The 1912 Harley-Davidson X8A

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  • @dehoedisc7247
    @dehoedisc7247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    No conventional intake valve or pushrod or intake camshaft lobe, but obviously a side-valve exhaust valve with pushrod and camshaft exhaust lobe. A new concept for me to chew on. Thanks for what you do.

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      check out the intake atmospheric valve spring, today we only need a reed valve to do the job on 2strokes

  • @tobylangdale95
    @tobylangdale95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In the late 70's an old antique collecting neighbor of ours had in his shed/shop an old Harley that looked nearly identical to this one, carbide headlight, atmospheric intake valves and all, though it was a V twin.
    One of my would've, could've should've moments of my past, wish I'd have gotten it now, but... I wanted a "chopper". The ignorance of youth.

  • @JohnPaul-ii
    @JohnPaul-ii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can always read about all these Motorcycls in a book, but actually seeing an hearing them running that’s the real learning.
    So special.
    Thanks for sharing again.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah hearing that bike run is like an echo through time. It was made before World War 1.

  • @pabitrikalita3940
    @pabitrikalita3940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this is my favorite youtube channel and I am his big fan, wheels through time are the best show,

  • @brianalbee4153
    @brianalbee4153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice! Glad it was stored so carefully over the years

  • @Robby163460
    @Robby163460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful that the cables are running through the handle bar

  • @thomasconetsco361
    @thomasconetsco361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You’re right an awesome bike! Some unique features on that one never realized that Harley offered so many different motor styles back then. Great find!

  • @kimber4573
    @kimber4573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    His wife wanted him to get rid of it.. HE TOOK IT APART AND PUT IT IN THE ATTIC!! The man is LEGENDARY!!!!

  • @chopshopchopper
    @chopshopchopper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how easy you make it look to start all of these bikes...

  • @stevenleek1254
    @stevenleek1254 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lovely Sound!

  • @marcuslambert2162
    @marcuslambert2162 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    just purring right along

  • @ransomsgarage8311
    @ransomsgarage8311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great bike. Love the old horn on the bars.

  • @davidg5704
    @davidg5704 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow what a gem. Thanks for letting us hear it. Priceless ♥️

  • @michael61985
    @michael61985 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool piece of motorcycle history

  • @markj4066
    @markj4066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice work Matt. What an incredible find and it runs! Look forward to the next one.

  • @TheGearhead222
    @TheGearhead222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a simpler technology! Reminds me why I enjoy riding my 1.5Hp 49cc 2 stroke motorized bike:)-John in Texas

  • @edwinthompson159
    @edwinthompson159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just amazing that a 108 year old Harley just fires right up.

  • @carthrasher8022
    @carthrasher8022 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for keepin' 'em running' !

  • @sporty196071
    @sporty196071 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great addition to the collection, keep saving them.

  • @faerieSAALE
    @faerieSAALE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thankfully, that motorcycle is NOW where it belongs - lovingly cared for and proudly displayed at the Wheels Through Time Museum.

  • @jasonwebb3214
    @jasonwebb3214 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome piece of history

  • @twallace541
    @twallace541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    $235 in 1912 is the equivalent of $6634.28 (2021 US dollars)
    (based on Consumer Price Index)

  • @alexgummer4979
    @alexgummer4979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great Video, keep these types going!!!

  • @dawidos117
    @dawidos117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful!

  • @lewisbighuber7029
    @lewisbighuber7029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What an unbelievable addition. She fired up and cussed a lil. Thank Maud it got saved.

  • @natep5328
    @natep5328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing as usual. My "Mecca" WTT. Thanks again for amazing content.

  • @acr21957
    @acr21957 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As always Matt is amazing 😢

  • @MaciusSzwed
    @MaciusSzwed 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This bike deserves the title; Hardley Moving Son!

  • @ricvis44
    @ricvis44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sometime when you can I’d love to see the throttle parts that goes inside the handlebars. I’ve never seen even one video of the mechanism that is in the handlebars.

  • @andrewharris3380
    @andrewharris3380 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this channel.

  • @pipersall6761
    @pipersall6761 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing.

  • @coolspoonful
    @coolspoonful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    First time I've noticed a jump cut just before the startup! What happened there, boys??

  • @dougjenks6954
    @dougjenks6954 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting place

  • @patriotfour3374
    @patriotfour3374 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow amazing!

  • @ReiMonCoH
    @ReiMonCoH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was... well, FUCKING AWESOME 🤘🏻

  • @jwrappuhn71
    @jwrappuhn71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's awesome.

  • @treyrosenmeyer9097
    @treyrosenmeyer9097 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool. ..

  • @Big-A-Russel
    @Big-A-Russel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish you guys were building replicas of some of your bikes it would be cool to buy one.

  • @dirkbonesteel
    @dirkbonesteel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looking at the seat, I am guessing every bump in the road would be a literal punch in the nuts

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      naaah those soft leather on the seat dampens the compression and rebound settings on the nuts

    • @nomoregears
      @nomoregears 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If your bottom muscles are strong enough you're sitting on them and the bottom bones. I've ridden more than 150.000 km (93.000 miles) on a Brooks Colt (on a bicycle, without springs) and my nuts are good healthy yet. And don't forget the wonderful single longstroke vibrations - they'll massage the nut pain away 😀!

  • @riptwan
    @riptwan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I look at dude firing up 100 year old bikes like nothing and feel sad when I struggle with an 80's bike

    • @spymaine89
      @spymaine89 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      than learn he prepared it

    • @koolaidacidkilla179
      @koolaidacidkilla179 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      8:32-8:34 at .25 speed shows you how.

  • @coolgamer5148
    @coolgamer5148 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good guy that Wade is selling such a nice bike it's in good home and great name Wade is awesome too I would know that also is my name don't get to hear it often. Thanks Matt 😊

  • @elosogonzalez8739
    @elosogonzalez8739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would it be in the best interest on the 100+ year old belt to be treated with a neatsfoot oil or another leather product? Any leather should have something put on them. Great bike!

  • @permutatechguy
    @permutatechguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes

  • @brushcountry6361
    @brushcountry6361 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    👀 Luv some WTT ..!!

  • @KowboyUSA
    @KowboyUSA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have a very similar magneto in one of my parts boxes.

  • @1pcfred
    @1pcfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That bike starts better than my lawn mower does.

  • @janwalor3014
    @janwalor3014 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Way cool!

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good design for gen mower

  • @a.anthonycapoccia6102
    @a.anthonycapoccia6102 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like it

  • @NunoxFerreira
    @NunoxFerreira 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please could you tell me how many where exported (if any..) to Europe,and where they sold the most of this lovely bikes!🤗🇨🇭Cheers!!

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      not much maybe, europe still had Euro 0.2 emissions rules to comply back then😁

  • @davidgreve1081
    @davidgreve1081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a museum piece and in incredible shape! The belt, I'm sure was kept supple using either neatsfoot oil or mink oil. They did the same for baseball gloves back then.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We do the same thing now. Before you moisturize leather you're supposed to clean it too. With Saddle soap.

  • @xmassan20906
    @xmassan20906 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    When does the Wheels Through Time board track open?

  • @MoeLarrycurly1
    @MoeLarrycurly1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very kool 🖖🏼🏍

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Worth a quid too now days

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vacume disc intake valve.?

  • @clavo3352
    @clavo3352 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What kind of headlight is that?

  • @CarterHewins
    @CarterHewins 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like my electrica shark bike! 🚲

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like one of clives

  • @darkharleydavisdongang418
    @darkharleydavisdongang418 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🎬📽🔥

  • @tobylangdale95
    @tobylangdale95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It may be only 4 horsepower,
    Though they are Clydesdale horses.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only 4 horsepower you say? People don't understand or respect what a horsepower really is. You'd be hard pressed to generate a tenth of a horsepower for a sustained duration. A tenth of a horsepower is lifting 55 pounds of weight up a foot in a second. Every second, over and over. So 4 HP is lifting up a ton a foot in a second. That's like carrying a small car up a flight of stairs. Now how far do you think you can get?

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anzani had a nice 350.
    -Ducati

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Over 100 - light

  • @fidelcatsro6948
    @fidelcatsro6948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    quite advanced for 1912...250dollars was pricey back then, you could get a Ford model T for the price i think

    • @robj2704
      @robj2704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very true. I guess motorcycles were for the elite crowd back then. Of course, that bike would go where Model T's could not, given that most roads were dirt and rut-filled.

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robj2704 one of those days where the moped was more mightier and pricier than a car(t) hehehe

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robj2704 I think you underestimate the nuttiness of old timers. You're talking about a people used to driving teams of animals in frontier conditions. So they had a we're going attitude.

  • @spymaine89
    @spymaine89 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you have an aooga aooga horn.

  • @paulmontagner6360
    @paulmontagner6360 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the old Harleys theres a few in Australia ive seen rare as rocking horse shit ! Awesome bikes! Johnos in Sydney had original parts for 1930s and earlier models there run around bike was a 1012 with side car delivering parts

  • @permutatechguy
    @permutatechguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could you do a video on spark advance and retard on these older bikes? The how and why’s please?

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      .i think you needed to advance the ignition firing as you went faster to allow time for the fuel to burn at firing stroke, and retard the firing at lower speeds to allow the piston to complete its top most position...todays engine electronic ignition has these chores already mapped out in the chip from factory in relation to the engine rpm..

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fidelcatsro6948 I only know about vacuum spark advance.

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1pcfred im no smarter than you are amigo.. it is still mind boggling to think about all the gadgets they had on the old bikes .

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fidelcatsro6948 they had it mostly figured out by then.

  • @JamanRooney
    @JamanRooney 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yu guys never tell us how to use the spark advance works

  • @Very_Angry_Citizen
    @Very_Angry_Citizen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New today, they would sell for $6500-$7500. According to the original price of $254 and inflation adjustment.
    Makes sense looking at motorcycle prices today. Fits.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Today we're a bit better at manufacturing than they were over 100 years ago. So you have to adjust the price of goods for that too. Those Harleys were basically custom handmade pieces. They were just doing it on a large shop scale.

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    350cc

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    XR

  • @davidfuller764
    @davidfuller764 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sub’d & Bell’d

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    $2500 in the day

  • @nepaliangusyoung687
    @nepaliangusyoung687 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    nitros car nitro satiro

  • @spymaine89
    @spymaine89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    no rockers, return by suction, i did not know that . ''it really annoys me when i here one spouse dictate to the other.'' he is dead now as we all will be, and he missed hours of joy on his bike. ''' .

  • @davidyisrael007
    @davidyisrael007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thats $5,471.96 in todays money.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He probably paid more than that for it too.

  • @btcurry1
    @btcurry1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If Maude was Claude she woulda been knocked out.Unsafe. . Beautiful scooter.

  • @l.p.2500
    @l.p.2500 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Probably the oldest bike i seen running

  • @theone2be33
    @theone2be33 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please stop calling them machines! They're not sewing machines, not washing machines, and not dish washing machines! They're motorcycles with ENGINES!

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A machine is a device that constrains motion to perform work. Motorcycles are by definition machines. You're welcome.

  • @redtobertshateshandles
    @redtobertshateshandles 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Old

  • @timchrist5926
    @timchrist5926 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    which is funny and very annoying how often he says Harley Davidson it would be enough if he only says Harley but otherwise it bothers me well🤘🏻

  • @twikiriwhi
    @twikiriwhi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro why you be using that ugly plastic Fuel can?????
    Surely you have some super cool historic metal fuel vessels you could be 'keeping alive'!
    Even a Gerry can would be more worthy than that!
    I got an old Lesco fuel can that belonged to my Grandfather who used it for everything from fueling up his lawnmower to putting gas in the old farm bike upon which he taught me to ride.
    Ridding sessions lasted as long as there was gas in the can....