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Death Valley Rally ...

Great Thad stories.
Would make for a great campfire chat.
Thanks for sharing.

And what Budman said... Moto Icons signed on that number plate.
Men among riders.
 
Hey m0t0_ryder,

The names on the BSA number plate are
cool, I didn't notice them until I was
taking pics of the bike ... :laughing:thumbup
 
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The BSA in action ...

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... and the '48 Chief ...
 
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... and the bikes in the classic
Death Valley slot-canyon ... the
gravel was deep at the bottom, ha. :ride

... soon enough we out of Titus Canyon,
but we'd find out quickly that Titus was not
through with us ...
 
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Oh no! is that the Indian?
 
Oh man, wish I had known about this ride. Looks fantastic.
 
Cabrito said:
Oh no! is that the Indian?
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Hey Cabrito,

Yes, the Indian got whacked too ... :laughing
I just walked in the door ... We did 1423 miles ... :party
I'll post a few more pics in a bit ...

bpw said:
Oh man, wish I had known about this ride. Looks fantastic.
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Hi bpw,

It's the So Cal Chapter of the AMCA ...
They do the Max Bubeck Death Valley Rally
every year since 1986 ... this one was number 30! :ride
If you poke around a bit on the link you
can find some pics of the rally ...

They do a rally every year at Anza Borrego, also, and
have a monthly ride, I hear ... :thumbup
 
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Cabrito said:
Oh no! is that the Indian?
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Yep that was my 48 chief. When I looked down at the gas station I was thinking my trip was over and I'ld be looking for another 48 case. Here's another angle of the puddle.

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Not sure if it was the deep gravel or a rock at the end of Titus Canyon. But something hit the oil return elbow that screws into the block. So the engine was still getting fed oil but not all the oil was being returned to the tank.

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It turns out to be a common issue with Indian 74" and 80" Chiefs. Jim Coe who was at the Ralley had the same problem a few years ago. His elbow broke clean off at the jam nut. He was able to extract the old elbow for the case and he just threaded what he had left into the case without the jam nut and finish his ride.

I wasn't so lucky. My elbow tore and there wasn't enough threads to use and what threads that were there were twisted.

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My plan was to jb weld up the hole and pray it held for the ride back to San Francisco. But Jim Coe jumped in and offered an elbow from one of his 48 Chiefs.

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He had brought two bikes. As he said "One for Parts".

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Jim said he never uses the elbow with the screen on it Indian Part #418029. He says they drill out the elbow to fit the screen which makes it weaker. He prefers to use the elbow that screws into the oil pump Indian Part #24B16.

Kalle Hoffman
San Francisco
 
This makes me smile...

Great stuff!
 
You guys rock
 
Cabrito said:
This makes me smile...

Great stuff!
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+1! Great to see Kalle posting pics,
we had an epic ride! :ride

Butch said:
You guys rock
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Thanks, Butch! Hope to see you
in Stonyford on 10/27 ... :thumbup

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OK, this RR is going to start to
be a bit random and out-of-order ...
here's a pic of Kalle's
of Keough hot springs
we hit up on our way home ...
 
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... everyone loves old motorcycles ... a tourist in
Badwater on Thad's 1920 F-model, mag only, Harley ...
 
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... challenge of the day on Tuesday ... :laughing

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... temporary found-object fix in
Shoshone to try to make Pahrump ...

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... Brad in Pahrump was the more-better, ride-it-home fix ...

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... happy owner and Brad, who refused to
take more than $10 even when more was offered ...
he had us roll the bike into the shade as
soon as we got there and had us on our
way in half an hour ... :ride
 
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... notice the oil on the rear wheel ... :laughing

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... some of Kalle's facebook pics ...
 
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This set of pics has me smiling almost as big as his when turning around looking at the camera :cool:thumbup
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... haha ... motorcycles are fun! :thumbup:party

... and I missed Thad's righteous wheelie pics ... :laughing
 
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