BTW, Westfall is the guy who made my belt in the 70's
when he worked at a headshop in Syracuse,
but when you bump into him at a bar, he's still braggin', for good reason, about this:
Syracuse man races cross-country on 1924 motorcycle
By Alaina Potrikus, The Post-Standard
on October 04, 2012 at 5:57 PM, updated October 05, 2012 at 6:30 AM
Frank Westfall poses for a photo Thursday with his 1924 Henderson Deluxe motorcycle outside his Middle Earth Leather business in Syracuse. With him is his friend, Jim Dunford, of Syracuse, who was Westfallâs chase man and mechanic on a cross-country race.
When Frank Westfall bought his 1924 Henderson motorcycle in the early 1990s, the bike had seen better days.
“There were weeds growing through the gas tank,” Westfall said. “There was so much rust that the spokes popped off like dried spaghetti strands.”
Last month, the antique bike carried Westfall on a nearly 4,000-mile journey, as he took part in the cross-country Cannonball Endurance Run for motorcycles built before 1930.
The race began Sep. 7 in the Hudson Valley, at the Motorcyclepedia museum in Newburgh. The group rolled into San Francisco by way of the Golden Gate Bridge on Sep. 23. Westfall finished first in his class and sixth overall in the race, where winners are determined in part by the age of the bike and the age of the rider.
when he worked at a headshop in Syracuse,
but when you bump into him at a bar, he's still braggin', for good reason, about this:
Syracuse man races cross-country on 1924 motorcycle
By Alaina Potrikus, The Post-Standard
on October 04, 2012 at 5:57 PM, updated October 05, 2012 at 6:30 AM
Frank Westfall poses for a photo Thursday with his 1924 Henderson Deluxe motorcycle outside his Middle Earth Leather business in Syracuse. With him is his friend, Jim Dunford, of Syracuse, who was Westfallâs chase man and mechanic on a cross-country race.
When Frank Westfall bought his 1924 Henderson motorcycle in the early 1990s, the bike had seen better days.
“There were weeds growing through the gas tank,” Westfall said. “There was so much rust that the spokes popped off like dried spaghetti strands.”
Last month, the antique bike carried Westfall on a nearly 4,000-mile journey, as he took part in the cross-country Cannonball Endurance Run for motorcycles built before 1930.
The race began Sep. 7 in the Hudson Valley, at the Motorcyclepedia museum in Newburgh. The group rolled into San Francisco by way of the Golden Gate Bridge on Sep. 23. Westfall finished first in his class and sixth overall in the race, where winners are determined in part by the age of the bike and the age of the rider.