Oley PA 2012... Part 1...Snap, Snap, Snap around the meet

1946 WR Carcass

Marty's FLTT was tearing up Oley all Weekend

 Still my favorite year model and color combo...1939 EL Red and Black

Rigid with Leaf Spring...If I had to have a Brand X it would have this combination 

 For the "Well Endowed" Rider...

 Oops...sorry

Rigid and leaf spring...

Rigid and Leaf spring again...

Cleveland Steamer...

Brand X ...101 Scouts I do like these...uh oh what's happening to me?

More 101's...hhhmmm...I do have a motor...

The way to vend!

Motor at Evans...just sayin'...

Henderson display honoring Steve Ciccalone... RIP my friend

See ya Joe...

Oley 2012 was another great time. The weather on Wednesday was great. Thursday was moist in the AM but turned out OK. Friday was cold, cloudy and windy. Saturday was nice. The place was maxed out with vendors and motorcycles of every shape, size, type and year (vendors and motorcycles). I saw a lot of parts and bikes changing hands throughout the weekend. It was really great to see a bunch of younger guys out at the meet this year. 

The pictures above are a dump outta my camera....just trying to get a feel for the meet and machines. I usually just pick up the camera and do a loop around the meet going snap, snap, snap at anything that looks interesting. I really gotta take more people pics...those usually end up on my cell phone due to spontaneity.

This is Oley part 1. Part 2 will be all cell phone pics...I'll post them soon.

Replica WRTT Seat for the FLTT (Product Review)

 Seat from Ted's... decent pan

Nice Profile

Time to make it fit. Use my old cut seat T from when I was a kid or do a new one?

Do a new one

Measure and mark using another T bracket for a template

Off to the High Tech Machine Shop!

Fitting and more

More machine shop action, some glass bead and paint!

I used three bolts instead of rivets (had none)

Fits Beauty...full

Not Bad...

Came together nicely...

Now I despise most repro shit...but I was in a quandary regarding what to do about a seat on the FLTT. I had a stock H-D solo on it but it was from the 70's and looked a bit big for the TT look. I tried a few others but nothing went right. 

Now this being a shiny bike (which has plagued me throughout the build) I couldn't put one of my cool old worn out seats on it! I called by buddy Dan and he recommended the Replica WRTT seat from Ted. He said they were made pretty well and look decent enough. I did a bit more research and got a positive review from Matt Olsen. He wasn't too pleased with the leather quality but thought the seat pans were good. Both Dan and Matt had used them. 

I ended up ordering two from my buddy Mike's shop and they arrived the next day (yesterday). The leather didn't seem too bad to me, it was cut and ground on the edges cobbler style like the originals and had a nice low profile.

I went to work this morning fashioning a seat T to fit the narrow seat pan. I had one that I had made for my Bates seat on my Flathead when I was a kid, but I decided to use a loose one that had laying around, it had a couple extra holes drilled in it anyway. With the help of my Ultra Modern Machine Shop (hacksaw, grinder and drill) I went to work. The end product looks pretty good and fits great. I'll pick up some rivets and replace the bolts I used, but for now I'm happy with the arrangement...

"Dirty Nine" Almost Got a Bath....

 Decisions, Decisions....

Home, Safe and Sound and Still Dirty...

Sunday (yesterday) afternoon was fantastic for riding in Eastern PA. 80 Degrees and Sunny! I was out on the Dirty Nine  riding through the country when I decided to ignore a detour sign. The road went from paved to gravel to mostly dirt and then to water. I was ready to go snorkeling but decided to stop and take a look...good thing...3 ft deep (at least) in the middle. I haven't given her a bath in the last 20 years and wasn't about to start now!

Shoe Patch and Motor Candy

Wore through my home made steel shoe last year. My buddy patched up the hole for me today. It's probably gonna need some reinforcement welds along the bottom.