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Neracar

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:42:22 -0700

"Cannonball" Baker upon arrival in Los Angeles, California, after making the trip from New York City, a distance of 3,364.2 miles. Running time, 7 days, 5 hours, 28 minutes, using 45 gallons of gasoline and 5 5/8 gallons of oil costing $15.70. Average19.41 miles per hour and 74.77 miles per gallon.

Trading Up To A Harley JDH

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:23:06 -0700

I was planning on riding a 1926 Harley J on the 2012 Cannonball and have been prepping it with Dale and Matt Walksler for a few months. But just got a nice 1929 JDH 2 cam, which I'd much rather ride.

It looks pretty great and runs OK, but we have a lot of work to do to get this one Cannonball ready. Wish us luck.

Motorcyclist Magazine Turns 100

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:54:05 -0700

motorcyclist is one of the oldest motorcycle magazines in the country, and 2012 marks their 100th year. i use to have quite a collection of early motorcyclist issues and have always found them to be a great glimpse into the past. the cannonball is honored to be featured in the february 2012 anniversary issue.

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BMW #23

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:25:10 -0700

thanks for the video, just make em a little longer next time.

Harleys in Daytona Beach Bike Week Ride In Show

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:06:56 -0700

Will you and your Motorcycle Cannonball bike be in Daytona in March for the Daytona Beach Bike Week events? Every year the MoCo puts on a ride in show at Daytona during Bike Week. And every year it seems a little smaller and less exciting with fewer great old Harleys.

This year will be different. Harley-Davidson has partnered up with American Iron Magazine and Motorcycle Bagger magazines to sponsor this ride in show with the goal of expanding the event and the participation of a wider assortment of machines.

Please consider this our invitation to YOU to spread the word among custom, classic and race Harley riders to bring some world class motorcycles to this event. ESPECIALLY if it is a Cannonball Harley!

The official Harley-Davidson Ride In Motorcycle Show, presented by American Iron Magazine, will be on Beach Street, not far from the old Rossmeyer Harley dealership, on Wednesday, March 14 starting around 9 am.

Lots of classes and great trophies, and we sure would love to have a terrific turn out of terrific machines (classic, mild and radical custom, bobbers, choppers, and home brews) there to grow this show.

Please note, we will be photographing a few of the motorcycles for features in American Magazine and Motorcycle Bagger magazines.

Hope to see lots of Motorcycle Cannonball riders and support crews and machines at this show.

Team T-Shirts?

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:13:48 -0700

I was at the NYC motorcycle show today and bought a Motorcycle Cannonball 2012 T-shirt from Doug Wothke to help support his cause. His lady friend, hearing I was going to ride a Harley on the upcoming Cannonball gave me some teasing and told me I was finally showing some class by buying a T-shirt with an Indian 101 Scout on it.

I smiled and told her I would put the Indian T-shirt to good use by using it to clean and polish my Harley.

I then told her I also own and love to ride my Indian 101 Scout.

Curious how many other riders are making your own Motorcycle Cannonball team T-shirts to sell?

Modern Conveniences on the bike?

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:12:38 -0700

1) Will there be any problems with adding some bicycle tail lights to my bike?

2) How about adding a bicycle "computer" (the one I have has the time, temperature, speed, odometer, trip meter, elapsed time). This is of particular importance to me because I assume that all the route speeds and distances will be in MPH, but my BMW has a KPH speedometer and odometer. I am aware that GPSes weren't allowed last time, but this has no GPS mapping or routing capabilities.

Thanks!

Motorcycle Kickstart Classic

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:50:04 -0700

We are organizing another fun 2-day Motorcycle Kickstart Classic ride from Wheels Through Time museum up into the mountains of northern NC and then down to the AMCA meet in Denton.

We leave from Wheels Through Time Thursday, May 17 at 9 AM, overnight in Wilkesboro, NC and then ride to Denton the morning of May 18.

Registration is open to the first 100 riders and costs $100 per person (rider or passenger). That gets you in the ride, an event T-shirt, stickers, 2 free dinners, and on-the road support.

I am considering riding my 1926 Harley as a shakedown for the Cannonball in September and would love to see other Cannonballers join us.

You can register by sending your payment (checks to TAM Communications) to American Iron Magazine, ATTN Motorcycle Kickstart Classic, 1010 Summer St., Stamford, CT 06905.

Need Klaxon Horn Bracket for 1926 Harley

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:42:38 -0700

I have what I believe is a correct Klaxon horn for my new Cannonball bike but need the brackets to mount it to the 1926 Harley headlight rod brackets. All leads appreciated.

Davenport 2011 from a Banjo Two-Cam

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:51:56 -0700

Barber 2011 Race Of The Century

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:05:46 -0700

Here is a short video of the bikes and riders in the 2011 Barber Race Of The Century. A few Cannonballers (past and future) are there at this race for motrocycles 100 years or older. Slojoe Gardella won over all, and Dale Walksler won the singles class. What a blast!

Happy New Year

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:18:32 -0700

I just wanted to thank everyone associated with the Motorcycle Cannonballs past and future and to wish all a great new year.

Looking forward this year to seeing lots of old friends and making some new ones working up to and on the Motorcycle Cannonball. The ride of a lifetime!

Dale Stoner's Henderson Build

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:07:11 -0700

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post and I thought I'd introduce myself. Im from Stryker Ohio, I'm passionate about motorcycles, and rebuilding my KL Henderson. This is my first cannonball and Im looking forward to meeting everybody this fall.

The project bike was damaged in a fire years ago and the cylinder heads were beyond repair. Being a pattern maker by profession I decided to develope the tooling to make and machine new castings. The bike still has a long way to go but I've cast several new cylinders and have started the machining.

Attacted are some pictures showing what was done.

I was able to get a copy of an orginal print to help with the development

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From the print and also cutting a cylinder in half i was able to complete a CAD model.

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From this a pattern was machined, in this picture the rough machining has been done but it still needed finished and polished, for the casting process.

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Cores were also needed for hollow parts of the casting

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A casting was made then flow benched. Improvements from the original were possible by modifying only the cores.

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cannonball at rocket harley

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:51:26 -0700

Gas Issues Fixed

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:05:54 -0700

After not being able to get my 1926 Harley to fire I pulled and cleaned the carb twice and it still would not fire except on starter fluid (yuck!).

Finally I drained the gas out of the left side tank and filled it with pump fresh gas and it fired up on the fifth or sixth kick. Smoking a lot, but hope that will burn off soon. Dontcha hate the modern gas!

Wide Open

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:24:46 -0700

The current headliner video by Loy Norrix on the Cannonball homepage is great! Is his work on the 2010 Cannonball collected anywhere? I've seen a few others spread around, but Wide Open looks like the trailer video for a complete series on the 2010 run.

looking for a JD rear rack

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:55:33 -0700

howdo, prior to making something that sticks out like sore thump. i m on the hunt for a rear rack to fit the 29 JD. if you have one to part with or know of one i d appreciate knowing about it. thanks for your time. gw

Reproduction Engine Cases

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:46:48 -0700

Based on this rule "As long as the engine in your machine is original then its eligible to run for the prize." Will reproduction engine cases be disallowed?

Sturgis in the 1950's

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:54:51 -0700

http://youtu.be/50k52swAFcw

Welcome to the Badlands

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:30:24 -0700