1910/12 Harley Belt brive battery model start.

I just wanted to show the starting procedure of a 1910 Harley. I call this bike a 1910/12 because the chassis is a new production 1910 and the engine is an original 1912 Harley.
I know I called the left grip the throttle advance. It is really the ignition advance/timing control.

[@LifeofBrad1]

I love how the sprung saddles on these old bikes look with the extra springs below the top ones. It's interesting how so many things that were born out of pure necessity look so cool to me. I find it sad that a lot of people don't appreciate and even mock stuff like this because it's "old fashioned", but I'm sure they find me just as weird for liking this sort of stuff as I find them for liking modern trash.

[@kauairalph108]

Awesome build 👏. I am building a fat tire with a belt drive 77 inches long with a fiction pulley on a 5.5 hp Briggs thanks

[@laurentlaussucq1464]

Extraordinary ! Simple but it works 110 years old... Respect ! 🤘

[@mattDIY]

Good luck

[@paveltahiel4998]

Awesome machine

[@laiden25]

3 a.m. watching this man start up an old motorcycle.

[@bartonharley13]

Good times.

[@tsbkali2040]

Same

[@M3LP]

Thus is so cool, thank you fir showing this. I wish I could make this or buy one.

[@mobylettemaroc7212]

Real engine

[@rustygoldfanatic8830]

It is.

[@cesardeb1]

So cool for something that doesn't move,,,

[@bartonharley13]

It is very involved trying to ride it. Right hand works the throttle and carb(choke) adjustments. Left hand works the ignition timing and belt tensioner. The peddles, well they peddle and operate the only brake. Hopefully I can get a video showing all this in the near future with the Shaw.

[@atomargentfishing]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@gimmigota1]

This is amazing.

[@pwood5733]

And by the time its started and warmed up ready to run the missis has walked to store and back for grocery’s

[@nikson1520]

Nice ,Goood Machine

[@xgolfbatamgolfbatam4514]

amazing old motorbike still good engine

[@CDSangTao]

Xe rất đẹp

[@leocastillo5079]

Increíble

[@Nicholask85]

Looks as reliable as the 2021 models.

[@H.E.J.S.A.N]

Nice..

[@nilesh.reinforcer608]

Thanks to the Harley that they compressed the sound today

[@iplaymytele]

The silent gray fella............!

[@Reenactor1920]

@bartonharley13: I heard the Timeless motorcycles are not street legal with the new frames. Any way you might be able to disprove that? Are they actually serialized so they can be ridden on streets? I've actually been interested in getting a 1912 single built with the Borsch magneto, but would like to know the facts before I order something that ends up being an expensive toy that can't leave the garage because it's not street legal.

[@bartonharley13]

The original Harley frames did not have numbers on them, they only had engine serial numbers. I was able to ride mine based on the original set of engine cases I used. The Timeless kits don't have any numbers as far as I know, and you may not be able to ride them. North Carolina (where I am) does allow you to register replica vehicles that are a copy of the original. So this is another route you may be able to take, depending upon which state you are in.

[@joshpitts25]

Should be grandfathered in and legal. Who cares its a 110 year old cycle id ride it and have no worries other than the other idiots on the road. Ride on ppl!!!!!!!!!!

[@theresnotom]

What about brakes?

[@bartonharley13]

It only has 1 brake and that is the rear. Harley didn't offer a front brake until 1928, and it was an option then. It is a coaster brake like a bicycle.

[@jesus1609]

Do the rear wheel spokes get messed up easily bcuz the belt sproket mounted on the spokes?

[@bartonharley13]

The rear belt sheave actually has brackets that are riveted to the rear rim and sit between the spokes.

[@jesus1609]

@@bartonharley13 but since the power is put on the spokes ....it doesnt cause the spokes to bend?

[@bartonharley13]

@@jesus1609 Nope. The power is directly into the rim. All the spokes do is support the rim from the hub.

[@beastiemcgee544]

How did you acquire this bike, was it passed down through the family??

[@bartonharley13]

No, I built it from a set of original engine cases I picked up at an AMCA meet and a timeless chassis.

[@beastiemcgee544]

@@bartonharley13 thanks for responding. Awesome bike! Be safe out there bro

[@itsmbt3492]

We're did u get it at ? Plz tell me I want one

[@bartonharley13]

The engine is an original 1912 Harley battery model that I found on ebay. The rest of the bike was made by Timeless Motors out of Texas. They make complete bikes that are very close copies of the original.

[@itsmbt3492]

It's really dope do u mind if I ask how munch u paid for all of it

[@bartonharley13]

For the kit and the original parts it was a little over $10K. I then had to build it myself, and that took 2-3 months as I had to fix problems with my original engine cases and flywheels.

[@sleepyrasta14820]

Need to watch your shoe laces dont get caught in the belt

[@pwood5733]

I have a chain saw thats a bad to start as that.

[@migueldominguez8303]

1

[@zantafio3538]

Its a French motor: "de dion".

[@bartonharley13]

This one is mostly original Harley produced parts and of "their design", but yes, it is undoubtedly based on the De Dion-Bouton engine. De Dion and Bouton hands down are responsible for motorcycles the world over.

[@desilegsopenerdesilegsopen190]

WHY NOT U SHOW RUNNING?

[@bartonharley13]

At the time I had the bike, I didn't have a way to video riding it. I have a gopro now and will be putting together a video on how to ride it.

[@briangatt2956]

Over 100 years old and yet still sounds better than a gay ass moped

[@user-hf8qn1uz4n]

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