Liberty Vintage run by Adam Cramer, is a bit like stepping back in time to the workshops of the past. Its a place you can take your bike to and have it serviced, repaired, parts machined in shop and parts fabricated.... none of this waiting a few weeks for a "special" bracket to arrive from the other side of the world.
It would be great to see more of this type of shop... my hats off to guys like him.
Handmade Portraits: Liberty Vintage Motorcycles from Etsy on Vimeo.
I came across this Video, the message in it is so true not only in America but a lot of Counties, with nations of keyboard pusher who don't know one end of a screwdriver from the other who is going to repair and manufacture things in the future???
Another thing that came to mind for me is who is going to look after and ride our type of machines in the decades to come. The interest for the old bikes has faded as far as younger people go, I just wonder what the answer is.... Let me know your thoughts
Haven't got a chance to watch the entire UTube thingy, but it looks promising.
ReplyDeleteYou raise a valid concern there Kawa; if the young-uns aren't introduced to classsics, who's gonna keep the "alive" so to speak and on the roads when us auld uns are to auld to ride or are actually gone?
The same goes true for the VMCC, if the young-uns don't/aren't involved in it, it'll go the way of the DooDoo or the British motorcycle industry.
The school district I work for is down to just a few shop classes now. A friend of mine teaches at a "continuation" school. The shop has four milling machines, three lathes, and a variety of welding equipment. Occasionally one of his students will work hard and eventually find work at a local machine or fabrication shop. Some go into the military and continue training there. So many younger people have no interest in how or why machinery works. But fortunately there are some that do. After trying for years to aquire CNC machinery, he recently took delivery of a CNC Mill.This is something he knows his students need to get ahead in the game. School districts around here are getting hit hard in the "funds" department. With help from his students most of the purchase cost of the machine was raised through scrap drives.Glad I had training as a youth, it came handy later in life and still does.Now I wish they'd bring back the Adult Ed. classes that were cut due to costcutting a few years ago. I'd love to learn how to run a CNC machine. Hairy Larry
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