Vintage Pics of the Day

[EricOlson]

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[HDSmitty]

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?

[HDSmitty]

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

[T. Cotten]

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!

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.....Cotten

[BigLakeBob]

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[BigLakeBob]

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[Steve Slocombe]

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.

[Steve Slocombe]

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.

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[T. Cotten]

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

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I think she was also a dancer.

...Cotten

[BigLakeBob]

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[T. Cotten]

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....Cotten

[BigLakeBob]

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[BigLakeBob]

Yonkers Run.
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[exeric]

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Cotten

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.

[exeric]

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