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  • EricOlson
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2011
    • 575

    #2461
    32623039_621152008237816_2396545043398656000_n.jpg

    15786c6ef86a4e0b5fa58e18d8b9aae7.jpg

    Schwab Tires sidecars, Sacramento.jpg
    Eric Olson
    Membership #18488

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    • HDSmitty
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2017
      • 282

      #2462
      Hey Tom....wouldn't that National gas saver device be like adding a manifold air leak and possibly damage the engine from being too lean ? I used your bubble test method to eliminate any leaks and can't see why someone would want to add one. Am I right in this thinking?

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      • HDSmitty
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2017
        • 282

        #2463
        Maybe the "snake oil" gets in there too to provide the 10-20% fuel savings.

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        • T. Cotten
          Gadfly from the Dumpster
          • Jun 2001
          • 8212

          #2464
          Originally posted by HDSmitty View Post
          Hey Tom....wouldn't that National gas saver device be like adding a manifold air leak and possibly damage the engine from being too lean ? ....
          Only if it still starts, Smitty!

          Evil! Alls we did wuz kickit.jpg

          .....Cotten

          AMCA #776
          Dumpster Diver's Motto: Seek,... and Ye Shall Find!

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          • BigLakeBob
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2010
            • 2757

            #2465
            yytg.jpg
            Bob Rice #6738

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            • BigLakeBob
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2010
              • 2757

              #2466
              yruj.jpg
              Bob Rice #6738

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              • Steve Slocombe
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2003
                • 2168

                #2467
                The charming lady in #2461 looks to be on a first year 1929 Harley small twin 750 cc bike. That looks like a clincher rim on the front wheel. The other pictures are last year 1929 JDs, also with the twin headlamps.

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                • Steve Slocombe
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 2168

                  #2468
                  The 1929/30 Harley twin headlamps were blamed for night-time accidents where a close motorcycle was taken to be a distant car, and banned in some states. For 1931 Harley went to the single Motolamp headlamp and bracket 4965-31, with this 4965-29A briefly appearing in the parts books as a retrofit.

                  4965-29A .jpeg

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                  • T. Cotten
                    Gadfly from the Dumpster
                    • Jun 2001
                    • 8212

                    #2469
                    Originally posted by Steve Slocombe View Post
                    The charming lady in #2461 looks to be on a first year 1929 Harley small twin 750 cc bike....
                    Vivian Bales in 1929 became known as The Enthusiast Girl

                    VivBales 2.jpg

                    Viv Bales 3.jpg

                    Vivian Bales in 1929 became known as The Enthusiast Girl..jpg

                    I think she was also a dancer.

                    ...Cotten
                    AMCA #776
                    Dumpster Diver's Motto: Seek,... and Ye Shall Find!

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                    • BigLakeBob
                      Senior Member
                      • Jul 2010
                      • 2757

                      #2470
                      yqyw.jpg
                      Bob Rice #6738

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                      • T. Cotten
                        Gadfly from the Dumpster
                        • Jun 2001
                        • 8212

                        #2471
                        Mother at work.jpg

                        chicsonbikes.jpg

                        29sisters2.jpg

                        zpst8birgca.jpg
                        ....Cotten
                        Last edited by T. Cotten; 07-23-2022, 06:55 AM.
                        AMCA #776
                        Dumpster Diver's Motto: Seek,... and Ye Shall Find!

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                        • BigLakeBob
                          Senior Member
                          • Jul 2010
                          • 2757

                          #2472
                          yyc1.jpg
                          Bob Rice #6738

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                          • BigLakeBob
                            Senior Member
                            • Jul 2010
                            • 2757

                            #2473
                            Yonkers Run.
                            yonkersrun_zps3d976254.jpg
                            Bob Rice #6738

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                            • exeric
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2005
                              • 5960

                              #2474
                              Originally posted by T. Cotten View Post
                              The 2 girls on the right look like Sisters that went cross county on H-Ds back in the teens, or early '20s. I can't remember where I saw the story about them, but curious if they look familiar to others.
                              Eric Smith
                              AMCA #886

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                              • exeric
                                Senior Member
                                • Sep 2005
                                • 5960

                                #2475
                                I was wrong. I looked at Cristine Sommer Simmons' excellent book, "The American Motorcycle Girls". The girls I was thinking of were August, and Adeline Van Buren and they did their ride on 1916 Indians. They're all pretty, so easy to get confused
                                Eric Smith
                                AMCA #886

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