Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great series, KT.

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

Liked the motorcycles, and your pictures of them... thanks for sharing.

#4 has an engine like I have never seen before

OldJeff

A unique place to visit is the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa. Over 450 motorcycles on display.

billmck Loc: Central KY

Beautiful bikes!

gray_ghost2 Loc: Antelope, (Sac) Ca.

Beautiful photos. Amazing to see the evolution of the motorcycle from you pictures. Thank you.

limeybiker

Oh the happy memories, superb, any more??

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Spectacular shots💕

rlynes Loc: Wisconsin

I believe the #4 cycle is a Belgian 'FN Four' by Fabrique Nationale (or a variant thereof). They were only made from 1905–1923. More info at Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_Four

KTJohnson Loc: Northern Michigan

Yes, thank you for the I.D.

OleMe Loc: Montgomery Co., MD

Great shots.

If in the Asheville / Sokey Mnts. area, see the museum in Mahhie Valley:

https://wheelsthroughtime.com/

Gosh, I guess I qualify as an antique bike rider. I rode my Honda 90 (cc) from Columbus, Ohio to Brooklyn, via Cleveland, and back in 1966. Drafted behind trucks on the PA Tnpk to maintain speed.

CRAZEE!

Abo

:-)

Was it a step through or an S90?
The S90 had a clutch lever and the step through has
an "automatic" clutch.

Australia Post still use the step through today to deliver the mail.
The bike remains pretty much unchanged today... there's a 10mm
increase in stroke bringing our postie bikes up to 105cc from 89cc

OleMe Loc: Montgomery Co., MD

It was a throw the leg over mount. Overhead cam! It must have been well built. Hauled me 1,200 mi to / from New York City. I commonly took friends for a ride. On one hair raising ride for my Brooklyn buddy, we went to Queens, over the 59th Street Bridge, down the East Side Hwy, and back into Brooklyn. He never road with me again.

I had bought the bike used and the previous owner had not taken good care, didn't change and top off the oil. The piston scuffed the cylinder wall. Using vice grips, a screw driver, and an adjustable wrench, I removed the top half of the engine. I noted how far I had to twist the head bolts with vice grips before thry broke loose - that was my torque measuring method.

A cycle shop bored out the cylinder head and I replaced the piston with an over sized one. Put it back together, marking sure that I torqued the head bolts equally and with roughly the same amount as during removal. That was before the long trip. I did an oil change along the road on Pennsylvania - just let it drain in some grass.

It was late October when I returned to Ohio. I nearly froze off my private parts. Slept in a sleeping bag behind some trees, late at night, along the Tnpk.

Top speed was about 45 MPH on the flat. Drafting behind trucks improved my speed, especially on long hills. I would sometimes see truckers looking into their rear view mirror, searching for me when I changed lanes and fell in behind them to catch their draft.

I'm lucky to be here to tell the story and not be road kill in Pennsylvania.

Thanks for "listening."

/Roger

Abo

My pleasure mate, I'm pleased to be communicating with an intrepid rider.

Alan.

OleMe Loc: Montgomery Co., MD

Alan: there is a thin line between intrepid and crazy. I was very close to the edge!

How are things near the antipod? Hope you and yours are staying safe and healthy.

/Roger

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

I'd sure love to have one of each to add to my retirement fund Beautifully done, especially Four