Newsletter No. 21 August 10, 2022 Yesterday, the day finally arrived! I mapped out a local route of some 13.5 miles with mostly right hand turns, no traffic lights, and only a couple stop signs. After firing up the Red One for the first time in too long (started on the first crank!), I geared Read more »
Blog
Below you will find what amounts to a historical diary of key events during my journey with respect to researching C.K. Shepherd and restoring my own 1919 Henderson. Many of the posts have been “backdated” to give a true indication as to just how long I have been at this. This blog, and even the whole web site, employs an RSS feed function that allows you to “subscribe” to updates that will automatically appear as menu choices on your web browser. Look for the little thing that looks like a WiFi signal indicator and click on that.
2022: Preparations Begin in Earnest
Newsletter No. 20 August 7, 2022 With planned departure just over a month away, I have been busy planning, organizing, and testing. Willie and Glen came by on Friday and we spent a few hours going over the equipment and procedures. Can You Hear Me? We had a chance to pair up my Sena intercom Read more »
2022: The Conclusion Begins!
Newsletter No. 19 At long last, I am in the final stages of planning and preparation to continue my tribute to C.K. Shepherd’s 1919 epic transcontinental journey across America on his 1919 Henderson Four. I originally began this tribute ride on the 4th of July 2019 riding my own 1919 Henderson (“the Red One”), but Read more »
Reports from the Yankee Chatter
The Yankee Chatter is the periodic newsletter of the Yankee Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America. This page contains a collection of articles excerpted from the Chatter since the summer of 2019. June 27, 2019… I just rode by the [Northford Volunteer Fire Department] station house again, and the sign posted out front Read more »
20/20 Vision
Newsletter No. 18: March 27, 2019 It has been too long since my last update. I was kind of waiting for something to report, and now there is so much else going on in the world that this adventure hardly seems important. Still, I can sense the continued interest in the project and now is Read more »
Intermission
From left: Lloyd Hill, Me, my wife Laura, Carolyn Shaw, Dr. Charles Shaw, and Andy Faust. I AM NOW BACK HOME IN OHIO: On the afternoon of Monday, July 29th, I flew home from Flagstaff, Arizona, arriving home around 1:30 am on Tuesday. Willie Fernandez, my driver (and, as it worked out, my indispensable support Read more »
How I Found C.K. Shepherd’s Son
My attempts to research and discover any archival details (original manuscript, photos, etc.) from C.K. Shepherd’s 1922 book, Across America by Motor-Cycle, were stymied for years because I could not discover his full name. Ultimately, I resorted to a “brute force” approach. I logged into the WWI military records section of The National Archives in Read more »
Map and Timetable Update
Here is a quick Memorial Day weekend update to let you know the web site and YouTube channel has some new content related to my route and schedule this summer. The Route page on the web site has a link to the narrated moving map YouTube video, 4:52). A high-resolution image of the map is Read more »
The Red One at the Blessing of the Bikes
On Sunday, May 19, 2019, thousands of other bikers and I attended the 19th Annual Blessing of the Bikes in Xenia, Ohio. While there, thanks to help from Marshall Foiles at Buckminn’s D&D, a Harley-Davidson dealer in Xenia, I got a prime piece of corner real estate in the thick of it where I met Read more »
Newsletter No. 4 is out! Oley, Events, The Book, Route & Stops, Mechanical, and Magazine
Early this afternoon, I transmitted Newsletter No. 4. Check here if you did not receive it or would like to subscribe to get future editions. In the newsletter, I reported on a few things: (a) my visit to the AMCA Perkiomen Chapter National Meet in Oley, Pennsylvania this year. (b) two upcoming events I will Read more »