1913 Harley - Video

[rgbeard]

From the way-too-cool Department.

http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=5734912

I ask the repost police forgiveness, should this have been posted before.  

[Bogie]

way too cool is right...

[J-Mac]

Bitchin.

[bomber]

musta taken real commitment to ride back then --

thanks for posting!

[MK96xj]

Nice find. Sweet piece of history still going strong

[steve.m]

LOVE it!!  

makes you wonder how so many people can hate HD.  It's so simple, every bit of it.  man i love old machines.

[Redbandit14]

LOVE it!!  

makes you wonder how so many people can hate HD.  It's so simple, every bit of it.  man i love old machines.

Oh my god didn't you see the push rods????? The Horror ,The horror.....

[OrangeSVS]

And notice the original owner fitted 1914 floor boards to his 1913 bike. And thus the farkling and "customization" began.

[Flyer]

A hearty "way-ta-go, eh" to Mr. Chote!
That thing runs better than a new one.
 

[phoenix]

It's so simple, every bit of it.  

Simple?   what were all the adjustments when he just started to get it warmed up? I assume adjusting oil pump, fuel pump, clutch, etc. And what was with pulling what looked like the dipstick up? I'm sure it was something other than a dipstick. Frankly compared to our modern bikes, that looked like a real pain in the ass to operate!

But cool, yes. I find it amazing that anything almost 100 yrs old still runs.

[paddy_crow]

Probably had manual spark advance, choke, you name it.

[steve.m]

throttle on the right bar, spark advance on the left bar, manual choke with the "dipstick", petcock for the carb.  nothing too fancy, just very simplistic wonderful early engine technology.  very mechanical.  brilliance when you think of what went into making an old engine like that work.

and exposed pushrods are just fecking cool  

[rgbeard]

His narration stopped when he was firing the engine.

I wish he would have kept taking and discussing the odds and ends involved in getting the engine to fire.

[mugwump58]

Too hard for a poser to ride You had to understand the concept and components to operate. Very nice. I think someone is Texas is building board racers.

[steve.m]

 I think someone is Texas is building board racers.

 

[tpierce (MP)]

Best part of the whole thing?  He rides it!  Love it.  Hate to see bikes (or cars) waste away in a museum, never to be ran again.

[Gary B.]

Way cool! Modern bikes are much easier to operate, for sure. I also appreciate the all-original patina. It wouldn't look right if it was all clean and shiny. Many of the bikes at HD's museum in Milwaukee sport worn paint, grips, and tires. While thoroughly restored paint, new tires, etc. are nice, any vehicle is "all original" only once. Oh, and am I the only one to notice? It sounds just like the modern ones, except it seems to idle fine on its own and is perhaps the only HD in existence with original pipes...

Sorry, just had to get my digs in...

[thatguy]

His narration stopped when he was firing the engine.

I wish he would have kept taking and discussing the odds and ends involved in getting the engine to fire.

Here ya go.

Time        Action
5:35        Open petcock
5:42        Enrich mixture for starting
5:57        Adjust oil feed-total loss system
6:01        Verify oil flow via sight glass
6:05        Adjust throttle for starting
6:13        Adjust (retard) spark for starting
6:18        Pedal to start
6:25        Lean mixture for idle
6:58        Adjustable cutout for exhaust
7:28        Another mixture adjustment-warming up


A couple cool items about this bike. At 8:29 pause the video and look at the tires. The tread is formed to say "no skid",cool original rubber. At 9:02 he checks the il flow again. Riding old motorcycles is definitely a activity you actively participate in. I've ridden some old iron and it's nitimidating at first but becomes routine after awhile.

[Gary B.]

Here ya go.

Time        Action
5:35        Open petcock
5:42        Enrich mixture for starting
5:57        Adjust oil feed-total loss system
6:01        Verify oil flow via sight glass
6:05        Adjust throttle for starting
6:13        Adjust (retard) spark for starting
6:18        Pedal to start
6:25        Lean mixture for idle
6:58        Adjustable cutout for exhaust
7:28        Another mixture adjustment-warming up


A couple cool items about this bike. At 8:29 pause the video and look at the tires. The tread is formed to say "no skid",cool original rubber. At 9:02 he checks the il flow again. Riding old motorcycles is definitely a activity you actively participate in. I've ridden some old iron and it's nitimidating at first but becomes routine after awhile.

Thanks for clarification!

[SoCalFJR]

Where do you keep the fob?  ..........