Beautiful scale model of the Harley Davidson Pan Head engine, correct in every detail, including the potato-potato sound the engine makes at idle.

Scale model Harley Pan Head Engine Makes All the Right Noises

Scratch any car or bike enthusiast and, underneath, you'll likely as not find a passion for anything that runs on petrol. It doesn't even have to be useful, as this scale model of a Harley Davidson Pan Head engine proves.

To call it a scale model is to imply that that is all it is: a model. But to call it merely a model would be to do it a disservice as this one runs. Not only runs but sounds exactly like a Harley at tickover.

The Cison FG-VT9 is a 9cc, four-stroke v-twin that produces 0.8hp. The tiny 16.67 x 21mm bore and stroke give an 8,000rpm redline, not something that your full-size Harley is capable of.

The video shows the unboxing of the engine (could it correctly be called a crate engine...?) and the bolting to a rather inappropriate piece of wood before it is fired up.

It's a beautiful piece of engineering and the only pity is that it can't be fitted into a bike that could carry a passenger.

The engine comes from www.stirlingkit.com who have an incredible range of miniature petrol engines, both two-and four-stroke. The Harley engine comes in at a not inconsiderable $599.99 but you'd have to say it was worth it.