New No. CA member

[DCoul]

Hey All! I've been riding, seems like my whole life. I've always loved old bikes and tinkering. Well, I've reached the age where I can have one dependable bike, and one to tinker on.

I just bought a 1942 WLA bobber. It has parts from various years on it so I will be on the technical forums alot trying to sort it all out.

Anyway, it will be nice chatting with y'all and hope to see you on the road!

[frichie68]

Glad to see ya! We like photos(hint hint)!

[EricOlson]

Welcome! Whereabouts in northern California are you located? If you can make it to Sacramento you'll find the Fort Sutter chapter. A great group of folks if I do say so myself. And yeah, we love photos round here.

[DCoul]

See if these photos work.42WLAbobber.jpgfront wheel.pngleft.pngrear.jpgright.png

[DCoul]

I'll try and get some better ones. I'm in Napa. I've been to the meet in Dixon.
My plan is to get this bike like a G.I. would have built after the war. I have some WLA parts, I believe original, in case I want to go that direction some day. I'm sure I won't spend the $$$ to make it 100%correct.
I am sorting out the tranny right now. I have 47 and after tanks, servicar tranny, that I need to link up to the 1942 frame. I'm hoping the 47 and up 3 speed gate will match up. Don't want to put it in reverse while going down the road!

[frichie68]

I had a lock-out on my (Civ)WLA to prevent accidents. My gravel driveway was a 100 ft long uphill curve. I tried backing up the full length several times-feet up . . . never quite made it.
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You never know til you try!

[DCoul]

Too funny!