Did We Just Find The Most FAMOUS Harley Racer EVER?

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[@kohlerK331]

In 1977 I bought a very tired 1972 XLCH Sportster, I was 25. In 1978 I took the engine to Pucket Motors in Orlando for them to do a major rebuild on it not just the top-end. I'm now 71 and I;m still riding this quick Sportster. The engine hasn't been apart since Pucket put it together.

[@kelliegrase4658]

Oh wow that’s so cool

[@lancecrocket2391]

Your bike is a rolling history book in itself. Awesome!!

[@glennjames7107]

That's pretty damn cool, the engine hasn't been into since the ealy seventies when you had it rebuilt!

[@fidelcatsro6948]

wow👍🏿

[@zagokicksrocks]

Awesome man I actually just got my first Harley back in august I’m 13 and it’s a 77 sportster xlh

[@RobotLegJim]

Personal thanks to the family for donating this to the museum!! It’s where it belongs! 😎

[@williamhoeweler8259]

Amen brother I've been to the museum and it's a absolute time capsule. The old man had a vision and made it reality. And I love the fact people donate their history to preserve it. It's a very unselfish thing to let go of these treasures so everyone can hear the story and relive the past or learn about it.

[@desaint4952]

that is awesome I am so happy they donated it to the Wheels Through Time Museum

[@Shelly_Rie]

Wow, I’m so glad this was donated to Wheels Through Time Museum! Thank you Lee and family for allowing all of us to enjoy it now, too!

[@BackroadExploits]

The collection continues to age nicely! So cool that people are so generous to ensure these bikes are preserved in the museum for all to see.

[@markbrown-us4xe]

I kept adding Zeros to this Bike and the story was getting better and better. How could the Museum afford this and not let it get away. Totally hit me like Bricks when they said it a donation. Got to love that Family and hope they all got to Ring the Bell. Thanks!!!

[@seather863]

Fantastic history!! Thank you Lee for donating this beautiful Harley!! Couldn't of been donated to a better museum. Can't wai to see it in person.

[@atcjoe1600]

Another great piece of Motorsport history right where it belongs. And a cool story to go with it.

[@Redeye5978]

Of all the motorcycle collections this family knew WTT was and is the one and only premier collection that would take this beautiful bike to the next level of presentation of this historic bike CONGRATULATIONS Matt and WTT on the latest addition 👏

[@marty0715yt]

What a great tribute to give that bike from HISTORY for display. Only place that can do justice to it. Every bike gets better and better. Congrates!!!!!!!!!! The pictures are what impresses me.

[@tomploeg2260]

Can't wait to hear this one running mat

[@sporty196071]

What a bike !! They did a great job in picking the right place for history. Now I have over a thousand reasons to show up at your door.

[@A-Cat-in-Dogtown]

Thank you Matt, Dale would be proud!

[@AdamPrue-de5tw]

I can see Dale's big smile still!!! Nice work to all involved, and especially the family's that help keep Dale's dream running.

[@browngreen933]

Looks a lot like my yellow 1948 Panhead chopper built in 1971 in my dad's garage.

[@stevesalvage1089]

Fantastic! What a machine , and the best place for it so the world can see it , so exciting,

[@volvo09]

All the memorabilia will also have a great place to be displayed near the bike, it's really cool to see.

[@volvo09]

How cool is that! All the stuff that came with it was awesome, what a donation.

[@robertcribb3859]

That hot rod is a Beautiful piece of H D history and the Puckett family

[@roderickmoyer9851]

What a cool history piece, I’m in Central Florida and I got a great history lesson thank you for sharing and thank you to the family for letting this bike be shared…

[@UncleChester]

I love Matt's story telling. He laid his hands on that bike like he was blind and was able to tell us about every single part and the history of it.

[@user-mq9mw8fq6n]

Beautiful piece of history.

[@peteradely885]

To anyone viewing these Wheels thru time Videos, I say go visit this museum. We were there in 2018 and its simply a place to see Special Motorcycles. There is no place that displays history so well also. For me it was a treat we staayed at a local Motel so we could spend the day there. Thanks for such a special treat.

[@RK57AZ]

I came across your channel when B&B brought down the bike you built the engine on for the first start and ride. It is rare to see someone with so much passion and knowledge who loves to share it with anyone who has that little sparkle in the corner of their eye with a need for help with their dream! What’s even more amazing is that your passion extends to all bikes! I’ve loved Harley’s all my life but, my lust for speed and handling led me to rice burners! I didn’t and still don’t care what a person rides as long as they enjoy the freedom a bike offers them! All I ask of them is to ride safe and try a safety riding class to help stay alive! Really enjoy your content and enthusiasm for bikes! As always, stay safe and healthy! Ron

[@danielseymour6726]

Can't wait to check this bike out. Hope to see y'all soon. Planning a road trip.

[@jcricket-vr5xr]

What incredible history

[@Boreascorax]

I wonder if those exhaust pipes were the inspiration for D&D/Jammer's drag pipes that they marketed in the early '70s. I always thought they were really nice looking, though I doubt they did much if anything for performance in a street machine.

[@michaelsorrentino9279]

Matt has done a stellar job of operating the place since passed !!!

[@markwhitney9175]

Incredible! Thank you Matt and your staff for keeping WTT alive and relevant.

[@lindseychaney7031]

So awesome, lewis and bill were my uncles! My family loves motorcycles. :)

[@clintdenman3037]

That was so amazing and the family couldn't have put that bike in a better place where everyone gets to see it and hear about the history.

[@jake6618]

Great score. Another great asset for Wheels Through Time. Congratulations.

[@user-wm1js2no9x]

Beautiful piece of history, FIRE IT 🏍

[@garyseaton4619]

Thank you to the family for donating this groundbreaking machine to the place it belongs. It will receive the care it deserves and be forever housed in the most incredible museum of motorcycling history. I can't wait to see it in person...

[@fearsomename4517]

She was brought to the right museum. Just a class act all around. Motorcycle is Beautiful and just Badass.

[@tfjack97]

Thanks Matt for bringing this story out to the bike community and race world. Your stories are just like your Father's very interesting, I sure would like to get down to the museum one of these days and check out the history of these magnificent machines and the men and women that rode them. Thanks again for sharing this video with the world. Stay safe in your journeys and God Bless.

[@steveogee7458]

Necessity is the mother of invention. What a GEM! Thanks Matt.

[@terrydavis7389]

what a great story, and a great bike.

[@edprince9079]

Great story. Great donation to the museum. I am looking forward to making a trip to check out the museum.

[@BrianDias007]

Nice piece of Harley history xxx

[@stevenschwizer627]

Luv wheels though time Miss your dad Thank you for carrying on with your dad’s dream.

[@TX-biker]

Beautiful piece of history ❤ Now… Will you make it a runner?

[@becoming-humble8745]

That's awesome Matt, you do such a great job of narration . Wheels Through Time is an international Treasure.

[@buzzedalldrink9131]

I’m not a motorcycle guy. I visited the museum on vacation a few years ago. Absolutely Amazing American history !! A must see!! Thank you!! I loved it!!

[@Maxtowers71]

They did the right thing, for the bike, for the heritage it carries, for all of us enthusiast. I think i speak for all of us who follows this amazing channel when i say Thank You from the bottom of our hearts. On a side note : I keep saying this, this channel deserve way more subscribers! C'mon folks, subscribe, if you like bikes no matter what kind, some history it's always interesting, it 's free and just plain awesome.

[@jimswagons]

This video is really awesome fellas 🎉

[@colb9916]

Fantastic. What an awesome machine. So much of the worlds history is hidden away in private collections or just covered up in pops shed and forgotten. She's where she needs to be. To be seen. Appreciated and marvelled over. 👏👏

[@paul4124]

My jaw hit the floor when Dale said that this amazing machine was being donated to the museum. Unbelievably unselfish thing to do.

[@robertstimmel1100]

What a cool bike and story. I recently found this channel and it is really helping me to pass the time after surgery. I'm stuck on the couch for a while

[@Jonathan-L]

Hopefully videos like this will inspire people to find a good home for bikes that need a permanent resting place.

[@JESUS-POTENTATE]

Great addition. A great story. I hope you get it running too. Thanks for sharing.😊

[@johnboyer9176]

Wow... What an awesome family. Congrats! Hope to make it there someday.

[@GameOver-hw2rq]

Keep up the good work it's amazing what you do.

[@thumpershd]

What a fantastic addition to the WTT museum. Can't wait to hear it fired up!

[@hyperluminalreality1]

To get a very special one of a kind bike that you have had pictures of for decades, now THAT is special. Thank you for the video. When will it run?

[@manuelserrano1428]

Demasiado perfecta una verdadera obra d arte 🤟🤟☝️🤟

[@user-ni2zw4se4u]

Fantastic such wonderful Bike preserved for ever great work everyone love everything you do

[@carllynn2150]

God Bless you, your father is still bringing history to the museum you both worked so hard to create , thanks bro 😎

[@artpendergraft4989]

Obrian was one my class instructor at harley school in 1975, I learned alot from him. I still have some books for race bikes i got from him.

[@jimilite]

Wow love it, so good to see this going to the right place. I hope I get to see it myself one day.

[@jerriwebb8031]

well done tremendous addition to the museum

[@sixwingsram]

Great history. Beautiful bike, sweet canary yellow. Wow!

[@JohnMccarther-og6rd]

I grew up in Orlando and I remember puckets really well thanks for that video

[@pappy451]

a fantastic addition to your museum !

[@shipleyoffroadandperforman932]

Wow! Such a beautiful piece of America history! I am blown away!

[@scottarmstrong1172]

What a piece of history! A great addition to the WTT collection.

[@GoodForYou4504]

You're going to need to add a new wing to the museum for all these amazing new additions! (Or a second location!) 😉👍

[@patrickduley405]

Going to visit Sunday can’t wait to see you all.

[@lloydsparling4439]

Wow what a bike, love to hear it run , bet it’s mean , great gift for wtt , another awesome video👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@toddwilliams5905]

She is a Beauty. So nice. A perfect home. Congratulations

[@wendellharker6690]

That is so cool 😎 thanks for letting me watch.

[@braamvorster8249]

Wow! Now I have goosebumps all over. I just have to come to see it!❤

[@fester73666]

An Amazing looking bike Matt, hope we get to hear it running soon? 😎👊

[@cavscout62]

What a great gift to the Museum. Good People.

[@richardrussell500]

Great video... thanks for the history. Love it :-)

[@SW-jw6il]

🇺🇸 Outstanding Find !!! much love from Texas

[@strangecustoms8486]

So cool even here in New Zealand we love bike drag racing history I remember reading about this bike years ago at a mates that used to be the go to guy for pans hes still playing on the odd one. Best home for it and it's on display to be seen as it should. Let's see some more old racers come out of hiding we know they are around. Really liked your dad from the early days on tv sorry for your loss keep up the good work 😁🇬🇸👍

[@grayfox9911]

Great video!! Thanks!!

[@miketr732]

Wow that's a true musem piece. Awesome scoot.I would love to see it run.

[@ks4kn]

Kool bike with a great history. It will make a good start up video.

[@Telecasterland]

What a donation! I am in tears.

[@user-rn3lh3br9v]

wheels through time, having finally gotten there I've become convinced that if there is a heaven this place is it, you couldn't ask for a nicer bunch of folks, all that and heaven too! hell I even got to see and drum roll please, touch a real Crocker, hell I never thought that I'd even see one let alone touch it! if you've never been go ! it's worth the trip!! RIP Dale

[@76629online]

Sweet! I need to take a ride up there and check this out.

[@user-pp8op3ke1h]

Я смотрю все твои видео,очень классно что ты продолжаеш дело своего отца,Сделай видео в память о твоем отце он так любил мотоциклы,очень его не хватает.

[@joeydewitt4639]

Can’t wait to see this when I come up!

[@americanbornwalkaway9110]

THAT is SO COOL!!!!! Nostalgia I met Big Daddy in Medford Oregon One year at the Drag Strip....He checked out my car for a second and said COOL.....( it was a V-8 Vega)....and NOW I ride a Harley THAT is the Coolest Harley !!!!!!!

[@automotiveaddiction428]

That's pritty cool you had all the stuff already and new the story of the bike..then ended up with the bike..I wish I could go there 1 day to see all the bikes and memorabilia..and none bikes..I watch the channel.

[@mikefleming8352]

Those guys that raced the rear bucket dragsters were nuts.

[@havegrinderwilltravel5]

Wow kool bike love It great story also 👌 keep up good work mate also got a 1923 j running at work went for first lap around the block yesterday was awesome

[@gersonhay984]

What a machine. Love your collection.

[@Zappa943]

Such a selfless beautiful donation to bike history.

[@jimhmod]

What a find!! I would like to see the full newspaper article that they showed a clip of.

[@gregabreu7346]

Bad ass bike I know your dad would be so proud. Great job 👏

[@toddclark332]

I'd love to copy it as a street bike ❤ thanks for the video buddy

[@bobbyrogers3205]

As a kid growing up in Orlando I thought BIG BERTHA was a myth that you only heard about.Never saw her a Puckett's but here she is!

[@MrGuitarguyadam]

Can’t wait to see youguys fire this thing up for the first time in 50 years!

[@Ryan_honest]

Lord have mercy look how beautiful that bike is! It's like it's been frozen in time! So cool!

[@annettea2997]

Great old Harley and a big piece of drag bike history. Another old Harley of slightly.more recent fame on the drag strip is the “iron head” sportster named Fried Rice run by Jim Hausler out of Bergen County Harley in New Jersey back in the 80’s. Running on Gas with a single S&S carb, it was the first one to break into the 9’s in 1982 setting an AMA record at ATCO dragway at the Nationals of 9.63 sec at 137.61 mph. Running under Hausler Brother’s Engineering with his brother Charles “Chuck”, and making improvements to the bike and basic motor along the way, they went on to hold the AMA number One plate for many years in the Pro Stock class and eventually set the world record for a gas burning, carbureted, push rod, “iron head” Harley Sportster of 8.643 sec at 153.93 mph that still stands today.

[@leetownsend46]

Now I have get another reason to have to come back to the museum 😉

[@buellrod]

That is fantastic we just need to hear it run and drive

[@DjVendetta]

Cant wait to hear it run!!!