Lamonster
SpyderLovers Founder
I got a call from Harvey (SpyderPops) and he said he was riding to Maggie Vally with his three boys and wondered if I wanted to meet him there. I don't need much prodding to get me to go for a ride anywhere let alone Maggie Valley but I had my RT all apart getting it in shape for my Sturgis trip so I got my old faithful GS out and got it ready for the ride. I told my buddy BajaRon about it and he wanted to go too. We all rode to Magog last year together so it was good for us to hook up again.
We decided to meet at Wheels Through Time seeing his boys had never been there and they were big Harley fans. When we parked I didn't see Harvey so I called him and he was in the back of the shop with Dale the owner so we headed back there.
She still looks and runs great after 50,000 miles. :thumbup:
It was really hot that day and Dale had been working on this 1928 Harley for a friend of his Buzz Kanter owner of American Iron Magazine and Road Bike Magazine. To be honest I didn't know who Buzz was till after Dale told me and I've had two of my bikes in RoadBike so it was cool to meet him as just a guy trying to get a bike ready for a vintage race the following week. Buzz said it hadn't ran in 15 years or so and Dale got it fired up in 20 minutes. Dale is a one of a kind guy when it come to his passion for old iron. We hung around long enough to watch him rebuild the carb and get it in running order. There was more work to do on it but the hard part was done. I don't know how many museum owners that would let you come back to the shop and watch him work on old iron but like I said Dale is one of a kind like his museum. If you're ever in Maggie Valley be sure to stop by, it's well worth taking the time to do so.
We hung out there long enough to watch Dale and Buzz take her for a spin, the first ride in 15 years. My understanding is the clutch was in or out and nothing in between and there really weren't any brakes to speak of. You would have never known that watching these guys ride it. Oh and these old bike had two grips to turn, one for the throttle and the other to advance and retard the timing. No joke, you could advance your timing for the best mileage and retard it when needed.
We were all pretty hungry so we decided to eat before going for a ride.
Heading out
My buddy SpyderPops
There's a little restaurant down the road that has family style dinners, that's where they just keep bringing you food till your done and you all share from the same plate. That was some good eating.
It was getting late so we decided not to do Deals Gap and instead Harvey and the boys would follow us out to Hot Springs on the 209. That's one of my favorite roads and they had never been on it. It rained on and off the whole ride and the two wheelers weren't to happy about that but the three of us on Spyders never really had to slow down other than to wait for the bikes.
We got to the store in Hot Springs and we were pretty dry but the boys didn't keep up and they were pretty much soaked.
Ron and I headed home about 30 miles or so and Harvey and the boys headed right back into the rain in Maggie Valley. I was kind of glad it started raining on us as I wanted to try out these "waterproof" jeans I had. They did good for about the first 15 miles or so but by the time I got home I was as soaked as I would have been without them. That was a $100 gamble that didn't pan out.
The video will fill in the blanks. I used my Drift to shoot all this and I love it. :doorag:
We decided to meet at Wheels Through Time seeing his boys had never been there and they were big Harley fans. When we parked I didn't see Harvey so I called him and he was in the back of the shop with Dale the owner so we headed back there.
She still looks and runs great after 50,000 miles. :thumbup:
It was really hot that day and Dale had been working on this 1928 Harley for a friend of his Buzz Kanter owner of American Iron Magazine and Road Bike Magazine. To be honest I didn't know who Buzz was till after Dale told me and I've had two of my bikes in RoadBike so it was cool to meet him as just a guy trying to get a bike ready for a vintage race the following week. Buzz said it hadn't ran in 15 years or so and Dale got it fired up in 20 minutes. Dale is a one of a kind guy when it come to his passion for old iron. We hung around long enough to watch him rebuild the carb and get it in running order. There was more work to do on it but the hard part was done. I don't know how many museum owners that would let you come back to the shop and watch him work on old iron but like I said Dale is one of a kind like his museum. If you're ever in Maggie Valley be sure to stop by, it's well worth taking the time to do so.
We hung out there long enough to watch Dale and Buzz take her for a spin, the first ride in 15 years. My understanding is the clutch was in or out and nothing in between and there really weren't any brakes to speak of. You would have never known that watching these guys ride it. Oh and these old bike had two grips to turn, one for the throttle and the other to advance and retard the timing. No joke, you could advance your timing for the best mileage and retard it when needed.
We were all pretty hungry so we decided to eat before going for a ride.
Heading out
My buddy SpyderPops
There's a little restaurant down the road that has family style dinners, that's where they just keep bringing you food till your done and you all share from the same plate. That was some good eating.
It was getting late so we decided not to do Deals Gap and instead Harvey and the boys would follow us out to Hot Springs on the 209. That's one of my favorite roads and they had never been on it. It rained on and off the whole ride and the two wheelers weren't to happy about that but the three of us on Spyders never really had to slow down other than to wait for the bikes.
We got to the store in Hot Springs and we were pretty dry but the boys didn't keep up and they were pretty much soaked.
Ron and I headed home about 30 miles or so and Harvey and the boys headed right back into the rain in Maggie Valley. I was kind of glad it started raining on us as I wanted to try out these "waterproof" jeans I had. They did good for about the first 15 miles or so but by the time I got home I was as soaked as I would have been without them. That was a $100 gamble that didn't pan out.
The video will fill in the blanks. I used my Drift to shoot all this and I love it. :doorag:
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