// RUSARTY KKK //
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Sunday, 31 March 2013
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Monday, 25 March 2013
// ERIC'S 38 KKK //
This 1938 Knucklehead came from the son of the oldest Harley Dealer in France, Michel Borie, his father was Pierre Borie. Michel Borie took over the dealership from his father and had a shop in the Paris area. He had the engine displayed at his shop.
I was trying to buy the engine for years like many other people but he would not want to hear anything about it. A good friend of mine who had know known his father very well was approached by Michel towards the end of his life, when he was selling his dealership to a larger dealer and was sick. He said that he had the complete bike from his father and that he had been keeping it for himself to restore. Now he had lost interest and was willing to let it go.
Nobody knew that the displayed engine was just one piece of the treasure. I was able to buy it with my friend and discover the rest of the bike. What we found was an amazingly correct and well preserved pile of parts that all matched in correctness for 1938 and in original condition. It was obvious that this was one bike and everything indicated it was an original "export model" imported and sold new in France. I was able to make a deal with my friend and make the project my main parts hunt and workshop focus for the next 4 years.
When working on the bike I found the initials from Pierre Borie "PB" stamped on the inside of the cases and painted on some of the wooden boxes where the parts were stored. I suspect that the bike was taken apart sometime in the 1940 or 1950s and thus survived the "chopper years". The engine was in need of major rebuild with very used and broken internals which may explain why the bike was taken apart. It took me 4 years to find the parts that had got lost along the way and get the bike the way it is now. I like to rebuild everything myself on my bikes, down to the last nut and bolt, which is how I was able to obtain a bike in original cosmetic condition but completely mechanically restored. I spent so many hours on this motorcycle bringing it back to life, now it's time to ride!
Eric MATHIEU
// KKKK NOT KKK //
ERIC SEND ME PIC OF THIS ...
36 37 39 47 ....
PERHAPS THAT'S WHAT HAPINESS IN LIFE IS
SMOKING A CIGAR
DRINKING AN OLD BOURBON
AND LOOKING AT THESE ON YOUR TABLE ...
ERIC IS WELL KNOWN MASTER OF BEAUTY OF SPEED
http://www.beautyofspeed.com
THANKS MATE
// MONDAY MOVIE //
TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE
BY ROBERT LORENZ / 2012
WITH CLINT EASTWOOD, AMY ADAMS
Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus-who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat-refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. He may not have a choice. The front office of the Atlanta Braves is starting to question his judgment, especially with the country's hottest batting phenom on deck for the draft. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm whose drive and ambition has put her on the fast track to becoming partner. Against her better judgment, and over Gus's objections, Mickey joins him on his latest scouting trip to North Carolina, jeopardizing her own career to save his.
GREAT MOVIE +++
Saturday, 23 March 2013
// 47 KNUCKLE ENGINE FOR SALE //
MY BUDDY FRANCOIS IS SELLING THIS ENGINE
TOTALLY REBUILT
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/HARLEY-MOTEUR-1200-KNUCKLEHEAD-1947-ENTIEREMENT-REFAIT-a-NEUF-et-COMPLET-/370783594501?pt=FR_JG_Moto_Pi%C3%A8ces&hash=item56546ca805
HE IS SELLING A PAN ENGINE TOO
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/HARLEY-MOTEUR-PANHEAD-58-DUO-GLIDE-1200-ENTIEREMENT-REFAIT-et-COMPLET-/370783596629?pt=FR_JG_Moto_Pi%C3%A8ces&hash=item56546cb055
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