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
Pena não ter legenda, tradução para português 🇧🇷 Não compreendo inglês. Queria entender o funcionamento desse câmbio. Não há embreagem na mão esquerda e esse acionamento por alavanca ao lado do tanque? De qualquer forma, amei essa moto, pois gosto desse estilo antigo ( vintage). Saudações do Brasil🇧🇷
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.
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Gorgeous bike. Lot of noise for 29horsepower but lots of torque. Couldn't make out a word after it started though.
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 .
Best bike I ever had in the early days forty years ago riding from Sweden to Paris!
epic
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
beautiful bike.
Jesus that is alot of things going on to ride a bike! Just kidding that thing is beautiful. Thanks for sharing it 💯
Beautiful sound.
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...
to disengage the clutch on a indian bike is toward the heal and the harly is toward the front toe, I dont know why.
Wonderfull historical machine 👍
Mine was a combination with 3 forward and a revrse gsar. She was lovely
I will next time we have one in!
Nice brother...wow 😮😮
👍👍👌👌💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
She's a beauty
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
So cool
Nice 45 .
My favourite bike
Pena não ter legenda, tradução para português 🇧🇷 Não compreendo inglês. Queria entender o funcionamento desse câmbio. Não há embreagem na mão esquerda e esse acionamento por alavanca ao lado do tanque? De qualquer forma, amei essa moto, pois gosto desse estilo antigo ( vintage). Saudações do Brasil🇧🇷
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
What seat is that?
And are the headlight stock?
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
dyawannap
It was done for a bike shops customer as I was the only one that knew about them so they asked me to do a video
ok thanks Dave i'll have to keep looking. Really useful info by the way.
Dave Plumb best I've seen on the 45 thanks
Been riding motorcycles for 20 years. That's definitely a whole other way to ride a bike, I'd probably go run into a wall!! 😄 🤣
beautiful bike, not sure I could live with the faffing about with foot clutches etc but close my eyes and say Harley? that's the bike..
Hi! Is this a WLC?
so you've got all that ? luckily camera work and gesticulating gave a good idea of what does what.
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
You should get it running and learn to ride. It’s an experience you’ll never forget.
What country are you in?
@@bobs3354 I’m in the states. I’ll load pics when I figure it out
@@chrisaskme811 Send me a link to the pics when you can, I’d love to see them.
What part of the country are you in?
Yummy 😍
Hi dyawantapint. Looking for a nice 45 this looks a nice 45. Might it be for sale
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
a nice bike .l just don't understand you while the motor is running 😀
I thought he wasn't coming back when he left🕵😎
Dude ! A mic !
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.
WHAT?
I'm waiting for that crappy horn mounting bracket to break
Beautiful, but doesn’t sound quite in tune.
Richard Pope it was just a quick video for another motorcycle shops customer with the only 45 we had lying around!
Reverse??
for when they attached a sidecar to 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.
Really bad audio. Did not hear a word.
Il n’a pas honte d’avoir un jean aussi degueulasse et de monter sur une HD ?