Wheels through Time was an amazing stop!! Thank you all who made it out to cheer on the riders!!

Thank you Matt and company for hosting us!

Awesome event and stunning to see older bikes with real life enthusiasts running them like it was a 100 years ago. Here’s to the next 100 years 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We meet Gary at the museum in August. He was working on some electrical gremlins the JD but was more than willing to talk to us about the bike and the upcoming canon ball run. Whishing him and the rest of the riders the best of luck and a safe ride for the rest of the adventure!

It's one thing to see these old bikes running at the museum... To see them running across the country is nothing less than amazing!! Thanks Matt for keeping the history alive...

My thoughts and Prayers for all those riders!! I remember when the Cannonball came thru Rochester NH and I saw a "Wheels Thru Time" bike in the parking lot... It turned me on to these wonderful machines!! Thank You, Matt!

Wonderful seeing these old bits of kit out and about and doing what they were built to do!. No 'preciousness or cosetting and no sitting in a museum gathering dust!.... Good on ya guys!. Nuff said. 🙂 Maddog Melbourne Aus

Great job getting Gary going again Matt!

I had a chance to ride a JD about fifty miles. Those old bikers had some hard asses no doubt. Though it was not a Harley to get the feel of man and machine, read about Lawrence of Arabia's race against a British bomber. This man is my motorcycle hero. And those old bikes are a blast to ride.

Keep us updated, race looks a lot of fun

So awesome! Wishing and praying for safe riding for everyone!

WOW...I don't know how he made it at all with that clutch falling apart.....Thanks again Matt...From an Old Flying Shoe🇺🇸

WOW, just wow. I am so jealous of those folks. I wanna go. Greetings from Pismo Beach ..

Great segment. Those guys and their bikes are truly epic. Hats off to Lonnie Isam!

So cool in this day and age!! Good luck guys!.

What a trip it would be to see all these old bikes running across country, great to see an Australian showing how to do it too, Rj in Oz

So awesome!!!. I love this stuff, and I could see the happiness charging thru you Matt...thanks for sharing this awesome wonderful event.

Superb, a mobile motorbike museum, there's some lovely old bikes there, not sure modern machinery will be running a hundred years from now.

Matt your are such great guy. I learn something everytime I watch a video.

That was a fantastic day and let us know how he makes out with the clutch

Wow I have a 1997 Yamaha royal star and I had it for 2 months now. All i did was buy new tires and fix the wire to the fan so it don’t overheat. It’s been so fun and I’m so happy now. Today I will ride my bike in the cold and rain going across New Mexico

Good luck Gary! Best of wishes to all the riders!

What alot of fun this run looks like, these old bikes are proving their worth 💪

That sure looks like a good time. Even for the spectators. Do you think they'll ever bring back Board Track racing? I helped my father rebuild his 1927 Peashooter.

So cool the Cannonball Run still rolls. I hop Gary makes it all the way to CA.

I rode my 48 el pan east coast to west coast in 4 1/2 days, Hardtail. slept for a day afterwards, and hurt for a week. Man the 1970's where great!

@maurice-py6vj

8 ай бұрын

I left San Diego California for Daytona Florida on December 31. I had 5 days till first day of School at A.M.I.below freezing crawling in weekend R.V. traffic almost quit due to Painful cold brand new leather Gauntlets with hollowfil insulation waterproofing & seamsealed but I remembered my gortex mittens so ok.warm sunny had dinner at McDonald's in The desert was raining and 18 22 degrees until Beaumont Texas where my Kz 750 lost Spark 3 guys in El Camino stopped I had five bags and left my bike at the barb wire Fence lucky for me they insisted I put the bike in the Back and they dropped me off At a motorcycle junk yard it was closed and Friday after five . Nothing to eat or drink Till Monday the owner sold me a cdi box soldered my coil Wire and threw n a side cover For $80 and put 50# fishing line on both side covers. I kept at 80mph (except for crawling out of my San Diego ) got a speeding ticket in New Mexico once I hit the Pan handle I opened it up and Did 140 except when I saw cops which was maybe a half a dozen times always two or three units stopped and ticketing cars I passed everything except for one Sport bike as I was nearing Jacksonville and he must have been doing close to 180 Or 190 my after market gauges were right on the money I had found out in New Mexico. After Jacksonville I did the speed limit and got to School in time took the motorcycle mechanic course, Then the Harley Davidson course volunteered to be a Corner Marshall for the 50th Daytona 200. That was the first time a v twin won since The four cylinder Japanese bikes started racing there it wasn't a Harley but Doug Poulen #23 on a Fast by Farachi Ducati (please excuse If I misspelled anyone's name) And he not only won but set a Track record. I worked the corner to the right of the stands. On the Saturday before The 50th 200 a bike went down the rider was unconscious I had a little trouble getting him off the track - his arm was up to His shoulder between his rear Fender and wheel the clutch was inoperable the shifter bent and jammed we were right in the middle of the track I didn't want to red flag and I told my helper not to indicate What side of the track the bikes were coming out from the haybales at 90 mph some Went to the right of us and some went to the left of us. The first thing I did was check If the rider was breathing and A beautiful nurse was right there before I could check for A pulse . The next day the Sunday paper had a front page photo of just the bike And rider. Two weeks later I was on my way back home, I was fourth in my standing by Two hundred of a point when you train to be a Corner Marshall, down at Moroso and You work the races your grades go down but it was fun!

@brucejeric6701

8 ай бұрын

@@maurice-py6vj Great story!!! Thanks. Reminds of my loner rides all over 60-80’s sleeping and fixing under the stars

Hey Matt Jean here from Ont Canada ,just wanted to say this is so cool to watch looking forward to the next video thanks for posting this.

Just awesome! Hope it continues for a long time and I hope that the kid's get to see this too.

Even on a modern motorcycle this would be a hard ride,great too see history coming alive

@brucejeric6701

8 ай бұрын

I’m 78 and I respectfully disagree. Nothing but a great time each day a few hundred miles in the wind. Back up crews, motel beds, cooked meals. Nice party. A leisurely vacation on a motorcycle. Couldn’t think of a better 2-3 week vacation. Cry about a little sore ass. Oh well

@dawnmathis2659

8 ай бұрын

You must not ride much.

@russthebiker

8 ай бұрын

@@dawnmathis2659 At the moment no, due to illness, but i have ridden all over Europe on my little Guzzi, ( 38HP)right around Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and lots of Germany, plus the UK, often through the night to arrive someplace, however our roads are not wide and smooth like yours, they are narrow, and many have a 2 thousand metre drop, nor are their food parties and stuff awaiting, and often the weather is vile, snowing and heavy rain, I have covered 500 mile sin one day, but I felt it, 300 is a reasonable distance, now on your straight roads, I would pick a Yamaha Fjr and use the throttle and cover 600 to 700 a day with ease

@thomasreyes2857

5 ай бұрын

You must just go from your house to Grandma's house. A cross-country ride on a Honda 1800 goldwing a piece of cake.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Are the route sheets available for past Cannonballs? Seems like it would be a fun journey to take.

Your Pal that converted his early Indian 'dry cell' ignition to work with rechargable 18 volt drill batteries is my kind of motorcycle geek. 😁

Great great stuff! Some of the coolest that ever was or will be!

Love this stuff! Incredible!

What a brilliant video so looking forward to the next episode

Just visited the museum on September 15 first time being there it was absolutely amazing

❤ love them cannonball runs that so cool

Exciting video! Thanks much!!

@wheelsthroughtime

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very nice, like a NASCAR pit stop awesome job 💪

What an adventure!

Saw them come through Concord, NC @speedwayhd. Amazing group.

Amazing

Best channel on KZread.

Wow! Makes the London to Brighton run, here in the UK, look a bit tame.

Go Gary go!!

All I have to say is WOW!!

So cool. I'd love to do this or the Cross Country Chase. I imagine there's a big difference between a 1909 and a 1940 motorcycle. Id like to get the newest bike I could qualify on.

"Nice Save" Matt !

That's fun man

I love it, I am putting this event on my bucket list.

59 seconds in - will the bike make it? Yes. Gary? Maybe but I think so.

This is so cool!

This is so awesome

Wish them all a safe run "go Indian"👍

That is a great event thank you for bringing it to us , I like the channel 👍😎

@wheelsthroughtime

8 ай бұрын

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All i can say is 🇺🇸 God Bless Gear Heads !!

40 years ago I bought a Harley that was 40 years old... I hope it's still chugging along out there somewhere...

that is so awesome

Awesome!

Awesome ❤

That’s way cool. Fixed the clutch and a escort out of town

Good luck competitors

As Matt follows Gary out he says WTF I'm on Dads 1915 let's keep going it's only 3000 miles 😂

Like that guy said it is better to see them on the road then a museum

Amazing to see the old machines run cross country.

@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I have an old British Army motorcycle which I ride around the neighborhood; with those Lucas electronics I feel lucky if I make it home.

If i get lucky and win the 37' knucklehead I'd love to do this ride 😎👍🇦🇺

Living the life

Anyone can go cross country on a new bike. This is the challenge of real hardcore bikers

I need updates every few days and you need to fly to California for the finish...

Nice

What fun.

That’s cool

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

❤

WOW !!!

What about riding the homemade bike in the back room collection

Go Garry Go!

should have been a part 2 to this ??

Harleys may rattle apart but somehow they get you there even when missing parts.

Few years ago, i think 2017 when they rolled out of new jersey to california they made a stop at my local harley dealer (Chesapeake Harley Davidson) and a guy on an Indian twin blow a valve through the head of his front cylinder and another guy on a shovelhead i think it was had a pushrod go through his gas tank causing the bike to go up in flames

Remember Indian was the first motorcycle company to build a v-twin.

😎💯✌

Where's "Fass" Mikey Vils?

Well it's three months later I wonder if gary made it

They didn't have locktite back then

Give me a 1920's Indian Scout over any Harley. I think it's about time that more Indians were featured on your channel.

my god and american his so big

Sure, you can ride a 95 year old motorcycle 3,800 miles if you don't mind stopping every 50 miles and fix it constantly, just like when it was new!

Couldn’t get yourself to feature any of the Beemers that are participating?! Very disappointing. #38 1931 BMW R2 and #157 1929 BMW R11 are still going strong. Wish you guys weren’t so biased! But glad you support the event nonetheless.

If he can't, I can. 1910s to 1918s here. Guys got anything else besides Harleys and Indians?

@motorcyclemensch

8 ай бұрын

Are you asking about the museum? If they have other makes? They have tons different ones. All American made and they all run!!

@leonardarola

8 ай бұрын

@@motorcyclemensch Pope, Excelsior, Flying Merkel, Cyclone, and others; you know, murderdromes superstars...

1909 being ran off a Chinese battery. SMH. Disgrace.

Matt your a legend ! Your father will be so proud of you 😭