SHOWS
This year I plan to attend at least the following:

2009 REVIEW
I had another busy year with four AMCA shows and three other large ones, and two AMCA Board meetings.  In the USA, swap meet attendance seems to have stabilised despite high gasoline prices and Ebay trading, while the US dollar and the euro are strong enough against sterling to make the UK a cheap country in which to manufacture parts.

VL REGISTER
Rob Veitch is still finding more bikes - nearly 1000 now. Send him your engine numbers at PO Box 439, Mount Hawthorn 6915, Western Australia, or contact him by E-Mail at RobVeitch@westnet.co.au Norm Hart is trying to restart the VL newsletter, so contact him on normhart@westnet.com.au for more details.

AMCA EUROPEAN CHAPTER
Our sixth National Meet in Dinkelsbühl in June was a big success, with much of it reported on our Website at www.amca-europe.org. Join up if you are not already a member at the main AMCA Website www.antiquemotorcycle.org. For this year, check out www.harleysons.de for more details of our new meet in Den Haag, Netherlands, late May.

NEW PARTS

I’m struggling to find original parts to replenish my stock, but no problem on repro parts. I took advantage of the exchange rates to make new batches of several machined parts in England. The gear company that made the four speed gears also manufactured a number of more mainstream items for me.

 2201-36B. Just two of the 1936 VL four speed gearboxes are left, with all new internals inside original Harley cases. $5800 each including post and insurance.

 2303-32. I made a big batch of these three speed gearbox countershaft cluster gears, which fit 1915-36 Big Twins, for sale at just $240 each.

 2303-32A. Also a few of the three speed and reverse countershaft cluster gears at $340. Usually one or other of the intermediate gears is damaged by incorrectly adjusted slider gears.

 2272-31. This three speed gearbox mainshaft is more accurately made than the US version, and slightly less expensive at $215.

 On books, my VL Restoration Book has been mildly revised for 2010, while my book on the reverse and four speed gearboxes shows just how specialist a subject can be covered using desktop publishing.

Wishing you safe and happy riding in 2010, Steve Slocombe.