Beautiful bike . TY for explaining the starting process. At one time 45" WLA's were so common, inexpensive & plentifull it was difficult to NOT be able to own one & they remained in production until the 1970's, although as the 3 wheeled Servi-Car & then usually only as Police equipment. I'd very much like to make a reproduction frame & fork & mount my Buel Blast engine in it as the Blast's engine puts out 5 HP more & is more reliable & inexpensive to own as well as insure. Plus it'd finally look like a proper Harley Davidson then. TY again & wishing you many years of safe & fun riding .
Glad it helped you understand the workings of the 45. With hindsight I should have explained more about it without it running, or at the least had a separate microphone so you could hear me better when it was running, but it was just a quick video recorded on my iPad
I think this bike is so beautiful ! That said, it may be to vintage for my temperament. I’d love to have a “replica”, a bike with more modern parts and reliability with this vintage look. Love this video! Ty for sharing, learned a lot.
It's great that little 2.75" pistons can sound as authoritative as any Harley. Funny, while the bike was running and the guy was talking I couldn't hear what he was saying, so I activated closed captions. It didn't provide any of the guy's verbage, it just said "music", when only the sound of the engine could be heard. In retrospect, I tend to agree...
clive chilton1 second agoHi Dave,Thanks for all the advice etc with my 45.As we talked about Dave with your vast knowledge of these old school machines you must do another overview video explaining all the strange quirks about the maintainence and riding of these bikes. The engine oil req. gbox oil, where various grease points are how often to start up during winter etc etc. I'm sure you could think of loads of tips etc. etc. You've had over 6k views of your first video. Not everyone has the knowledge or experience Dave. Once again thanks for your help.Cheers,CliveRead more Show less
It probably has, I just did this video for a guy that had just bought it from another dealer and he had no idea how it all worked so I just knocked it up to help him get an idea how it worked, it wasn’t the best example of a 45
I notice your brake handle is on the RHS how do you manage throttling down and utilising the front brake btw your bike is pristine a godd job well done cheers Tim from downunder
Pretty much in the same as any modern bike, if it’s one of mine I put it on the left, and if I have the hand clutch I put that on the right as they should be, but as these are customers bikes I guess they are used to finding the brake on the right side so I leave it
I have my grandfathers bike. I don’t ride or even know if it runs I managed to get in down in my walk out basement and it’s been covered in moving blankets with a catch pan under it as I was told to keep oil in it
Hi Dave,Thanks for all the advice etc with my 45.As we talked about Dave with your vast knowledge of these old school machines you must do another overview video explaining all the strange quirks about the maintainence and riding of these bikes. The engine oil req. gbox oil, where various grease points are how often to start up during winter etc etc. I'm sure you could think of loads of tips etc. etc. You've had over 6k views of your first video. Not everyone has the knowledge or experience Dave. Once again thanks for your help.Cheers,Clive
I've seen several of these videos now and it amuses me no end that they keep talking after the engine has started and you can't hear a thing of the useless waffling over it.
Reverse was for the Servi-Car 3 wheeler version. However, my 2 wheel 1948 45 had a 3 wheel transmission. It was so fun winning bar bets by riding around in reverse. And it helped me get out of a muddy wallow one time while off road riders were circling me trying to give me a hard time. God, I miss that old bike. BTW: The left handle is the spark advance control. You would use it while starting, instead of the priming routine shown. It was also good for retarding the spark when you got some crappy gasoline.
