I don't know Jon Radermacher, AMF president, so I've been trying to read his messages in the latest magazine, watching for that realization that will come someday, when I somehow KNOW that the AMF is beneficial to the AMCA, and indeed deserves a page or two in our magazine. But I got tripped up on something halfway through: (I'll quote)
"I also encourage you to go to AMF Facebook page (--------). There you'll see Dennis Craig's meticulous restoration of the 1936 Indian Sports Scout that (---)Dottie Mattern will be riding cross the United States ... Cannonball endurance run ..... reassembly." un-quote
I think I've seen the bike Dottie will ride. It may have a 1936 rear frame section, but the front section is (was in what I saw) a 40 and later frame, to accommodate the larger-finned 40and later cylinders. I don't do Facebook, and I don't recall where I saw the pix, so if anyone could bring up the Facebook-referenced pix, I'd appreciate eating my words for Dennis Craig, or Dottie, or even Jon Radermacher.
On The Other Hand: If the bike has obvious "cheater" assets that became available after the cut-off year for this Cannonball, then my SUGGESTIONS for the magazine are as follows: please DON'T EMBELLISH things to make them more palatable for readers that don't know the diff.
Let's try to stick to the straight facts.
Without a correction I can't trust Jon Radermacher's words, or Dennis Craig's "meticulous" capabilities, until we clear this up.
"I also encourage you to go to AMF Facebook page (--------). There you'll see Dennis Craig's meticulous restoration of the 1936 Indian Sports Scout that (---)Dottie Mattern will be riding cross the United States ... Cannonball endurance run ..... reassembly." un-quote
I think I've seen the bike Dottie will ride. It may have a 1936 rear frame section, but the front section is (was in what I saw) a 40 and later frame, to accommodate the larger-finned 40and later cylinders. I don't do Facebook, and I don't recall where I saw the pix, so if anyone could bring up the Facebook-referenced pix, I'd appreciate eating my words for Dennis Craig, or Dottie, or even Jon Radermacher.
On The Other Hand: If the bike has obvious "cheater" assets that became available after the cut-off year for this Cannonball, then my SUGGESTIONS for the magazine are as follows: please DON'T EMBELLISH things to make them more palatable for readers that don't know the diff.
Let's try to stick to the straight facts.
Without a correction I can't trust Jon Radermacher's words, or Dennis Craig's "meticulous" capabilities, until we clear this up.
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