1941 Harley Davidson 45CI flathead model WLDR

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1941 Harley Davidson 45CI Flathead Serial # WLDR5843

This is not restored as original, it was built to ride utilizing WLA and reproduction parts

If it were original I’d be asking a heck of a lot more for it now wouldn’t I

I have owned this motorcycle since 1972, it was a rat bike with an 8 over front end and a lot of odd parts

I blew the original heads on a hot summer day because the fat bobs had been replaced with an oil system that

was too small to handle the heat. I took it apart and it sat for a couple of years

First rebuild was by Dean Lenker of Harrisburg Pa. Dean took a basket case and assembled it for me

over a period of about 3 years. Dean had truckloads of original parts . Dean claimed to have been on

the Harley racing team in the 40’s, ut I called the HD historian and they had never heard of him

He was in his 80’s when he worked on my 4, I learned a lot working with him in his shop

I rode it for 10 years and took it apart again and gave it to Bill Morris of Bloomsburg PA one piece at a time

over a number of years I have a receipt for every dollar I’ve spent on this bike including, ebuilding the engine, ransmission, enerator, istributor

and I just had Bill rebuild the carburetor again this past summer

Reproduction Wiring harness, battery box, tool box, peedometer, andle bars, enders, sea, oil, il line, pedo

chain guar, heel, ights and linkage Heads are cast iton they should be aluminum Barrels and heads are WLA as is the M88 Linkert carburetor.

Rebuilt 3 speed transmission is unmarke, robably WLA as is the distributor

Front end is off of a servi car so it has an external front break drum as opposed to it being laced into the wheel

All new bushings and bearings were replaced on the front end when it was installed.

Original Highway Bars, anks, iffy Stand, ender stand, nbsp;running boards, ram, ngine casings, primary chain cover

The Jiffy stand was the hardest item to fin, they don’t reproduce cast iron parts.

Engine rebuilt to .20 over and I had Teflon values installed by Bill Morri, runs great on unleaded

Barrels and heads are WLA as is the M88 Linkert carberator. ( If you don't knowBill check out Bills Old Bike Barn on Rt 15 in BloomsburgPa)

Fenders, rimary, rive cover, ool box and chain guard are all outlined with red pin striping on the blac, hard to see in many of the photos. look at the back wheel photo .

Oil and Generator lights work, s does the manual distributor advance . The speedometer shows about 267 miles,

That’s how long the cheesey nylon drive gear on the reproduction spedo drive lasted .I’ve been through dozens of them

I doubt this bike has 2,000 miles on the rebuilt motor, I only ever road it locally

I don’t believe this was ever the racing version as it did not have ball bearings on the cams when I took it apart.

The original would also have had an intake manifold like a T as opposed to the Y version on the WLA

I replaced the original racing cams with WLA cam, I still have the original, ut they’re beat

It does have one extra tooth on the primary drive gear as a WLDR should

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