Ryan's A.M.C.A. Giveaway bike build!

[rbenash]

Nice work!

[Ryan Mackey]

Thanks a lot guys. That was the first time I did any serious body work and it was really cool to see all the hard work I put in getting it smooth pay off after the paint was sprayed on.

I am so jealous. It certainly is De-Luxe. Let me know when it’s all together and I’ll gladly take the short ride to come see it. Do you think it will be done by the time of the Wauseon meet? Then everyone in the club could check it out too. I’ll lend you my trailer if you need it or you can ride over there with rest of us. LOL -Steve

I plan on being at Wauseon but the bike won't be done yet. Depending on when my last day of school is, I will hitch a ride back to South Dakota with the Olsen's from Wauseon or fly out sometime the week after and get the bike ready for Sturgis.

[Slojo]

You make us all proud kid keep up the persistence and good work.
Joe

[Ryan Mackey]

You make us all proud kid keep up the persistence and good work.
Joe

Thanks!!

I talked to Dale earlier today and everything is set for me to come down tomorrow to spend some time at the Wheels Through Time museum. I am leaving bright and earlier in the morning and as long as everything goes as planned should be there sometime late afternoon or early evening. I can't wait!!

[Slojo]

Private Ryan
You will have a blast a Dales Wheels Through Time. Dale and Crew are all good people and are seriously into old bikes.
Joe

[Ryan Mackey]

Even with some car trouble, I made it to Maggie Valley a few hours ago...man is this place cool!! It was overwhelming when I walked in, I didn't even know where to start. I am definitely glad I am going to be here a week. Dale has some really cool stuff planned for me to work on so stay tuned!

[junkyarddog]

You're in Hawg HEAVEN now

[Parmadog73]

Great job on the tank! Did you clearcoat over the decals?

[Ryan Mackey]

Great job on the tank! Did you clearcoat over the decals?

Thanks! Yup there is clear overtop of them.

Dale didn't mess around putting me to work yesterday. We started working on rebuilding this motor first thing in the morning.



Check it out, its a 1942 wld...this is a very rare motor, its the only one Dale and Matt have ever seen! The reason it is so rare is because it is a race motor but since the war started in December of '41, there was only a few month window from around September when they started making the next year bikes to December to make a race motor. After that, all production switched to war bikes.


Dale originally thought it had never been opened since leaving the factory but as we got more into it, he realized that someone had taken it apart sometime around the '50s because of the type of piston that was in it.


You can see on the left head it looks like a ring may have let go at some point.


Here Matt and I are struggling trying to get the manifold off.


The cylinder are off!!


Here are all the new old stock parts that will be going in the top end.


These cylinders were not ported but Dale wanted them to be so we took an already ported cylinder to copy.


This is the one we copied off of.


He showed me how to do the first one and then cut me loose on the second. Man oh man am I getting good ideas for my bike while I'm here!!

[Ryan Mackey]

Here is the cylinders all cleaned up, painted, and put back together...not to bad for a days work!


Here is the bottom end all torn down.


And look at this little surprise...one of the bearing cages exploded at some point...that could explain why it wasn't in a bike when Dale found it.


If everything goes as planned we will finish the whole motor today. The frame is supposed to be back from paint sometime mid-week so I might get to help put this whole bike together!

[1945UL]

im gonna try and make it down to wheels through time sometime this next summer.

[Ryan Mackey]

im gonna try and make it down to wheels through time sometime this next summer.

You should definitely try, this is really the coolest place I have ever been!

Yesterday we got a lot done on the motor. The bottom end is all put together, only a few more things and it will be good to go!


We decided to take a break from that project though and start on my transmission.


It took a lot of heat and strength but it eventually came apart.


There were a lot of worn out parts in it but these parts are what we could reuse.


These are all the worn out parts.


After I got the case mostly cleaned up we found this nasty crack.


So Dale dug out another usable case from his stash that he let me use.


After fighting with it for a long time, this is where it stands as of about 12:30 last night


Yesterday was also a really big day for me because Dale let me ride my first foot clutch bike! He sat in the sidecar and gave me directions...he is a brave man!

Of course this picture was taken after the ride, it does not show the full suit of armor that both of us were wearing...safety first in North Carolina!

[Paps]

Couldn't tell real well by the pic but in the usable parts pic, that second and high shifter clutch looked pretty well worn.

[1945UL]

riding a foot clutch bike for the first time is definitely an eye opening experience.

[Matthew N. Olse]

You guys set an impressive pace! Keep up the good work.