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I am not sure how many of you are going to Daytona in a couple of weeks, but if you are going to be in florida, I would like you to come and hang out with me and Rocky at the limpnickie lot. Check out the press release below. Hope to see some of you there!!!
best regards,
Matt Olsen
DON’T JUST SEE ANTIQUE BIKES—TRY ONE OUT IN DAYTONA
Visitors to Bike Week in Daytona Beach during the first week of March will get a chance to experience history firsthand, thanks to The Antique Motorcycle Club of America. The AMCA will host a display at the Limpnickie Lot, a custom-bike location in South Daytona Beach, that won’t just give visitors a chance to see historic motorcycles—they’ll be able to try them out as well.
In addition to a collection of classic machines for visitors to admire, the AMCA will have two bikes set aside for hands-on demonstrations of decades-old technology. Those machines—a 1948 Indian Chief and a 1939 Harley Davidson Knucklehead—will be set up on stands so that anyone stopping by can try to kick-start them and learn how to operate a “dead man’s” throttle, hand shift and foot clutch. Those demonstrations will take place all day on Wednesday, March 4.
“There have been a lot of times in the past, where I was out riding old bikes with friends, and whenever we stopped for a bite to eat, or to fill up gas, our group of old bikes would get bombarded by curious people.” said Matt Olsen, youth coordinator for The AMCA. “I thought that it would be neat to provide the modern motorcycle public with an opportunity to learn about these old machines and to give people a chance to try out a classic machine for themselves.”
On Friday, March 6, The AMCA will sponsor a class for motorcycles from the Linkert-carburetor era in the Cycle Source Ride-in Bike Show at the Limpnickie Lot. Linkert was the primary supplier of carbs to American motorcycle manufacturers from 1933 to 1965, and the class will be open to Indians, plus Harley Flatheads, Knuckleheads and Panheads, along with any bike that has been retrofitted with these carbs.
The AMCA display will be located in the Limpnickie Lot at the Stone Edge Skate Park, 1848 S. Ridgewood Ave. in South Daytona Beach. For more information, go to www.limpnickielot.com.
The 39 knucklehead demo bike. My dad is providing this bike for complete strangers to learn how to kickstart and handshift an old bike. I think this says a lot about what a cool guy and genuine old motorcycle enthusiast he is.
The trophy for the linkert carb class was provided by www.carlscyclesupply.com and www.aaok.com. The ride in bike show is on Friday, come and hang out with me and a lot of other old bike enthusiasts. It will be a great time!!!
I am not sure how many of you are going to Daytona in a couple of weeks, but if you are going to be in florida, I would like you to come and hang out with me and Rocky at the limpnickie lot. Check out the press release below. Hope to see some of you there!!!
best regards,
Matt Olsen
DON’T JUST SEE ANTIQUE BIKES—TRY ONE OUT IN DAYTONA
Visitors to Bike Week in Daytona Beach during the first week of March will get a chance to experience history firsthand, thanks to The Antique Motorcycle Club of America. The AMCA will host a display at the Limpnickie Lot, a custom-bike location in South Daytona Beach, that won’t just give visitors a chance to see historic motorcycles—they’ll be able to try them out as well.
In addition to a collection of classic machines for visitors to admire, the AMCA will have two bikes set aside for hands-on demonstrations of decades-old technology. Those machines—a 1948 Indian Chief and a 1939 Harley Davidson Knucklehead—will be set up on stands so that anyone stopping by can try to kick-start them and learn how to operate a “dead man’s” throttle, hand shift and foot clutch. Those demonstrations will take place all day on Wednesday, March 4.
“There have been a lot of times in the past, where I was out riding old bikes with friends, and whenever we stopped for a bite to eat, or to fill up gas, our group of old bikes would get bombarded by curious people.” said Matt Olsen, youth coordinator for The AMCA. “I thought that it would be neat to provide the modern motorcycle public with an opportunity to learn about these old machines and to give people a chance to try out a classic machine for themselves.”
On Friday, March 6, The AMCA will sponsor a class for motorcycles from the Linkert-carburetor era in the Cycle Source Ride-in Bike Show at the Limpnickie Lot. Linkert was the primary supplier of carbs to American motorcycle manufacturers from 1933 to 1965, and the class will be open to Indians, plus Harley Flatheads, Knuckleheads and Panheads, along with any bike that has been retrofitted with these carbs.
The AMCA display will be located in the Limpnickie Lot at the Stone Edge Skate Park, 1848 S. Ridgewood Ave. in South Daytona Beach. For more information, go to www.limpnickielot.com.
The 39 knucklehead demo bike. My dad is providing this bike for complete strangers to learn how to kickstart and handshift an old bike. I think this says a lot about what a cool guy and genuine old motorcycle enthusiast he is.
The trophy for the linkert carb class was provided by www.carlscyclesupply.com and www.aaok.com. The ride in bike show is on Friday, come and hang out with me and a lot of other old bike enthusiasts. It will be a great time!!!
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