AMCA MEET IN WAUSEON

HELLO TO ALL,

     THE AMCA MEET IN WAUSEON WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS I'VE BEEN TO IN A LONG TIME. THERE WAS EVERY KIND OF BIKE IMAGINABLE THERE. FROM BULTACOS TO ZUNDAPPS, PLUS A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF, INCLUDING A 1947 CHAINSAW WITH A 62" BAR!

     THE ONE GUY I WANTED TO MEET WASN'T THERE ON FRIDAY BUT I DID MEET HIS DAD, WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL. HE WASN'T COMING IN TILL LATE FRIDAY AND I LEFT ABOUT 4:OO SO I COULD PICK UP MY YOUNGEST SON AT BOY SCOUT CAMP.

     UNFORTUNATELY THE ONE VENDOR I WANTED TO TALK TO HAD TRUCK TROUBLE AND THEY WEREN'T THERE BEFORE I LEFT EITHER. OH WELL, THAT'S PART OF LIFE TOO.

     HENDERSON AND EXCELSIOR MOTORCYCLES WERE THE FEATURED BIKES THIS YEAR AND THERE WERE SOME STUNNING EXAMPLES, INCLUDING A SIX CYLINDER VERSION OF A HENDERSON, THAT THE GUY ACTUALLY DROVE AROUND THE FAIRGROUNDS. ON THE WAY THERE FRIDAY MORNING FOUR OR FIVE GUYS PASSED ME UP ON THE TOLL ROAD DRIVING OLD "KNUCKLE HEAD" HARLEYS.  THESE BIKES ARE FROM THE MID THIRTIES TO THE LATE FORTIES, AND THESE GUYS HAD THEM PACKED FOR CAMPING AND ALL HAD OKLAHOMA PLATES. THESE BIKES ARE SEVENTY TO EIGHTY YEARS OLD AND THEY PASSED ME LIKE I WAS STANDING STILL.

     ALMOST EVERY BIKE ON DISPLAY OR BROUGHT IN FOR JUDGING WAS DRIVEN AROUND THE FAIRGROUNDS AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER. SOME OF THEM WERE RESTORED, BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL ORIGINAL PAINT BIKES THERE TOO.

     MAN, I WAS IN HEAVEN! I'D REALLY LIKE TO GO BACK NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE BIKES ARE OLD RACING BIKES AND THEY ACTUALLY STILL RACE THEM ON A FLAT TRACK RIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THAT WOULD BE PRETTY COOL TO SEE.

     OH WELL, I GUESS THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.

                                                                     TALK TO YOU SOON,

                                                                                  TVI

P.S. MY FORTIETH CLASS REUNION IS ON SATURDAY, AND THAT'S SOUNDS LIKE FUN. OTHER THAN HAVING TO MOVE MY MOM, IT'S BEEN A REALLY FUN SUMMER SO FAR.(IF ONLY WORK WASN'T GETTING IN THE WAY!) LOL