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The Early
"HARLEY-DAVIDSON"
MOTORCYCLES
1905 to
2008

| I have always had an interest in
Motorcycles and particularly the Harley-Davidson.
Although I have never owned one, it was something that was always on my mind. I have been collecting pictures of old cars, trucks and motorcycles for some time and my collection of Harley-Davidson pictures became such that I thought I would share them. I have a number of pages on old cars and pickup trucks and now it was time to write one on the Early Harley Davidson's. Most of these images have come from news groups but like with my car pages, I invite any of my visitors to submit their favorite Harley-Davidson picture. All I ask is that they give me their name and where they live. Street address are not required. If you like, a brief story on the bike would be nice. The e mail link below is provided for you. |
The History of the Harley-Davidson
"The First Seventy Years"
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| The Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
started its life in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1903.
At that time Bill Harley and Arthur Walter Davidson built a one-cylinder motorcycle. This motorcycle was well built and they ended up selling it. They were now in the motorcycle business. They continued to build motorcycles and by 1908 they had built 154. Around this time William Davidson joined the company and it wasn't long before they had 20 employees and a new factory. In 1909 Bill Harley took on a project to built a V Twin engine. It turned out to be a 1000 cubic centimeter, 45 degree V twin engine producing seven horse power. This 45 degree V twin became one of the most recognizable symbols of the Harley-Davidson. The bar and shield logo came in 1910 and is still with them today. The F Head engine was introduced in 1911 and was the main power plant until 1929 when it was replaced by the flat head engine. By 1912 Harley-Davidson was ready to expand again into a new 6 story plant. At this time they also started exporting. From 1914 to the 1920's there was much advancement, such as the addition of a sidecar, the three-speed sliding-gear transmission, and the change in styling, which looked more like the motorcycles of today. In 1928 the first twin-cam engine and front wheel brakes were available. This enabled the motorcycle to reach speeds of more then 85 mph. The 1930's saw Harley-Davidson
break more speed records.
In 1936 the Knucklehead was launched
and the Panhead followed in 1947.
The 1950’s were not
a good time at Harley-Davidson.
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This page was last updated on Jan 11 2010
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I thought it was a story that should be told again. If any of you want to pass it around to your friends please feel free to copy it. |
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I saw you; hug your purse closer to you in the grocery store line.
But you didn't see me put an extra $10.00 in the collection plate last
Sunday.
I saw you roll up your window and shake your head when I rode by. But you didn't see me riding behind you when you flicked your cigarette butt out the car window. I saw you frown at me when I smiled at your children. But you didn't
see me, when I took time off from work to
I saw you stare at my long hair. But you didn't see me and my friends cut ten inches off for Locks of Love. I saw you roll your eyes at our Leather jackets and gloves. But you
didn't see me and my brothers donate
I saw you look in fright at my tattoos. But you didn't see me cry as my children where born or have their name written over and in my heart. I saw you change lanes while rushing off to go somewhere. But you didn't see me going home to be with my family. I saw you, complain about how loud and noisy our bikes can be. But
you didn't see me when you were changing
I saw you yelling at your kids in the car. But you didn't see me pat my child's hands knowing she was safe behind me. I saw you reading the newspaper or map as you drove down the road.
But you didn't see me squeeze my
I saw you race down the road in the rain. But you didn't see me get
soaked to the skin so my son could have
I saw you run the yellow light just to save a few minutes of time. But you didn't see me trying to turn right. I saw you cut me off because you needed to be in the lane I was in. But you didn't see me leave the road. I saw you, waiting impatiently for my friends to pass. But you didn't see me. I wasn't there. I saw you go home to your family. But you didn't see me. Because I died that day you cut me off. I was just a biker. A person with friends and a family. But you didn't
see
Repost this around in hopes that people will understand the biker community.. If you don't repost this, it sucks to be you. I hope you never lose someone that rides. EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE US, RESPECT OUR RIGHTS TO RIDE WHAT WE CHOOSE AND TAKE A FEW EXTRA SECONDS TO BE SURE WE ARE NOT IN 'YOUR' WAY Author Unknown |
The Very Early Vintage Harley-Davidson's
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This picture was submitted by Ron Dil, it was taken
about 1919. The person in the picture is his grandfather, Joseph Funk (1884-1961). He was born in Loudonville, Ohio and as a young man had worked as a traveling circus roust-about, and then became a fireman on the "Big 4" railroad that ran through New London and Greenwich, Ohio. He married Pauline Zarker in 1913 and settled down to farm in Greenwich. One of these pictures hangs in the New London Historical Society with a note that it was taken in 1919 with a caption indicating that "Joe Funk is displaying the best in 1919 motorcycling." |
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| This picture was submitted by Roy Rowlett.
The picture was taken in Oklahoma City before 1920. The man was his grandfather. He owned an auto garage. It is unknown if this was his, or a customer's bike. |
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The picture was taken at at The Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley, North Carolina |
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The picture was taken at at The Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley, North Carolina |
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This picture was submitted by Dave Kaplan and shows his grandfather, Max Novie, Brooklyn, NY on the bike |
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| This picture was submitted by 1925 Harley-Davidson,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada It shows his father on the bike which he bought new. |
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| This picture was submitted by Jon Moran, Charlottesville, Virginia | This picture was submitted by Jon Moran, Charlottesville, Virginia |
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This picture was submitted by Wayne Strachan, Australia.
The photo was taken around 1941 and shows his brother on it. |
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| This picture was submitted by Wayne Volcik, Smithville Texas
The picture is of his uncle, the late Leon Volcik of Smithville Texas. He loved his scooter and always wanted to see California and from what I was told he and a friend with another HD rode their bikes from Smithville to California to see what the west coast was like and this ride from what I can tell took place in the mid 1930's. |
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It is on display at Five Seasons Sports in Eveleth |
It is on display at Five Seasons Sports in Eveleth |
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Harlry taken in 1969 in San Diego CA |
Click on this image for a larger view in a new window This Harley was owned by the late Mike Ornot Sr of Charleroi Pa.
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| This picture was submitted by Dave Robinson, Western PA
The picture was taken at at The Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, The lady is his wife, Sherri |
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Here he is shown in 1967 on his 1948 Indian |
| This picture was submitted by Deanna Golberg
It shows her father, Lloyd Freitag, Austin, Mn. first Harley-Davidson. The picture was taken in 1944/45. Her father was home on leave from the Navy at the time and was 17 years old. |
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This picture was submitted by Brian Stern. His father Roman Stern (1922-2001) is the rider. was taken in 1951. He was 29 years old and it was his first motorcycle. He later joined the Milwaukee police dept. and rode a Servi-car. |
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This Harley picture was submitted by Bob Hartung Jr.
from City of Winfield, KS USA. Bob had the following to say about the picture. The picture is of my father, Bob Hartung taken in July, 1948 in Arlington, New Jersey @ his home, # 40 Washington Ave. After having served in the Navy during WWII he related that he took a few years off to travel around on his Harley. He owned three in those years. One was a military model that he bought for $ 75.00 and brushed painted red to hide the olive drab paint. By 1950 he was working at the Howard Savings Bank in Newark, N.J. He told me that one day he was called into the manager's office and told. " People that work in banks, don't ride motorcycles, you'll have to make a choice " He chose the bank where he met my mother. They were married in 1951. I came along in 1956. |
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Elwin said he finds a real contrast to the picture that I have of a 1942 WLA original army bike. (Shown above right) He rides this bike several times a week |
This Harley is owned by Sean Hodson who lives in California. He restored it in '99 and rides it regularly in the High Deserts of California. |
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| This picture was submitted by Pat Challe www.yourharleypics.com
The bike is owned by Juan Dellogado, Texas. The bike was built from the ground up by Juan. |
This picture was submitted by Pat Challe www.yourharleypics.com |
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| This picture was submitted by Pat Challe www.yourharleypics.com | This picture was submitted by Pat Challe www.yourharleypics.com |
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| This bike is owned by Jon Erb and is one of only 107 of these that were made as documented by Bill Jackson, Archives Manager at H-D, Milwaukee. | |
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Columbus (Ohio) Police Department. The picture taken in 1946 |
| This bike is owned by Gaston Berger, Uruguay
He has owned this bike for the past 21 years and has had many changes |
This picture was submitted by Bob Hoye and shows his
father, Larry Hoye on the bike |
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| This bike os owed by Pete, Norfolk, UK | |
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This bike is owned by Susan Horton
of Thayer, Missouri. She inheirited from her father however she doesn't ride. |
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| This bike os owned by Cesar Augusto from Brasilia, Brazil | |
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chopped in the 60's, this bike has very little miles on the original engine. |
Back in the 30's Harley used
to race on wooden tracks. One of the drives
had a pet PIG as a mascot for
the team
Hence the Harleys were referred
to as a HOG
Post WW II Harley-Davidson's
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1948 was the first year for the " tin top" overhead valve version
of the bike.
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| This picture was submitted by Dave Robinson, Western PA
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This picture was submitted by Dan Carton. It shows his mother and father, Leo and Kathy Carton Longmont Colorado on their wedding day in 1947 on his Dads new 1947 Harley-Davidson. |
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| This bike is owned by Steve Kieth from Aruba | This bike is owned by Steve Kieth from Aruba |
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This 1947 Harley-Davidson WL45 is owned by Gary Goodman,
Belleview, FL. I gary's own words: "I had a custom built HD chopper with an '89 1200 XL motor on it (Shown below) which I painted flat black. A friend saw the bike and offered to trade me for his '47 WL 45. I traded him straight out bike for bike and ended up with what you see in the photos. I think it was a pretty good trade. Check out the miles on the odometer." |
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| This bike is owned by Bert from Carver, Mass
It was built from parts collected here and there. |
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The picture was taken at at The Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, The lady is his wife, Sherri |
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| This bike is owned by Graig Hammond, Frankford, DE.
Graig was going to build a bike almost exactly like this one until he found this 48. It's a true '48 Panhead title. Rigid, BDL belt drive, STD heads, stretched and raked with lots of high perf parts. |
This bike is owned by Bert from Carver, Mass
He has ridden this bike for 29 years in one form or another. |
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This bike is owned by Andrew Marton of Minneapolis MN, USA He had the following to say about the bige. "Pulled this out of a barn where it sat neglected for 40 years....Needs to be restored but I will keep it as is... Good for getting the mail only >>YES IT RUNS" |
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| This bike is owned by Wayne Woodward from Queensland Australia
Wayne had the foll,owing to say about his bike. "he bike has taken me two years to get to this stage a few specs include- -ceramic coated heads -Tungsten carbide seats -Black diamond valves -Jims rockers -SS Pistons -SS flywheel -Stroker motor -AB grind Cam -2” over wide glide front end + many more, had a lot of trouble with the old girl overheating as I live in Queensland Australia, I have overcome the problem with a SS series B carby and a Beehive oil cooler |
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And she has the following to say about the bike. "My sweet ride is a 1950 H-D servi-car. I have owned her for 10 years. She is about 75% original, she is now 12 volt, extra lights on the front for safety." |
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| This bike is owned by Jeff Chilton | |
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Jim says that his bike is very original in terms of frame, engine, fenders, tank all from the original bike. |
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Mike tells me that it has the original motor and frame. |
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| This bike is owned by Jon Erb | This 1954 HD FL police bike had one civilian
owner.
The mayor of Central City, Colorado ordered an “extra” for his buddy George Starbuck. This bike never saw police action and only had the one owner before this ground-up, AMCA quality restoration. |
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| This bike is owned by Dave Thompson, Sartell, MN |
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| This bike is owned by John Adams and he plans to
restore in the near future |
This picture was submitted by Gaston Berger, Uruguay |
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| This picture was submitted by Pat Challe www.yourharleypics.com
This bike is owned by Jeff Brandt (Black Beard). The bike was built from the ground up by Jeff |
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| This picture was submitted by Pat Challe www.yourharleypics.com | This picture was submitted by Pat Challe www.yourharleypics.com |
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This 1960 Harley is owned by Brad from Santa Cruz, California
Brad had the following to say about his newly aquired Harley. "I just bought a bike that was in garage storage since 1981! I was researching the year/model etc and found your site on Yahoo images. It's 1960 with 74 FLH stroked to 80. Found in a rural area of coastal california today, I bought it for $1,000. Today is the first day that bike has seen sunshine in 25 years! The guy I bought it from, bought it in 1976 for $1800.00 He rode it for 4 years, rebuilt the engine and 500 miles later- the tranny went out. Not being able to afford to fix it, he put it aside "temporarily" and that is how it came to be stored for 25 years. He used to ride it in the late 70s to early 80's down to Los Angeles and back "regularly". About a 450 mile ride each direction. It kicks over easily too. The only thing I can find missing (side cases are out of sight of picture) is the head light). I used to marvel over stories, urban legends really, like Elvis' missing harley and magazine articles on barn finds or basket case stories, but if it didn't happen to me today, I'd never think that it could ever! They're out there! " |
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of Hudson, Wisconsin. The bike is Very Stock, very original. It is from Nashville, via Detroit, Michigan and Greg is the 4th owner. |
of Hudson, Wisconsin. The bike is Very Stock, very original. It is from Nashville, via Detroit, Michigan and Greg is the 4th owner. |
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These pictures were taken by Doug Mitchell in June,1995, at the AMCA Official Meet in Farmington, MN. It was featured in Doug Mitchell's photo essay book Titled HARLEY DAVIDSON ROLLING SCULPTURE, and a subsequent book by the same Author.. This bike was owned and restored by Panhead Greg (Lew) of Hudson, Wisconsin. He owned it for 16 years. The bike was purchased this from Mexico, Missouri, in 1989 |
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of Hudson, Wisconsin, who also restored it. The bike was painted by Gilby's Street Dept., River Falls, Wisconsin. These pictures were taken at the Donnie Smith Invitational Bike Show St. Paul, MN in 2006. |
of Hudson, Wisconsin, who also restored it. The bike was painted by Gilby's Street Dept., River Falls, Wisconsin. These pictures were taken at the Donnie Smith Invitational Bike Show St. Paul, MN in 2006. |
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The bike belonged to his Father, who purchased it new. It is a shriner's bike and numbered as such... It has been in his family since 1965. |
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| This bike is owned by Bill "Weezeo" Reeves, Miami Ft./ Lauderdale area Florida | This bike is owned by Bill "Weezeo" Reeves, Miami Ft./ Lauderdale area Florida |
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| This bike is owned by Gaston Berger, Urugua
He has owned this bike for over 10 years and it is in near original condition |
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| This bike is owned by Lawrence S. Wach, San Clemente, Ca
It is an all original "Shriner" bike that I bought from the original owner's son recently. It came with a windshield and a box of weird add-on chrome stuff that is kinda wacky. Runs perfect, 28K original miles. |
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| Lawrence has made a few changes to his bike.
It is now more to his liking. |
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Lawrence changed the seat on his bike and wanted to share
the different look with us.
"I put this solo "police" type seat on the bike, I like it way more than the big "waffle" type seat it had on it. I thought that people might be interested in how it looks both ways. You sit a lot lower and I like the lower center of gravity and ease of stopping and putting feet down. (And I'm not a short guy)" |
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| This bike is owned by Bill "Weezeo" Reeves,
Miami / Ft.Lauderdale area Florida |
This bike is owned by Bill "Weezeo" Reeves,
Miami / Ft. Lauderdale area Florida |
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| This bike is owned by Rick Belbeck, Valens, Ontario, Canada
This bik has has 18000 mi. original. |
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| This bike is owned by Leror Willard, Pawnee, Oklahoma.
The old bike has a 21” frt wheel and a rigid frame. The motor is a stock 1200cc with stock 4 speed tranny. I do have an S&S carb & electronic ignition, with straight pipes..I prefer risers & drag bars instead of Apes hangers. The seat was made custom locally.. |
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| This bike is owned by Jacque Carlyle. She has been riding
this bike for almost 24 years but is having a problem finding someone who can keepmit running the way it used. |
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| This bike is owned by Larry Moore
In Larry's words, "Old Blue, 1973 FLH, is my 1st Harley, we have gone about 100,000 miles together. She has been rebuilt a couple of times. The last time the heads were completely gone so I went with STD panheads.I go camping because I like to wake up in the woods and not in a motel room. The little trailer carries enough to be comfortable, I keep it light for a good ride." |
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| This bike is owned by Rick Jones. He had the following to
say about his bike.
"When I dug in to it last winter, I soon realized there some major engine damage. The rear jug had disintegrated at high speed, in turn the momentum of the engine pulled the piston off the rod and the rod was wrapped around the crank. Needless to say the cases were cracked so I had to start from scratch. This was my first bike building experience so I needed some help but it looks good, sounds great and is a lot of fun to ride. She sure gets a lot of attention. I still have some things I want to do to it I guess it will never be finished completely, you know how it is, there is always something to fix or change, but it is fun to ride. I put almost 400 miles on it this summer." |
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A few very special newer Harley's
The
Police Bikes
The
police have used the Harley-Davidson for years.
They
found that it was a lot better then the car in
traffic
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Carl Roberts' Chopper
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Memorabilia
This
section contains pictures of a personal interest from days gone by,
old
advertisements and other interesting Harley-Davidson related pictures
If
any of my visitors have any pictures that they would like to have added
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Scrambles
And who can remember these races?
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| DATE: August 1966
CLUB: Keystone M.C. of Emmaus, PA TRACK: TT Scrambles EVENT: 250cc Expert Class A pair of Harley-Davidson 250cc Sprints sporting white plates with black numerals. That said, they must be expert riders. I vaguely remember a couple guys with those green racing vests invading District Six from New York or points north back in the mid-sixties. They got around the tracks pretty well when they showed up but were basically no competition for the locals. Judging from the dust, they were back-markers at this stage of the race BUT at least they managed to find each other and race for bragging rights in the Aermacchi Camp and in the end, that was what it was all about anyway. |
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| The rider pictured in our recent Dumbass Photo Caption Contest #2 was Randy Bynoe (#511) aboard his trusty 250cc Harley-Davidson Sprint. |
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| Randy Bynoe (#511) was in his mid-to-late-fifties when he competed in the District Six scrambles in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His fellow competitors, promoting club members and District Six officials affectionately referred to him as “Old Time Randy”. Randy was a regular fixture on his 250cc Harley-Davidson Sprint during the first few years that I covered the scrambles scene. Surprisingly, “Old Time Randy” showed up with a new-fangled Bultaco Pursang in the early-seventies and parked his old H-D Sprint. I guess he just got tired of chasing them and went with the “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” philosophy. |
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| Randy’s teammate was Cliff Hoke (#510) who competed in the Open Amateur Class aboard a Harley-Davidson Sportster. He was usually the sole Harley rider in that class. Cliff was also up in years but I never heard anyone refer to him as “Old Time Cliff”. He was simply “Old Time Randy’s” buddy. What was even more amazing than these two old-timers still competing at their age was the distance that they traveled to the races each weekend. Randy Bynoe hailed from Amityville, Long Island, New York and his buddy Cliff Hoke was from Jamaica, Long Island, New York. I can only imagine what those long rides to and from the District Six tracks in that old panel truck must have been like week in and week out. |
| Picture and text submitted by Carl A. Hess |
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He understand that it was built by a Dealer in Wisconsin. Do we call it a V8 Harley or maybe a V 2x4 Harley No it's called a Four-Tee-Five. For more on this crazy bike have a look at their web site |
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The actual discription for this Harley is: "1963 Pan Head was converted bored & stroked with a 80 Flathead Lower end. All aluminum cases were chromed, with dual chromed carburetors heli-arched on the left side-one for each cylinder / lung. Tear drop gas tank; pearl-yellow." |
1963 Harley-Davidson Hardtail In later years Eric became a Kaiser fan and had three different Kaisers. To view these cars go to KaiserFrazer.ca |
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These pictures were submitted by Lindsay McKirdy of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. These pictures were taken back in the 1930's. His father, (Colin) purchased it from a visiting American wrestler, and with a friend, went on a long journey around our country. It attracted a lot of attention at the time. Lindsay's father is sitting in the sidecar in this photo. |
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Made from 1960-65. It had a one cylinder, 10.0 cu.in. engine (164 cc) |
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This scooter was powered by the engine from the ST-165. |
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This ad was submitted by Steven D. Myers, Tucson AZ USA |
This ad was submitted by Steven D. Myers , Tucson AZ USA |
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This ad was submitted by Steven D. Myers, Tucson AZ USA |
This ad was submitted by Steven D. Myers, Tucson AZ USA |
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This ad was submitted by Steven D. Myers, Tucson AZ USA |
This picture was submitted by Jon Moran, Charlottesville, Virginia Click on this picture to download the complete 1950 brochure in Adobe pdf format |
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This ad was submitted by Steven D. Myers |
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'buckhorn' handle bars Elwin said that he had one exactly like this when I was 14 years old in the 1950's and found this a couple of years ago in Indiana. He rides it weekly also. It is all original with 2,100 actual miles. I bought it from a man in his 70's and it had been in storage for decades. He repainted it "pepper red" before I bought it, which is an original Hummer color. Fun ride. |
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| The following bikes down to the Honda Mini Trail are owned or were owned by Steve Williams, Cuyahoga, Falls, Ohio | |
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This bike is owned by Steve Williams, Cuyahoga, Falls, Ohio
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The year may be in question. His father Roman Stern (1922-2001) is the rider. was taken in 1951. He was 29 years old and it was his first motorcycle. He later joined the Milwaukee police dept. and rode a Servi-car. |
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Springfield, PA. USA. It has 3700 original miles and is in original unrestored condition. |
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Riverside, California USA The bike has only 4,150 of this model were made. It had sat outside neglected for 18+ years when I got it and even had a mouse living in the muffler. I completely disassembled it and slowly started restoing it one piece at a time. First was powdercoating the frame & swingarm. I did change a few small things from the original stock, like making it a solo seater (seat from a modern day Sportster) with a luggage rack (from a Softail) along with chroming some parts (triple tree, chain guard, tail light & other small pieces) that were originally painted black. Instead of chroming the spokes I had them done in black oxide & the spoke nipples done in yellow zinc. The metal tank emblems were originally supposed to be decals, but are the correct design style for the bike. The headlight trim ring is from a modern day Sportster that has the same headlight bucket ( I think it looks better than the original double rings). The tail light chrome ring is actually a speedometer gauge bezel and is also from a modern day Sportster (diameter was too perfect to pass that up). The vintage correct license plate I found at a swapmeet , and the license plate frame to fit it (this was the hardest piece to find for the restoration project) is from a Harley dealership from the 1960's, Skip Fordyce Harley Davidson in |
Riverside, Calif. USA. They are still in business today, just in a
different building & location. You should have seen the look on the
dealership owners face when I took the bike there to show it off to some
friends and he saw that on it, his jaw dropped the ground !!! I did have
all the cables custom remade by Barnett into stainless braided. I also
managed to find the original optional accessory engine guards and skid
plate on ebay. I have never seen another one anywhere that has both of
these options installed. The only pieces that were options that it doesnt
have are a windshield and fiberglass saddlebags (which in my opinion looked
to big for such a small bike). The only thing left to do now is paint.
I havent decided yet on if I want to go with the original stock design
or give it a slightly custom look that still has the look of the era of
the bike. I have, so far, had it entered in 8 bike shows, as you
see it, and won 6 of them without it even being painted.
I must give thanks to Leslie, the owner of " Moto-Italia " in Petaluma, Calif. USA for all his knowledge about these bikes that I managed to pick out of his head. After dozens of lengthy phone conversations I met him in person and he is a great person to know. If anyone has "any" model Aermacchi - Harley and needs anything for it he is the #1 person on the planet to contact. If he doesnt have what you need he will know where to get it. His website is www.motomacchi.com |
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| This Harvey was submitted by Julio Soto from Caracas, Venezuela.
This was the last year for the SX 250 and this bike was bought new and is still 1005 original. |
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| Chuck Summer has quite the collection of old, mostly Harley's that he has restored over the years. Seems his neighbors thinks he's crazy. |
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Yes I know that this is a page on the Harley-Davidson
but
I was given the following 1950's and 60's
British motorcycle ads by Steven D. Myers and I thought
it would be nice to share them.
Some of these are very rare as are the bikes they
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And Now the Newer Harleys
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| This bike belongs to Liz Maddox |
If anyone has any thing that they would like to add to this section please use the email link below.
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| These bikes are owned by Bernd Fey, Black Forest, South Germany |
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| After you have looked at all the old Harley Davidson
pictures I thought you might like to look at what the Harley is today.
In some ways it didn't change all that much. This bike is owned by David L. Robinson, Huntersville, NC, USA |
| I would also like at try and find out if any of my
visitors have newer Harley-Davidson's that they would like posted on this
page. I am considering starting another page that would include the Harley-Davidson's
from the 1960's
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| This bike is owned by Brett Phelps |
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| This bike is owned by Brett Phelps |
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| This bike is owned by Steven Skaar who is living in London.
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| This bike is owned by Jeff W. He just finished rebuilding/restoring his 1981 FLH Shovelhead. It was a complete ground up project. Well 12 years later and close to 40K it's finally done. |
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