DeWayne Dalrymple's
1984 Nostalgia Super Vee
The 1980's.....
A decade of pioneering that changed many of our
lives forever. Cars, clothes, fashion, music and of
course our favorite thing, the motorcycle. That is why
you read this magazine, right? Anyway, back to the
story......
At a time when H-D refused to sell separate engines
to aftermarket bike builders, a new concept engine
came into existence. That engine was the Nostalgia
Super Vee. The idea for this engine came from the
mind of Steve Nelson, a custom bike builder who
basically cut the front two cylinders off a Chevrolet
small block V8 and machined it down into a
motorcycle frame.
In 1983 there was an article layout for it in Super
Cycle magazine. At that time, Super Cycle Magazine
was a leading motorcycle magazine published by an
H-D aftermarket parts supplier named Nostalgia
Cycle. In 1984 Nostalgia's efforts produced a SuperVee
engine design known as the Gen 1 that came either as
an engine or engine/frame kit. It is rumored that only
40 Gen 1 engines were ever produced and if it actually
ran then you had an exceptionally rare gem indeed.
Well ladies and gentlemen, what we have here for you
is an actual running and riding Gen 1 Super Vee.
I met DeWayne a while back as I was doing a service
call near the shop he was working at. I had noticed a
couple of old hot rod cars there and since I'm a gear
head, I just had to ask about them. DeWayne was
very laid back and kindly showed me around the
shop. As we talked shop, riding bikes came up and he
started telling me about his collection. A few minutes
later he turned to me and said "Do you want to see
something really cool?" and of course me being me, I
said hell yeah! So he took me to this little back room
in the shop and when he turned on the light, there
I was staring at a damn unicorn! Sitting there in all
of it's red, white and blue glory was the fabled Gen 1
Nostalgia Super Vee!
The first question I asked was if it ran.... What a
dumb question. He started her up and all of a sudden
94 cubic inches of engine was rockin' me out like a
heavy metal band. Just WOW! DeWayne ordered the
kit out of Super Cycle magazine in 1984 and built the
bike from the ground up fabricating some of his own
parts for it as well as modifying some of the existing
parts to make it a truly one of a kind bike. He also
kept all of the documentation on it including the
Super Cycle Magazine that he ordered it from.
As the Associate Editor of Louisiana Biker, I asked
him if I could feature it in the magazine and since I'm
writing this, we know his answer. His only request
was that we put it in the July issue since it was red,
white and blue. Well DeWayne.... Here she is! Thank
you for taking the time to show me the bike and get
pictures of it. We will get together soon for a ride. To
our readers.... Thank you for all of the support of our
magazine. Keep the wind in your hair my friends.
"Tomcat"
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