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After purchasing my "bitsa" 1931 101 Scout and turnign it over to George Yarocki I finally got it back after a successful test road ride today.
All I can say is WOW! This bike needs a good top to bottom cleaning and cosmetic attention, but this thing runs like a scared rabbit. The bike is basically stock and correct but Butch Baer built the engine as a go fast machine with hot cams, recirculating oil, 12 volt and possibly other internal mods. After a good warm up George, who was folloing me in his car, clocked me at over 65 mph today, and I still had plenty of engine left!
I got it home this afternoon and spent an hour or two cleaning it up. It now looks almost as good as it runs!
I hope to run an article on this bike in an upcoming issue of American Iron Magazine. Stay tuned?
Out of curiosity, what are the faster street 101s running on top end? I doubt mine is the fastest, but acording to George it's one of the fastest he's ever ridden.
All I can say is WOW! This bike needs a good top to bottom cleaning and cosmetic attention, but this thing runs like a scared rabbit. The bike is basically stock and correct but Butch Baer built the engine as a go fast machine with hot cams, recirculating oil, 12 volt and possibly other internal mods. After a good warm up George, who was folloing me in his car, clocked me at over 65 mph today, and I still had plenty of engine left!
I got it home this afternoon and spent an hour or two cleaning it up. It now looks almost as good as it runs!
I hope to run an article on this bike in an upcoming issue of American Iron Magazine. Stay tuned?
Out of curiosity, what are the faster street 101s running on top end? I doubt mine is the fastest, but acording to George it's one of the fastest he's ever ridden.
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