OSB Readers Pix July 2016

readers pix

Cool Old Pan by ValGal “What year is this?”

ValGal saw this beautiful old pan in a parking lot recently and grabbed these shots.

For those of you (like me) who bitch about the studio shots and the factory customs, you are gonna love this one. They can have all the shiny crap that they want. This is my dream bike.

Anyway, enjoy and remember that no matter how much somebody rubs a shiny new bike, Ain’t no genie gonna pop out!

Ride Safe
Staff –

Antique Motorcycle Club of America by Miserable George

Several weeks ago, we got a call from Jim Kuhman, from the Sunshine Chapter of AMCA, inviting OSB to a gathering they were having in Grant, FL. at the Grant Station on U.S.#1. It turned out to be a very pleasant, and, informative day, offering opportunities to photograph many REAL old school bikes…several of which will be featured in OSB. After lunch at Grant Station, we motored south to Earl’s Hide-away, a popular gathering spot for bikers on the Indian River in Sebastian, just off U.S.#1. There, I stumbled on an old school Flattie I’ve been searching out for over a year!!

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AMCA, is an organization dedicated to antique bikes…not only ownership of, but, interest IN as well. They offer forums, road runs, tech seminars, swap meets, and many other activities of interest to anyone with a yen for the classic bikes. Find them on line at www.antiquemotorcycle.org or call: (866)427-7583. If the old classics are YOUR thing…contact them today. We’d like to thank Jim Kuhman for his invitation, and also Robin Baily for her photographic help, as well as the owners of all those classic machines…See ya down the line…

Miserable George

Mike’s 1948 M72 Russian

Mike’s 1948 M72 Russian shot by ValGal at Lou’s Filling Station in Melbourne, FL.

THE PAN by Marilyn Elmore

This PANHEAD has rocked me to my boots! It’s as old school as things get without time travel to 1957.

This bike is a daily rider. She’s owned by a man whose life is an epic old school biker tale: Flash.
Flash is always looking for the motorcycle that’s priced right and ready for his personal touches or rebuild. The Pan spoke to him from the start. She was brought to Flash’s attention while visiting a source who had a bike that had literally been destroyed in a fire, (a bike I plan to feature in the future). Flash asked about the Panhead and was given a figure. It wasn’t in his plans at that time, and he kept to his original path: buying the burn bike.

Flash never forgot the rigid-framed pan. She kept pulling at him. Nagging him in the back of his mind. After several years had rolled by, the pan’s owner had passed away and the remaining heir remembered Flash‘s passionate interest in the panhead. The heir wanted the bike to go to an old school biker who could appreciate the girl for her old school chopper characteristics while honoring his brother’s creation and memory. It was the right time and everything fell into place for Flash and the Pan.

This PAN is definitely what this “OLD SCHOOL BIKER” admires in a motorcycle….

SPECS:
YEAR	1957
MAKE	HARLEY DAVIDSON
MODEL	FL
FRAME	STOCK HARDTAIL
ENGINE	PUNCHED OUT TO 80CI
BARRELS	S&S
HEADS	S&S
CAM	S&S
DRIVE	2” BDL BELT DRIVE
IGNITION	DYNA SINGLE FIRE, DUAL COIL IGN AMERICAN ELECTRONIC 12V ELECTRICAL CHARGING SYSTEM
STARTER	KICK-START/ELECTRIC START
CARB	S&S EARLY STYLE E SHORTY CARB
OIL PUMP	CRANE
OIL COOLER	JAGGS ADJUSTABLE TEMP. CONTROL
OIL FILTER	JAGGS RE-USEABLE FILTER
OIL BAG	HORSESHOE
FRONT END	WIDE GLIDE (2” UNDER)
TIRES	AVON
BRAKES	MECHANICAL BRAKE, FRONT AND REAR
WHEELS	STOCK CHROMED AND LACED 16” FRONT AND REAR
CLUTCH	HYDRAULIC ACTUATED
EXHAUST	PAUGHCO UPSWEEP FISHTAIL PIPES
SEAT	MUSTANG SOLO-SPRING SUSPENSION
TAIL LIGHT	CAT’S EYE STYLE

Fun at H&D Roadhouse in Merritt Island, FL

Here are some pics of a few different days and nights at Harry’s H&D Roadhouse in Merritt Island, FL. Harry always has something going on and bikers are welcome every day. Stop in and meet Harry, he is almost always there! Tell him I recommended the “Harry Burger”!