On this year's Gypsy Run a friend asked me if I had a favorite bike. While there was no shortage of classy machinery to lust over, this one crusty panhead kept my attention. I asked the bike's owner if I could shoot it on the last day and he kindly obliged. When Gentry told me Keino built his bike, it all made perfect sense.

Owner: Gentry Dayton 

Town: Brooklyn, NY 

Engine, year and make, model, modifications: Very dirty '49 Harley panhead

Frame: '49 H-D, put back to stock 

Fork: '50s front end, I think 

Chassis mods: Blasted the '70s mystery Bondo and put it back to stock 

Tire/wheel size and style: I'm running a 16-inch spoke wheel with drum on the rear. We put an AMF mag on the front during the mock-up and never took it off. We just added a disc brake and fat tire and we were in business 

Favorite thing about this bike: I haven't seen too many pans with coffin tanks. I thought that would be cool 

Next modifications: The only thing this bike needs is more miles on it. I plan on riding it until it breaks 

Other mods, accessories, cool parts, etc: Swap meet coffin tank, usual Bates seat and pad

Inside story: This bike has the usual story. It sat in a barn in Georgia for the past 30 years. She just came back to life this year. The bike has only been ridden about 10 times before I went on the Gypsy Run, she made the whole run. I was proud 

Thanks: Bike built by Keino Cycles. I want to thank Keino for always making magic with the baskets and boxes of parts I bring him