Canadian Harley WLC

[james007]

I also have this photo with the us black out light mounted on the front crash bar. also the crash bars on the WLC on the right look like there painted white.

James

[Johan WILLAERT]

James,

That is not a GI US BO light.... Some kind of civilian spotlight???

[james007]

Here is another with a spot light and two mirrors attached to the wind screen.

James

[james007]

sorry here it is.

James

[james007]

Does any one have a origional Harley davidson WLC manual?
I know i can get repro's from Alex Blair. but what i realy whant is an origional.

James

[james007]

found this photo in a Archive in BC it is of a Motorcycle Battalion training in Vernon. Left To Right is Jefferson, Kenny Cutt, Pete Neil, Fred Whitten,Ed Qualey. Vanderbracht,Humble. Photo was taken in 1942.

James

[George McKenzie]

What a great picture .Note no windshield ,rearview mirror ,now if we could see the airfilter we could date them a little closer . Mine has the poison gass warrning paint painted on the lid of little box on the front fender George

[james007]

I read some were lately that there were orders to remove said wind screen because of injurys happening to the riders. but as you can see by the later photos the wind screens are on some of the WLC's. i guess things havent changed much in the Canadian forces since the second world war, Canadian troops dont always lisen to the Brass Hats.

P.S George still waiting for those photos of your WLC.

James

[George McKenzie]

I have decided to do a complete resroration on my byce I will be taking the motor out next week for an over haul as it has sat for along time .While it is out I will cleen the rest up and paint it . I want to save the gass sign as it is painted like a bull . Pictures in a few months .PS I have been going to a few Farm sales and anything that is Olive drab I buy such as amo boxes .The sale Sat. they sold a Federal RCAF tow tractor with a 671 GM motor for $ 125.00 .As I'm doing 18 vehicle now my neibour bought it . George

[james007]

Would love to have those two Harley Davidson's from the Barn Stored Collection, I wonder if they are all Origional?

James

[Rich Payne]

two Harley Davidsons James ? I hope you're not referring to that classic Norton in the background ? Those upstarts Harley and Davidson didn't start building motorcycles until as late as 1905

[Johan WILLAERT]

Wasn't it 1903?

[Rich Payne]

Originally posted by Johan WILLAERT
Wasn't it 1903?

Whoops Johan, my excuses, that'll teach me to check my facts. I thought the centenary was 2005 - Doesn't time fly ?

Whatever, they were a year later than James Lansdowne Norton !

Rich

[Johan WILLAERT]

Yes, Time is really fun when you're flying....

BTW Does Norton still make Motorcycles?

[james007]

If you check the posting( Barn Stored Collection) you would see a photo also of what I am sure is another Harley Davidson . The photo is of a seat and by the lack of three buttons it has to be a WLC seat. I could be wrong it might just be a Indian seat!

James

[Rich Payne]

Originally posted by Johan WILLAERT
Yes, Time is really fun when you're flying....

BTW Does Norton still make Motorcycles?

No mate, they stopped rather than make overweight dinosaurs to sell to poseurs (Actually they went bust about ten times).

[cmperry4]

They seem to be still at it: http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/default.asp


BTW, I want a 16H, if anyone has one for reasonable $$.

[james007]

From Talking about Harleys To Nortons? thats like compairing Oranges to Lemons lol. I like Oranges better myself.

James

[George McKenzie]

Does anyone know where to carry the black out box on the 42WLC ? There is no holds in it to fasten it to the byce .George Mckenzie

[james007]

George all the photos i have seen so far do not have the Black out box attached, and most of the time the Black out cover is attached to the head light. If i come across some thing stateing were the box was stored i will let you know.

James

[james007]

Found another nice late model wlc. the driver and owner of the picture is Lance Cpl William Fred Fielding from Nova Scotia.
Notice the Interesting Wind Screen.

James

[james007]

A friend of mine who was a Provost during the second world war told me the Harleys he rode in Canada were all painted white. Here is a photo i found of two some were in Western canada.

James

[George McKenzie]

Just a comment , I would think the white Harleys were used for escort service of dignitaries only .I don't recall seeing any white Harleys . George

[Jordan Baker]

The link below is to a thread I had started in the past of some Cnd Motorcycle picutres I had in my collection. Two of the picutres are of Harley's. One of the pictures even has 3 Harleys painted white for escort duties.

http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...ht=motorcycles

[james007]

heres a closer shot of a provost wlc painted white.

James

[servicepub (RIP)]

Definitely post-war by the Pattern '49 Battledress jacket and the two rows of ribbons on the Provost's chest.

[james007]

how's the book comeing Clive?

James

[servicepub (RIP)]

First things first. I have a book on its way from China, Into the Maelstrom then I have two of the Weapons of War booklets to do (WWII Jeep and WWI Armoured Autocar) then I will try to get the Motorcycle Motorcycle book out in time for Christmas.

[cmperry4]

Plus it looks like he's wearing one of the Spalding fibreglass helmets from that era. "Tin Lids" has that information, I believe.


I also recall, probably from "Winged Wheel Patch" that were was a small number, 50 comes to mind, of larger displacement (80 ci, I think) WLCs that were used only in Canada for high-speed highway DR work to and from Ottawa and so on. Did any of these survive, I wonder?

[james007]

here is one that was fro sale at willys acres in Onatrio Canada a while back.

James