50S, a 50cc two-stroke bike manufactured from 1965-66, with approximately 9000 made.\n\nMany years later, in 2012, one of these bikes found its way to my friend Daniel Pero, a moped enthusiast. It was in desperate need of renovation and Daniel, being somewhat of an expert on the area, took on the task "head-on". \nYears went by and bit by bit, the M50 was returning to its former glory. There was a problem though; it's always tough to find parts, and you have to be somewhat of a detective. And even though Daniel is good at this, the badly worn handles were nowhere to be found. \nAfter having given up on the search, Daniel asked if it would be possible to reproduce these handles using 3D Printing. As he had one of the old ones in hand, this wouldn't be much of a problem. \nSpending some time recreating it in CAD and making small changes to make it better suited for the 3D Printing process, all that was left to do was find a suitable material to print with.\n\nObviously wanting to get as close to the feeling of an original rubber handle, it needed to be a soft "rubber-like" material. NinjaFlex TPE was the closest we could find. We browsed through the colors available and found a color (concrete) that we felt was as close as we could get.\nWith the material loaded, the file all sliced up, and the 3D Printer ready to go, all that was left to do was let the 3D Printer do its magic! And we think it delivered. Daniel was happy with the result, and the 3D Printed handles are in place on the now fully restored 1966 HD M50S. \n\nJust recently this beautiful "moped" was featured in Swedish "Classic Bike" magazine with a 10-page story and a front page!\n\nThanks to Daniel Pero for providing the pictures!\n\nLike my Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/Daniel-Noree-576194949211855/\nSubscribe to my YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/DanielNoree2\n\nINSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/danielnoree/\nTWITTER https://twitter.com/DanielNoree\nGOOGLE+ https://plus.google.com/u/1/+DanielNoree\nFACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/daniel.noree