Nuremberg, Germany Sept. 2005

[Harleyson's]

The Antique American Handshifters on the Nazi Party Rally Ground

http://www.harleysons.de

[AdminGuy]

Woooo.... more shots of Cleveland4 racer please. Lots of cool bikes!

Looks like you you guys set up an oval on the flat. Is that right?
Flag waving was a nice touch. As was brief history. Was that area bombed? Guess not.

[Harleyson's]

more cleve 4 & Nuernberg History


http://www.nuernberg.de/tourismus/ru..._tribuene.html

http://www.harleysons.de/_F8O0286.jpg

http://www.harleysons.de/IMG_9259.jpg

[HarleyCreation]

Einige Geiste mit gruenen Leder auf 1930s "superinpuffed" BMWs fahren?

Any ghosts wearing green leathers and riding 1930s vintage supercharged BMWs?

[Harleyson's]

Remember BMW 6 Harley-Davidson 1931 Rund um Schotten !!!

Hallo Herbert,

schön das man mal was vom BMW & Harley Geist aus Nord-Wisconsin hört.

Ich habe Besuch von Freunden aus den USA und morgen geht's nach München auf die Wies'n (Ozapft is !)

Bestes Münchner Bier und Pitt's Todeswand direkt vor dem Augustiner-Zelt.

Schade das Du nicht dabei bist !

Vieleicht im nächsten Jahr ??

Im nächsten Jahr feiern wir 75 Jahre Doppelsieg auf Harley-Davidson !!! beim Meisterschaftslauf in Schotten (Photo)

"Hinter Weyres und Jecker kamen die BMW-Leute Roese, Teich und Kratz auf die nächsten Plätze.

Die Siegerzeit von Weyres mit einem Stundenmittel von 93.2 km* ist in Anbetracht der Tatsache nicht schlecht, das die schwere Harley auf dem immerhin sehr welligen und teilweise schmierigen Kurs sehr schwer zu halten war."



Rund um Schotten 1931

http://www.harleysons.de/rjecker87.jpg

Robby Jecker (87) und Paul Weyres (94) auf Harley-Davidson


Wertung nach 11 Runden:


1. Weyres-Aachen auf Harley-Davidson 2:01:41

2. Jecker-Aachen auf Harley-Davidson 2:05:21

3. Roese-Düsseldorf auf BMW 2:07:25

4. Teich-Kötzin auf BMW

5. Kratz-Oberohmen auf BMW

6. Rüttchen-Erkelenz auf NSU


Das Motorrad (25. Juli 1931)


Hello Herbert,

it's grat to hear of the BMW & Harley Ghost of Northern Wisconsin.

At this Time Friends from the USA visit me and tomorrow we will go to Munich on the Wies'n (Ozapft is!) Best resident of Munich Beer and Pitt's Death-Wall directly in front of the Augustiner Beer-Tent.

Unfortunately you are not here !
Maybe - next Year ?

Next year we celebrate 75 Years of Double-Victory on Harley-Davidson !!! at the Championship Master-Run in Schotten(photo)

Remember:

"behind Paul Weyres (94) and Robby Jecker (87) the BMW people Roese, Teich and Kratz engaged the next places.
Schotten 1931

http://www.harleysons.de/rjecker87.jpg

1. Weyres Aachen on Harley Davidson 2:01:41
2. Jecker Aachen on Harley Davidson 2:05:21
3. Roese Duesseldorf on BMW 2:07:25
4. Teich Koetzin on BMW
5. Kratz Oberohmen on BMW
6. Ruettchen Erkelenz on NSU

das Motorrad (25 July 1931)

[HarleyCreation]

Fritz,

Es wird freut mich sehr gut nach Munchen fahren wahrend Oktoberfest Bierzeit und feiern Harley-D in Deutschland mit ihr und ihren Freunden!

It would please me greatly to journey to Munich during Oktoberfest beer time and celebrate Harley-D in Germany with you and your pals!

I just have to remind everyone that Fritz is the man who made that awesome (to me) discovery about a very historic photograph from around 1930. It is the photo of a guy astride a 1930(?) DAR full overhead-valve 45 ci Harley-Davidson road racer. For many years the identity of the guy on that bike eluded and baffled me.

Who was he?

The photo was taken outside the Harley factory. Looks kinda like along Highland Blvd. with the south end of the plant in the background. Wouldn't have been important except that the DAR model was so cool looking with its high mounted chrome straightpipes and "bobber" style fenders and racing handlebars. You can see the entire future bobber/choppper craze foreshadowed in that bike. Who needed California dreaming or LSD? Like Chuck said in his best ad: "Kid, it came from Milwaukee."

But of course that motor was the hot setup. Basically your Sportster engine back in 1930. Part of Harley's vast work with new OHV motors starting with the 21" Single and then thru a series of OHV track racers and hillclimbers in the 1920s and early 30s that ultimately led to the immortal 1936 "61 OHV" Knucklehead!

Fritz was the man who identified the guy on that DAR outside the Harley plant as German racer Paul Weyres. That knocked me over. I never dreamed of that. I had just thought it was a posed shot of some guy they had pulled from the factory, because they commonly did that. But Fritz nailed it. He's got the photo in his nicely produced book: "Harley-Davidson in Deutschland." Maybe on his website too.

Danke Fritz for identifying that photo for us!

[AdminGuy]

Whooo-weee!!! Love that Cleveland racer. Thanks Fritz!
*Note small tube on frame of Cleveland. Nice and light, comp to Hend.

HD had displacement advantage over BMW?

I remember being in Munich for Octoberfest and asking stupidly what they had on tap. It took the waitress 2 min. to crank off the list of house beer on tap. It read like a novel. I did somehow manage to find a few really exceptional ones. Best beer in the world! ~Prost!

[HarleyCreation]

Displacement advantage but not beer advantage!