Oley 2011

[Robert Luland]

I could only dream that they would follow me home. May God have mercy on thier souls!

[51FL]

In response to the stolen motor, I know nothing about it ... But would like to share when i was at Eustis a few years back the vendor had sold me a 45 Basket case Motor that was completly apart in boxes , i paid him and told him i would be back in 20 minutes , he said fine... Now i show up 15 minutes later , his spot is there the motor is there he is no where to be found So i hang out for about 1/2 hour waiting for him never shows so i grab my motor and the boxes . Well back at my buddies vendor spot were going through the boxes checking out the treasures , and we in one of the boxes were these weird pushrods and small parts . (TURNS OUT THEY WERE JD) Now after about an hr and a half the ''Vendor'' came looking for me he was very upset and angry . What was i suppouse to do . It was and honest misunderstanding but i completely believe that its the vendor fault for my prediciment .Im sure that wasnt the case in your case and that sucks. But be aware as a vendor of whats going on , i know its tough to watch everything i was buying at one of the local meets and someone swiped some new parts out of my wagon didnt notice till i got home

[aka HAWG]

just in from my 12 hour trek home from oley

saw almost every type of weather known to man this weekend, hot. warm, cold , down right nasty cold. I was in a tent with no fire pit and only 1 blanket

I think 9 grey fellows were in the display area saturday, another 5 I think were there friday/early saturday but left before the display was presented, and they had to beg some to pull bikes out of trailers to put in the display

found a load of topper parts and an older heilman troxel saddle leather for the excelsior, held a few other parts for it in my hands but I am not donald trump so I had to put them back on the tarp

will try to post pics tomorrow or next day

aka HAWG

[Chuck#1848]

More Oley photos

Heres a few that I don't believe were posted yet

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[Chuck#1848]

A few for Corys 48

Came across this as I was hunting for pan parts


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[Chuck#1848]

Willies ride..........

Now this guy put a lot of time and chain to create this

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[Chuck#1848]

more views of Willie

Speakers in the sides of the saddle bags and check out the custom exhaust


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Got to meet a few more people Bob Luland for one who by the way has a pretty nice lake side estate I wouldn't want to pay his property taxes on that , and also see a few from past Oley meets this year seemed a bit different I think the weather played a roll in that didn't see the amount of people as I did the last few years still had a great time and picked up a few pan parts

[milw.pirates]

Milrite,
Great photos,I see you met some of the Badgers Chapter guy's,the 28 single looks good not correct but a lot of bike to start with what was the asking price?
Ken

[c.o.]

Chuck!!! I'm diggin' that '48 and the Grey Fellows!! Thanks!!!

[aka HAWG]

here's a few more un posted

and my excelsior find - troxel saddle top

[rbc]

Thanks for taking and sharing these photos -- really appreciated.

[Milrite]

Milrite,
Great photos,I see you met some of the Badgers Chapter guy's,the 28 single looks good not correct but a lot of bike to start with what was the asking price?
Ken

Hi Ken;
Yes, I met quite a few folks and had a great time for sure. I was frankly astonished at the bikes that were there. So rooms are already booked for Wauseon. You guys should have warned me this would happen last fall when I got into this
But it says something of what I have been taught here in the short time I have been paying attention!! As I was walking up to it I started to see things right of the bat, magneto, springer brake stay but no front brake..... He was asking 20K, but he put it away on Friday afternoon and never took it back out, so as far as I know he didn't sell it.

[milw.pirates]

e-mail me as to where your staying at Wauseon,I will be there,did you run into Bruce D.?

Hi Ken;
Yes, I met quite a few folks and had a great time for sure. I was frankly astonished at the bikes that were there. So rooms are already booked for Wauseon. You guys should have warned me this would happen last fall when I got into this
But it says something of what I have been taught here in the short time I have been paying attention!! As I was walking up to it I started to see things right of the bat, magneto, springer brake stay but no front brake..... He was asking 20K, but he put it away on Friday afternoon and never took it back out, so as far as I know he didn't sell it.

[billpedalino]

The theft problem is becoming more and more prevlent. I, for one, would like to see the club take an official position concerning this issue and publish a warning to the general membership making them aware that this problem is increasing at our meets.

[Chris Haynes]

I remember at Davenport they got on the PA and told what had been stolen. If I remember correctly the thief was caught and dealt with on a personal level.