Harry Zona!

 

It is always special when one gets to take a break in the middle of an endless winter and head to warmer climates to squeeze a ride or two in. It is even better if you get to do it amongst great people and old iron. Here are some photos of a bit of motorcycle fun that happened last week. Our first stop is always to go see Ken and Dave at Highway Choppers in Glendale, AZ. These guys are the real deal and know their old iron. From teens to Twinkies they know it all and have been in this shop for 40 years. If you don't know them... you should. Later in the week I bumped into Dan MacGlaughlin, Ed Houser and Mike Cain and we got a great breakfast ride in as we were joined by Ed's brother and Knuck freak Ken Klockenga. At the end of the day we wound up at the Hideaway in Cave Creek and who showed up but Ken and Dave on their beautiful '65 and '60 Panheads respectively!

 

Ken, Dave, Fatdog and 2 '47 Knuck projects.

 



Dan's 1937

 



Mike, Dan, Ron, Ed, and Mikes lovely GF whos name I forgot!!!

 



'46, '47, and '48!



Dan gassing up the '37

Mike Gassing up the '48 Superman Bike!

 

Bartlett Lake with Dan, Mike and Jim on the Indian

 

Mike bumming on the headgasket he blew on the way down the mountain! 

 

 

Ed Houser, FatDog, Dave and Ken behind '63, '65 and '60 Panheads.

Piston problems in England.

I received an email last week from John Warr of Warr's HD in London. Seems he scored his piston on his 1914 single during the veteran run last summer. He was shipped a new alloy one recently but some of the dimensions didn't add up to what the old one measured at. I dug out a few things and measured them for him and thought they might interest some of you.... I had both early and late (Post 1924) 61 c.i. pistons, the ones in the photos are the early ones. The piston pins actually use cotter pins as keepers!

 

John's Piston. He needs a .060 over one...

 

 

Hey! look what I found in my stash!

Pinton pin diameter .610

Piston pin center to crown 1.830

 

Here is a real rare part! A factory original racing cylinder blank-off plate, and a 61c.i. compression plate. Compression plates were used to turn a solo engine into a sidecar version. 74 c. i. plates are pretty common, but 61's are pretty tough to find these days.

 Just shy of .100

The best 8 minutes of your year.

 

 

Thanks to Hagerty Insurance, my carrier for turning me on to this wonderful film. Maybe the best 8 minutes you will ever watch this year.