Looks like everything got a whole lot easier, and less expensive. (very rare in Australia) and when I showed my 90+ year old neighbour a photograph of one he said, he thought his dad had one when he was a kid and it was old then! Perfect! if I can fool him I should be able to fool some more people at the car show! After a bit more research I found that a company in Taiwan has started making replica engines, and the frame is almost Identical to a schwinn beach cruiser bike.
I then came across a bike called a whizzer, made in the US, between 1939 to 1965 but they look much older, I spoke to every motorbike nut I know none them have ever heard of a whizzer.
A 1912 Harley sold at auction in 2011 for $115000 There is no way I would be spending that amount. I did quite a bit of research before I started this project, and decided I wanted to build vintage Motorcycle something that looks like it came out of the 1920s or older, problem is rare+old =$$$.
Only problem not to much space in the garage and old and unique= $. I've been want to build something unique for some time, something I could take to the 'show us ya wheels' car show and know that no one has see one of these before.