Tom Sifton	INDUCTED: 1998
1930s-'50s Engine Builder, Sponsor

Tom Sifton was one of the most remarkable engine builders in the history of motorcycle racing in the United States. Sifton-tuned engines powered numerous riders to victory in AMA nationals from the mid-1930s to the early 1970s. His deigns were so innovative that they were copied by factory teams and later issued as standard racing modification parts by those factories. Some of the top riders who rode for Sifton included fellow Motorcycle Hall of Fame members Sam Arena, Kenny Eggers, Larry Headrick and Joe Leonard. Sifton also owned a motorcycle dealership in San Jose, California, and later ran a successful finance business and a performance parts business. 

Reprinted from AMA archives.  Tom Sifton was a true Harley-Davidson diehard and great visionary.  Not only was he a great builder and tuner, he was some great "eyes and ears" during Harley's shaking out  bugs on early Knuckleheads.