January Northwoods Motorcycling Fun!

[HarleyCreation]

19. Here I'm using body english, cranked handlebar, momentum, power on, and spinning rear wheel in order to get some donuts going. Servi-Car rear end works so that only one wheel spins at a time (limited slip?) Old guy told me you can weld something in the differential so that BOTH wheels turn at the same time. That would be ultra cool.

[HarleyCreation]

20. Here the rear end is starting a circular orbit which you can maintain endlessly in those kind of snow conditions until you are dizzy. But you have to keep the power up and without fenders snow is flying everywhere. Of course that is part of the fun.

[HarleyCreation]

21. Here you can see the tight donuts a Servi-Car can make, esp. one with bald tires! Conditions here are pretty much ideal as there is ice under the snow giving lots of slipping and sliding. It's also fun to go up to the blacktop during a snowfall and do donuts in front of oncoming traffic then quick jet off before they get there. Don't try that at home kids!

[HarleyCreation]

22. Here's another day when I took Servi-Car for a backroad cruise and brought along my tripod which broke that day. Doesn't a Servi-Car look good out there in the winter? There is simply no good reason to stop riding during the winter months. Just slap on a sidecar or get a trike and off you go regardless of snow or ice.

[LouieMCman]

What's that white stuff all over the ground? It's 70 today! See ya, going for a warm ride.

Louie

[c.o.]

Well Harley-Creation, you certainly seem to be enjoying yourself!!! Your going to start spreading the three-wheeler bug!!! Thanks for the pics!!!!!!!!!!

[INLINE4NUT]

HC,VERY NICE INDEED HOPE YOUR ENJOYIN IT AS MUCH AS I ENJOY SEEIN YA DO IT! KEEP THE PICS COMIN!!!! THANKYOU

[HarleyCreation]

Thanks guys. It's lots of fun.

Warm weather is nice but winter motorcycling is a whole different world. No bugs hitting you in the face. No hot itchy helmet. No decision whether to wave or not because you're the only bike out there.

It will be nice to get a big snowstorm and then strap on the tire chains and get pix of being out in blizzard conditions. But this winter has been mild so far without much snow.

[INLINE4NUT]

I have a 39 scout racer that we have outfitted for the lake and this was the year we were going to try her out..But its been so warm here Im not going out on any ice!!

[Lonnie]

You said:

8. Speaking of slicks, this cracked ratty old Firestone(?) tire was on Servi-Car's wheel when I got it back in the 1980s and it's been on the machine ever since. Whatever inner tube is in this thing it almost seems immortal. Maybe one of those double-wall tubes mentioned on another thread?

You could have one of the old synthetic tires from WWII, marked with "S3" on the sidewall. I have one I pulled off a mid-40's wheel - it would hold up the bike with no air inside. From what I've heard, you can't wear them out. But beware - on a wet road it is like being on ice!!

Since my first bike (?) was a Servi-Car (ice cream version with a galvanized liner and lids like at an ice cream counter!), I am enjoying your thread. Keep it up!!

Lonnie

[HarleyCreation]

Originally posted by INLINE4NUT
I have a 39 scout racer that we have outfitted for the lake and this was the year we were going to try her out..But its been so warm here Im not going out on any ice!!

Very cool project, but not "cool" enough if there's no ice.

Do you have it set up with a 3rd wheel or are you running solo?

Spikes in the tires?

They were still holding ice races on Eagle Lake in Racine County (Wis.) in the 1970s. (Maybe they're still holding them yet, but I no longer live down there).

One December around Christmas we rode out there and onto the lake to watch. They were not Harleys or Indians as I recall but still righteous 2-wheelers with spikes or screws in the tires racing on the ice. Wish I had gotten photos with us there on the lake with our old bikes.

Good luck with the ice racer Scout!

[HarleyCreation]

Originally posted by Lonnie
You said:

8. Speaking of slicks, this cracked ratty old Firestone(?) tire was on Servi-Car's wheel when I got it back in the 1980s and it's been on the machine ever since. Whatever inner tube is in this thing it almost seems immortal. Maybe one of those double-wall tubes mentioned on another thread?

You could have one of the old synthetic tires from WWII, marked with "S3" on the sidewall. I have one I pulled off a mid-40's wheel - it would hold up the bike with no air inside. From what I've heard, you can't wear them out. But beware - on a wet road it is like being on ice!!

Since my first bike (?) was a Servi-Car (ice cream version with a galvanized liner and lids like at an ice cream counter!), I am enjoying your thread. Keep it up!!

Lonnie

Do you know who made the Servi-Car box with the galvanized liner? I'm "guessing" that it wasn't a H-D factory ice-cream box.

I'll have to check to see if that crazy old cracked tire that won't die has "S3" on it. It seems as hard as a rock. I know that it would be very difficult getting it off the rim which is one reason I have not tampered with it. I have always wanted snow tires on that machine, but since it has the old spoke wheels so tire options are limited.

[Lonnie]

I have no real idea who was the manufacturer of the liner and lid, though from my recollection the rest of the box was H-D. It was my first Harley, bought in VA in 1970. I've only seen one other like it or similar to it, at the H-D rally in Myrtle Beach in about 2000, but I did not get any pictures of it, unfortunately. I've been told that the "Ice Cream Man from Hell" has one.

Keep the snow pics coming - looks like you are having a blast!!

Lonnie

[HarleyCreation]

23) Since winter is hanging on in many parts of the country, here's a few more pix I shot of winter Servi-Car cycling fun! This one is just after a 6" snowfall a few days ago and it was time to strap on the tire chains!

[HarleyCreation]

24) Chains are on and we're ready to roll! These are simple J.C. Whitney strap-on chains that I originally bought for my little Ford truck but somehow Mr. Servi-Car borrowed and never gave back. My big '71 Chevy wood-hauler truck (Snellrod) with a 350 ci V-8 and 4-bbl carb wears full rear chains all of the time. Makes it feel like a hillclimber and I have used it that way a few times but I'd better shut up because this is a motorcycle forum.