Rhinebeck

[Matt McManus]

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'46 with sidecar. Nice package!

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Not sure if this has a hill-climbing history or is something folks cobbled together, but I loved seeing it. Neat machine. There was a Pan behind it. This just looks mean! Old Snow tires made great climbing paddles!

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Camelback at $87K. Heep cool machine!

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This machine with the tandem side-by-side seat was amazing. The owner has the information on the owner who took his family on a long ride on it... that is just an amazing piece of history Hope we see more about this one!

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I always wanted one of these... This one is lovely!!! And Guzzi's are such bulletproof machines.

A few more to come,

Cheers,

Sirhr

Sirhr,

I got the bike in Alabama last year basically as you see it. I got in contact with the original owner who was also the guy that modified to the condition that it is in now. He used it like a dirt bike and actually won the 1950 Alabama State Endurance Run at the age of 16 on this bike. It is beat up rusty but I like it just like it is and it is a blast to ride.

[sirhrmechanic]

Sirhr,

I got the bike in Alabama last year basically as you see it. I got in contact with the original owner who was also the guy that modified to the condition that it is in now. He used it like a dirt bike and actually won the 1950 Alabama State Endurance Run at the age of 16 on this bike. It is beat up rusty but I like it just like it is and it is a blast to ride.

Without a doubt, one of my favorite bikes in the place. Just a really cool piece of history! Definitely appreciate the fact that you aren't restoring it or pillaging the engine for a factory restoration. Changing that bike would totally strip away its identity! Thanks for bringing it out for us to appreciate.

Cheers,

Sirhr

[The Professor]

Plan on being there tomorrow (Friday) morning with at least one of my Motrocycle Cannonball bikes. Perhaps both of them (1915 and 1929 Harleys)

Was going to say hello Buzz...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVk9w...1&feature=plcp

[c.o.]

"that was a brand new owner, who had never ridden a foot clutch before. he lost control and hit the electric panel, they took him to the hosiptal. no report of how he made out."


Seriously?

There are so many things that could be said, but yet I'm speechless.

Tom....."Speechless" is the most fitting word to describe those photos.

Years ago, In a lapse of judgement I let a friend of mine ride my '41EL. He did well for awhile, going up and down the street, then he got over confident, lost control and hit a fence. He wasn't hurt, and the bike was okay too; until he lifted it up. It was still running and still in gear. Off it went, dragging him until he let go. The bike stopped when it hit a house. . . . Tom's observation sums it up; speechless.

Eric,

You reaffirmed why I don't let many folks ride my bikes. The possible damage is one thing but somebody getting hurt from a panic situation just doesn't sit well with me. Riding these old relics are second nature to us but for some it's a major undertaking!!

Guilty....

I once sold a knuckle to a stranger who hadn't ridden a foot clutch. After proper instruction he decided to hop on the bike and try it. Immediately he did just the opposite as he had been instructed and headed off into a path way at an AMCA meet. Somehow entangling himself, the knuck and two bicycle ridding children, Breaking free from that mess he nearly plowed into several other knuckles before coming to a stop . Increditably, absolutely no damage was done in any way other than his pride.

It happens!

joe

Moral of the story is... don't try to learn how to operate a footclutch at an AMCA meet!!!

[c.o.]

my 42 wlc also had the throttle reversed push to increase pull to decrease - not surre if was stock or changed during the war but very helpful when learning to ride foot clutch machine

aka HAWG

Sounds like that WLC had Hummer spirals.

[Tom Lovejoy]

That Emblem is awesome, I have an article with a machine just like it. Can't imagine riding it like that though, very cool ! Thanks for posting all the great photo's :-)

[davewild]

Thanks to all who took the time to post pictures, I am in the middle of the ocean off the coast of Brunei, we are down on weather and you have just made my day. Thanks again.

Dave

[Rubone]

Sounds like that WLC had Hummer spirals.

WLCs had left hand throttle. If the owner hooked it up for right hand without changing the spirals the throttle and spark advance will work in reverse!
No hummers involved!
Robbie

[c.o.]

WLCs had left hand throttle. If the owner hooked it up for right hand without changing the spirals the throttle and spark advance will work in reverse!
No hummers involved!
Robbie

Well that blew that theory all to hell.... I mentioned it cuz my old WLA came with Hummer spirals and I had similar symptoms. Thanks Robbie.... still learnin'.....

[Rubone]

I mentioned it cuz my old WLA came with Hummer spirals and I had similar symptoms.

Cory,
Unless your WLA had '49 style bars it did not have "Hummer" spirals as they never existed in an earlier style!
And the term Hummer is another badly abused name in the H-D dictionary. About as bad as "suicide shifter".
Robbie

[upsrod]

Cory,
Unless your WLA had '49 style bars it did not have "Hummer" spirals as they never existed in an earlier style!
And the term Hummer is another badly abused name in the H-D dictionary. About as bad as "suicide shifter".
Robbie

When I was a kid we always called them RING DINGS!

[c.o.]

Cory,
Unless your WLA had '49 style bars it did not have "Hummer" spirals as they never existed in an earlier style!
And the term Hummer is another badly abused name in the H-D dictionary. About as bad as "suicide shifter".
Robbie

O.K. Robbie, I can be found guilty for generalizing the lightweights into the "Hummer" category. My old WLA had later servi-car bars with '48-'59 lightweight spirals. I ended up trading them for '49-'53 Panhead spirals and everything worked out fine. I'll do my best from now on not to use the "Hummer" name in vain...

When I was a kid we always called them RING DINGS!

....and RING DING they do!!! I once had a spin on a '63 Scat and it sounded like no other Harley I'd ever been on.... It was an off road scenario and was a fun little bike to ride.

[c.o.]

Oh man... the Clevelands are perfect!!!

http://thevintagent.blogspot.ca/2012...a-meet-ny.html

[The Professor]

On the way to Rhinebeck on Friday morning on the MassPike, a pickup from Maine passed me with a red Cleveland in the back. Never saw it at the meet.

[DanM]

The man and wife with the Emblem showed up in the camping area. At 80+ years old he was a little discombobulated with the show. We guided him to the timeline building- he had that cradle made up and a winch in his truck- he lowered it out and pulled it in while standing on the ground. He's had the bike for 50 years and more or less just finished restoring it- I think he never put gas in since. Either he or his wife stand next to it at all times it is not in the truck. He joined AMCA and got oldest bike, century medal, and his Junior award. He was very proud and a bit surprised.