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[rangofox]

hello everyone,

my name is Jeffrey Fox and I am from Iowa, a little about myself:

I am 30 years old and I have always had an appreciation of motorcycles since I was young. My father had acquired a 1949 Harley WL before I was born and never had the time or money to rebuild/restore it. He has passed it onto me because of my interest in motorcycles. I currently also have a home hobby motorcycle shop. I am currently building the 1949 Harley WL and I am happy to start including myself in this forum, any wisdom is definitely appreciated.

[T. Cotten]

Welcome, Jeffrey!

We are here to help you avoid making mistakes,

(If that's possible with a vintage machine...)

....Cotten

[joe fxs fxr]

Welcome, it looks like a good project, with a great back story too.

I hope you can do a build thread on it.

[pisten-bully]

Welcome, looks like you have a great start there!

[Jerry Wieland]

Nice looking project. Good luck with the rest of the build. Jerry

[TH47Indy]

Hey Jeff, looking forward to following your build.

[BigLakeBob]

Welcome to the forum. Does your Dad live close and have any interest in the motorcycle? Possibly you both could spend quality time doing it together? I did that about 25 years ago with my Dad, he lived only an hour away but would spend the weekend and work on the bike together. I was about your age. Good luck with the build, look forward to the progress. I suggest getting Bruce Palmer's books if you already don't have them, they are advertised in our club magazine.

[rangofox]

Thank you, my dad does not live close, he has stopped by when he can and we're making memories as we go. I do have Bruce palmers books. They have been a great help.

[ragsflh]

welcome jeff.great project

[reedsleyer]

Hi Jeff, I am a new member like you and I am just trying out the forum to see if I can navigate around. Did you go to the big meet in Davenport? I wish you luck in putting together your bike. I was a member 20yrs ago and I know this is a great community of folks that want to help you enjoy vintage motorcycling

[T. Cotten]

Hi Jeff, I am a new member like you and I am just trying out the forum to see if I can navigate around. Did you go to the big meet in Davenport? ...

Davenport is still weeks away, Reedsleyer!

http://www.chiefblackhawk.org/

(But it looms over me like a storm; Cancelled last year, it promises to be more than I can handle, even though most of our overseas visitors will be regrettably missing.)

Welcome all,

....Cotten

[reedsleyer]

Hi Jeff I have never been to Davenport. 20 years ago it was the biggest meet but when I was at Wauseon this year folks said that Wauseon was bigger. IDK. I suppose I should look up the dates. Was thinking of going to the Maryland chapter meet in the fall. Is there racing at the Davenport meet like at Wauseon? I know.. I could look it up if I was a more motivated individual. What do you do for fun besides dumpster diving and looking for vintage bike parts? I am going on a big ride for a couple of days in Virginia next month. A friend and I are trailering down as our bikes are not the new hot thing (not quite vintage but almost Lol) but I guess it's lots of twisty fun. My name is Liz, by the way. reedsleyer has been my internet nic for many years. I acquired in the 80's and is a weaving term for poking the warp threads on a loom through the item that beats down the weft threads which is called the reed. (I am a sometime fiber artist).

[Rubone]

Welcome Jeff, nice project. 45s are a lot of fun, although the days of 45s being the "cheap to restore" H-Ds are long gone. Good luck on your project and good luck finding a correct set of '49 style handlebars at some point.

[T. Cotten]

And welcome again, Liz!

Doesn't everybody dig in dumpsters?

(It would be a better world if they did.)

....Cotten

[JoJo357]

Greeting's Jeffrey. You might want to look up section--'Member Bike Builds', entitled--'Pa's 42 WLA Build'.
Great Luck on the Build.

*M.A.D.*