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KSGregman
04-05-2010, 11:36 AM
Went to the rally in Cassoday, KS yesterday and saw a guy ride in on this....a 1930'ish (33? 34?) Harley Davidson....stood and talked with him for quite awhile about the bike...where he found it...his plans for it.

Cool guy....cool old school bike.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/KSGregman/1934_HD.jpg
dubbs
04-05-2010, 11:37 AM
Wait... he actually rode that?
KSGregman
04-05-2010, 11:40 AM
Yeah...he trailered it to Cassoday...and rode it from just outside of town to Main Street.

The fact it ran at all was pretty fecking impressive....the rear wheel is COMPLETELY knackered though...all out of balance and bouncing around. I guess it's not really all that different than a modern Harley in that regard. :lol
dubbs
04-05-2010, 11:44 AM
Haha, I take offense to that, I just bought one last week! - I even had one of my neighbors complain about how loud it is already. The kicker is he owns a fucking harley!

Pretty crazy that it runs.. I'd be scared to take that over 15mph..
Rider
04-05-2010, 11:51 AM
I don't like it. It's too old school for me. If it were me I 'd throw everything away except for the frame and build it using modern parts.
BobTheBiker
04-05-2010, 12:33 PM
I like it, theres a lot of potential. some new tires, a good cleanup and new paint, plus some serious fixing to make it safely ridable again, it'd be a nice bike really. but then again the ratbike look really appeals to me.
Homeslice
04-05-2010, 12:36 PM
Was he a Mad Max wannabe, or a normal person?
KSGregman
04-05-2010, 12:38 PM
Was he a Mad Max wannabe, or a normal person?

Totally a normal person...he owns a tool/equipment rental business in Augusta, KS...he buys and fixes up bikes (whatever captures his interest at a given point in time) in the back room of his shop as a hobby/side business.

Cool guy...
Particle Man
04-05-2010, 01:39 PM
pretty neat. He'd better like wrenching a LOT though :lol:
unknownroad
04-05-2010, 02:56 PM
Awesome to be rolling around on something that barn-fresh, but doing it on tires that are that unsafe kinda crosses the line between having balls and having bad judgement. Cool bike, tho.
Smittie61984
04-05-2010, 09:03 PM
Pretty crazy that it runs.. I'd be scared to take that over 15mph..

I wonder if it can do 15mph.

I like it!!!
racedoll
04-05-2010, 09:18 PM
I like it! I would love to see it after he has fixed it up.
G-Rex
04-05-2010, 09:44 PM
Dangit! I thought about rolling over there. I was riding back from Omaha yesterday afternoon, but I didn't know where the hangout was!
KSGregman
04-05-2010, 10:00 PM
Dangit! I thought about rolling over there. I was riding back from Omaha yesterday afternoon, but I didn't know where the hangout was!

It's on US 177....south of US 50...north of the Kansas Turnpike. I think Cassoday has a population of maybe 90 year round? Upwards of 1,000 bikes turn up there most rallies.
G-Rex
04-05-2010, 10:04 PM
It's on US 177....south of US 50...north of the Kansas Turnpike. I think Cassoday has a population of maybe 90 year round? Upwards of 1,000 bikes turn up there most rallies.

I knew Cassoday, I just didn't know *where* in Cassoday. LOL. Sounds like if I made it to Cassoday, I could have found the bikes. :D
KSGregman
04-05-2010, 10:14 PM
I knew Cassoday, I just didn't know *where* in Cassoday. LOL. Sounds like if I made it to Cassoday, I could have found the bikes. :D

Hehehe...yeah...no question.

I'll take a few "non rally week-end" pics of Cassoday the next time I'm up the Flint Hills Scenic Byway to Cottonwood Falls for lunch at the Emma Chase Cafe. You'll see what I mean... :lol:
Gas Man
04-05-2010, 11:11 PM
bADASS!!