Noot

Terry Hux & Noot Sr.

. . . a couple panheads on the City Tap Run.

This is Incredible !

Joe Leonard doesn't let up one bit . . .

The ambulance on coarse - and they just go on racing !

Leonard and Resweber could ride a motorcycle !
The last minutes have Leonard slidin' both wheels...

XLR

There's one of these in a garage or barn somewhere? We just gotta find it ! You can see the aluminum front motor mounts - and extra reinforcing dome on the clutch/primary cover.

Gettin' High in Davenport

The guy that rides this bike is an eclectic individual. High pipe, Grasshopper, flat lens, stock shocks . . . What's this color called?
Hi-Fi Green?

Panheads, Mississippi River and Smoke

Sunny day on Saturday . . . after a few adjustments from my 300+ mile Davenport Run, (like fixin'the fuel shut-off rod)
. . . it was time for a river run to the Mississippi.
Let's Go !

My dad rode along on his 1965 FLH.
Took our first stop in Clermont, Iowa. All is workin' great at this point . . .

Waitin' on road construction, flagman, pilot car, all that jazz . . .

Hey ol' man.... You still back there??? The Great River Road.

My speedometer is about 12mph slow due to my 25T trans gear.

Not long after this photo . . . I'm thinkin' to myself how great my bike is running, and what a beautiful day it is . . . then smoke started rolling from under my dash, and around my battery. Holy shit ! I killed the motor, coasted to the side and found a shorted wire. I wired BAT to the wrong side of the circuit breaker, it got pinched, and shorted. We robbed the horn wire off his bike, ran it direct from battery to coil, and I made it back with a total-loss electrical system - about 80 miles. Can't kill a panhead I guess? Got it fixed Sunday. Ready to go again ! Now where ?

I fixed my camera fellas . . .

My Canon A570IS had a screw loose, so I took it all apart and fixed it. Gotta keep this blog alive - now - pics of vintage iron with a vintage camera ! I've been riding around on my low bike lookin' at the high water from recent heavy rains. We got 8 inches over a few days here.

My PM front brake was squeekin' a bit today.

I had to do some hard stops to get it deglazed...

- too much sitting in the garage under a bed sheet !

This GBL carb is the shit. Perfect response, starts great . . . but, it likes to spit on ya. Arlen Ness would be proud.

Blown Head Gasket Fix

This friend of mine thought he had an exhaust leak. It wasn't the pipe. He had a blown head gasket and rode the thing about 30 miles like that . . . I coulda slapped him ! It cut a nice ditch right across the head. Never fear - I blasted it, Dustin welded it up, McFarland surfaced the head, Noot recut the seat . . . and it's ready for the motor.

John Boy's 45"

This rare '46WL motor is finally completed. It runs a thrifty set of cams, took the sharp edges off the ports . . . runnin' the good heads, magneto - hey, it should be a runner. It was a mess, but I cleaned up the mess.

The aftermarket valve covers had this really cheesy zinc plating on 'em. I soaked all of it in acid for a bit, painted the uppers with cast iron gray - and the lowers (I think?) are stainless steel. I like the look. I painted the oil pumps and other small parts cast too.

I lapped the sprocket taper to the shaft taper for a solid fit. The aftermarket gear needed a modified key to work.

The Horse Backstreet Chopper Show

It's held on MONDAY every year at the Full Throttle Saloon. Stevenson Cycle (Michigan) does a great job with the show - and the magazine of coarse. The best door prizes, and cool awards always.

Always more than just choppers . . .

Here's a chopped ironhead - in more ways than traditional . . .

Scenic, South Dakota

I've stopped at this church/trading post every year since it opened. Ice cold beer and buffalo meat. This rancher found a dead mother bison out in the grassland, and he could tell she'd given birth recently. After a 1/2 day search, over a rise he spotted this buffalo calf. Under weight, picked at, sores from coyotes, bites - and really pissed off. His name is Scooter, and he's tough as hell. Weighs almost 100lbs now after 4 short weeks. Maybe he'll tame him down, and we can ride 'em next year?
I'll let you go first !