RE: Pre WWI 1913 Harley in perfect running condition.....

[brad kaste]

Hi All,
I know some of you chaps are motorcycle owners and operators. This YouTube link I received from my brother which features a 1913 Harley Davidson. It runs 10 minutes in length.
What's so cool about the bike is it's condition. Everything mechanically functions like when it was first new. Fortunately,the paint job is original so it has that great patina finish of passing years. Also,various original 'extras' were added as part of the original package.
The owner fires it up for the last three minutes so one can hear what a nearly 100 year old Harley sounds like. Sounds much like today's Harley but with a softer, loping cadence to it.
http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=5734912

[OBIO]

Beautiful bike! Nice that it is in such fine condition and all original to the period. And even nicer to hear it run and see it cruising down the road.

OBIO

[Willy]

Not much on Harley Davidsons, but that's a nice old bike.

[HouseHobbit]

Who cares a bout the paint, It it just beautiful to me..

Don't have a problem with Rats..
Seen men as proud of them as if they were brand new..

Of course their are some who would want it in stock factory paint..
But just to see and hear this is Too Cool for me..
Thanks..

The oldest bike in the group of men I know and have Know that was riden on a regularly
Is a 1930..
There are several 50's Harley's and I have been on many of them..
and two WLA's 1943/44..
I am a fan of Blockheads, EVO's
But the older bikes are just too neat and fun to not enjoy..

[Thoe6969]

I love to see the old bikes kept alive,and original to boot.