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Hello, my name is Bob Farr. I've been riding a '74 FLH for a few years and visiting the Wauseon, OH show for about as long. I'm humbled by the craftsmanship on display at the AMCA meets. I took one step deeper into this madness last month when I traded my '74FLH for a '54FL and joined the Club.
I'm not sure whether I'll be up to the challenge but I think I'm going to attempt a proper restoration to original condition of my '54FL. I spent some time watching the judging today (Wauseon 2011). I may make my first pilgrimage to Davenport, IA this fall to do the same and gather more restoration materials.
My compliments to the judges working at Wauseon! My impression was that they worked very deligently (especially in the oppressive heat!) and provided thorough scoring notes to help the owners achieve their originality goals.
I was lucky to get a '54FL with most of the important stuff intact. Not a barn-find original paint machine, but not chopped either. It's a late production straight-downtube frame. It has matching engine cases, the proper transmission, correct sheetmetal and a few options so I'm off to a good start. I picked up a nice copy of Mr. Palmer's book so that'll help me straighten everything out along the way.
Here's a picture taken by the previous owner. This is what it looked like a few years ago when the owner's grandson got it running again. It was a barn-stored bike for about 20 years before this picture, but even back then it was no longer an original condition machine.
This is what I've done to it so far:
I have a lot of work to do. Michigan winters are good for that.
Bob
I'm not sure whether I'll be up to the challenge but I think I'm going to attempt a proper restoration to original condition of my '54FL. I spent some time watching the judging today (Wauseon 2011). I may make my first pilgrimage to Davenport, IA this fall to do the same and gather more restoration materials.
My compliments to the judges working at Wauseon! My impression was that they worked very deligently (especially in the oppressive heat!) and provided thorough scoring notes to help the owners achieve their originality goals.
I was lucky to get a '54FL with most of the important stuff intact. Not a barn-find original paint machine, but not chopped either. It's a late production straight-downtube frame. It has matching engine cases, the proper transmission, correct sheetmetal and a few options so I'm off to a good start. I picked up a nice copy of Mr. Palmer's book so that'll help me straighten everything out along the way.
Here's a picture taken by the previous owner. This is what it looked like a few years ago when the owner's grandson got it running again. It was a barn-stored bike for about 20 years before this picture, but even back then it was no longer an original condition machine.
This is what I've done to it so far:
I have a lot of work to do. Michigan winters are good for that.
Bob
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