Hey, It’s another crazy day at the Cantina. We’re moving rooms, making shit, tearing out old wires, waiting for help from friends and hopin’ for a cold beer. It’s actually threatening to rain. I made a belt buckle yesterday and polished my XR tanks for the powder people. Hell, I thought this would be a kicked-back weekend. It’s been non-stop. Well, that’s my code. Wouldn’t have it any other way. Let’s hit it:
No, we’re not talking the Buell or even the Italian-made Aermacchi H-D bought and rebadged by H-D..= The case of the Woolery Bullet is one of those odd sideroads in the history of Milwaukee Motor Co. It was a one-off built custom by the factory for the fellow whose name appears on the gas tank– a first and last such event. You’ll find the bike and a few hundred more shining examples of rare American iron at the Wheels Through Time Museum, a 38,000 sq. ft. treasure trove of history nestled in a Smoky Mountains hamlet called Maggee Valley, pop. 400. Step onto the museum?s 7500 sq.-ft. mezzanine and you?ve entered a timeline of America?s 60-year long Class C dirt track & road racing past.
The exhibit is enhanced by memorabilia from the ?glory days? 1909 ? 1929 including its early Class C racing roots. Hillclimbing, is given special attention by way of a collection of 20 factory-produced specials including two rare 1930 Excelsiors and a 1928 Indian 750 Overhead.
There’s also a wall full of boardtrack racers and a display of wartime iron horses.
Adding historical depth to their collection, the museum displays literally thousands of items that link man and machine including many fine works of art gathered from around the world, for example a rare collection of early 1900 “Goodrich Girls” lithographs. There?s even an original 28-foot motorcycle tire billboard. You?ll also find a small mountain of rare original factory lithographs, panoramic photos from the teens and twenties, posters, era clothing, a vintage oil can collection, trophies, and autographed pictures, all presented in a whirlwind of color that accurately brings to life the cultural backdrop that surrounds our motorcycling past.And don?t miss the ?Mechanized America? exhibit, a 75-foot boardwalk built to educate visitors about some unusual uses for motorcycle engines including garden tillers, an automated gold miner, and a one of a kind Harley-powered airplane.
Open seven days a week, the museum recently celebrated its 100,000th visitor and has become the rallying point for motorcyclists far and wide. Come on over? Dale?s waiting to pull something off the wall for you. Maybe even the Woolery Bullet!
Wheels Through Time Museum
P.O. Box 790, Maggie Valley, NC 28751
828-926-6266
mailto:info@wheelsthroughtime.com
For those planning a trip to the area contact:
Maggie Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau
1-800-Maggie1
http://www.maggievalley.org
email: Maggie@maggievalley.org
There’s a Republic of Literature blog. I posted a response to another hit by a Lanny. Would you run the address, (www.therepublicofliterature.blogspot.com) on Bikernet? It’ll give folks a nice chance to take shots or drop accolades, but most important, to create a platform for them to blow steam.
http://therepublicofliterature.blogspot.com/
–Z
Remember the old bitter remark regarding gun control, “What next, banning knives?” The answer, yes.
Doctors call for kitchen knife ban
Friday, May 27, 2005 Posted: 9:47 AM EDT (1347 GMT) Doctors say pointed knives owe more to tradition than culinary necessity. Three emergency-room doctors called Friday for long, pointed kitchen knives to be banned in a bid to reduce the number of stabbings in Britain.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, three doctors from London’s West Middlesex University Hospital said that at least half of stabbing cases involved kitchen knives. Long, pointed knives serve no useful purpose in kitchens, they argued.
“Many assaults are impulsive, often triggered by alcohol or misuse of other drugs, and the long pointed kitchen knife is an easily available potentially lethal weapon, particularly in the domestic setting,” wrote Emma Hern, Will Glazebrook and Mike Beckett in an editorial for the journal.
THAT’S IT FOR NOW–The post is written, but Sin couldn’t code the images and her computer kept crashing, so we worked on the head quarters all day. You’ll see the full Sunday Post tomorrow.
Ride Forever, Bandit
