Very nice and clean.

 

There is a place in PA called Bill's Custom cycles and he has a decent sized place you can tour. If your into bikes and some obscure parts and other misc stuff this place has to be seen. I have been there a few times and I'll tell you, you really can't take it all in in 1 visit.

 

Here is a link to his web site. Bill's

 

Harry

Yes I drive this bike, I use it for WW2 reenacting and I am going to take it to bike shows in the near future.

 

Yes there are very few gaskets on the motor, but they still leak a bit and get dirty because the breather spits out a small amount of oil when driving.

 

Excellent. I like seeing history being used versus sitting in a climate controlled environment under artificial light. When I used to go to air shows, my favorites were the old aircraft that they fly into the event.

 

I know with my 78 Triumph, if I don't a couple of small drops of oil on the ground after parking it for a while, the primary case must be low. Before I had the engine 'worked' it used to leave small puddles. Since having all the mating surfaces done, it is much, much tighter. Thankfully the newer HD's are oil tight.

 

Trivia - Was this the motorcycle the Germans were chasing Steve McQueen in the movie the Great Escape?That was a heck of chase scene on motorcycles and McQueen insisted on doing all of the driving himself. He was the real deal. Hollywood doesn't have real men like that anymore. Now it is full of pansies and emo's.

 

http://www.mcqueenonline.com/thegreatescapetriumph.htm - McQueen's Ride

 

- Perhaps?

 

http://coolmaterial.com/roundup/blitz-motorcycles-great-escape - For Fun

We hit Hershey Park every year and will have to swing by Bill's during one of those trips. I booked marked the page for future reference. Thanks for the point of interest.

Yea the newer HD are a lot tighter than some of the older ones, but I still think the older ones have what I call more soul than the newer ones.

 

As far as the older ones you can clean them up nicely and there are many upgrade you can to to make them ad tight and dependable as todays bikes. One little trick is for covers, primary, came chest etc is to check for a good mating surface. I like to take a large piece of glass with 800-1000 grit wet sand paper on it and clean them up rubbing them on the paper on the glass (very flat surface) lightly in a figure 8 pattern. Just a little TLC goes a long way with the lose tolerances of the pre 84 bikes.

 

Harry

Chain drives (primary and final) ='s soul

Excellent. I like seeing history being used versus sitting in a climate controlled environment under artificial light. When I used to go to air shows, my favorites were the old aircraft that they fly into the event.

 

I know with my 78 Triumph, if I don't a couple of small drops of oil on the ground after parking it for a while, the primary case must be low. Before I had the engine 'worked' it used to leave small puddles. Since having all the mating surfaces done, it is much, much tighter. Thankfully the newer HD's are oil tight.

 

Trivia - Was this the motorcycle the Germans were chasing Steve McQueen in the movie the Great Escape?That was a heck of chase scene on motorcycles and McQueen insisted on doing all of the driving himself. He was the real deal. Hollywood doesn't have real men like that anymore. Now it is full of pansies and emo's.

 

http://www.mcqueenonline.com/thegreatescapetriumph.htm - McQueen's Ride

 

- Perhaps?

 

http://coolmaterial.com/roundup/blitz-motorcycles-great-escape - For Fun

 

 

I like to preserve and use history. Here is my Royal sidecar that was neglected since probably right after the war.I only know of 6 that still exist.It is almost done and I have begun painting the parts.

Looking good, you doing your own metal work?

 

Harry

You probably need maps in addition to gps. Satellites may not be available in situations like that.

Looking good, you doing your own metal work?

 

Harry

 

No, a friend who owns a body shop is. I cant weld for my life.

Wow you really brought a rust bucket back from the dead. I love it!

No, a friend who owns a body shop is. I cant weld for my life.

 

Got-cha, I'm not a welder either, I can get by but it won't be pretty..

 

Either way, nice job, good to see old stuff not tossed into the junk pile but brought back to life for use for many years.

 

Harry

I bet those two would sound like Indy side by side!!!

 

Yeah, but at 180 plus, they'd only hear it for a second or two

Wow you really brought a rust bucket back from the dead. I love it!

 

 

Thanks, This is truly a unique piece with a lot of character. It has been countless hours of hard work, searching for parts, and effort to getting it right. The boat was full of holes after it was blasted, it was dented,and battle wounded. The frame was bent,cracked,and twisted. I am in the process of writing an article about this sidecar and bike restoration for the BMW motorcycle club of Canada.

You probably need maps in addition to gps. Satellites may not be available in situations like that.

 

As log as you have batteries/ power for your GPS unit you are good. Satellites are not dependent on any power supply from earth and will continue to function no matter what happens down here. Whether or not devices on earth are able to receive the satellites information is another matter.