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Having experienced riding my Jackpiner at night with the motoplat ignition, back in the day, I would highly recommend getting the Preston Petty headlight with the battery. The Motoplat only supplies enough power to light up the headlight at high rpms. Thus if you are riding at night and let up on the throttle to slow down, you will only get a dim light at low rpms. Gets exciting when you are riding on a county dirt road in the middle of the night and have to slow down for a sharp turn.

Paul, Thanks for the kind words. A lot of time and effort goes into putting one of these newsletters together and it would not be possible without the talented writers and contributors that submit photos and articles.
 
Newsletter #110 is almost complete. Just need to do some fine tuning to two articles to make everything all fit.

One of the articles is about Emily Schultz, the winner of the 1972 Penton 125 Six Days give-a-way bike. In the article I have included the letter that she wrote to John Penton that won her the bike over 14 other letters that were submitted.

The newsletter is on track to be mailed out near the end of next week. So there is still time to join the POG and start receiving your copy. If you are already a paying member of the POG, double check the due date of your membership to make sure that you are current.

    John Borer helped in getting the ball rolling by printing the first 2 issues. I remember when the 1st issue came out and the excitement that I felt. It was the confirmation that we were up and running.
    Newsletters are very important to keep the members informed as to what is going on. For the Penton Owners Group, our "Still Keeping Track" newsletter is vital since our members are spread out all over the USA and a few in some overseas countries and Canada and cannot be at our monthly meetings.
    In the Fall 1999 Issue no. 4 was the beginning of the publishing of the meeting minutes starting with the minutes of our June 7, 1999 meeting. I can't remember who brought up the suggestion that we start printing the minutes in the newsletters, however it was a good idea. All of our meetings have been above board and professionally run following the agenda provided at each meeting.

HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY JOHN !!

I talked to "Ralph" (not his real name) this morning. He went to the doctor yesterday to get checked out. The doctor thinks that he may have a gall bladder problem. He will be going in to get an ultrasound test on it.

[Alan Buehner 216-651-6559[email protected]]

4 assorted limited edition posters by Chuck Beers on quality paper.
sold as a set - will be mailed in durable flat box to prevent damage.
Ideal for decorating your man cave walls.
close-out price $225 for the set - includes shipping

Alan Buehner  216-651-6559
[email protected]

[Alan Buehner 216-651-6559[email protected]]

Close-out sale on my entire Sachs/ DKW parts inventory.
Multiple bin boxes full of misc frame parts arranged in Sachs part number order.
$800 for all. check my website under Penton/ Sachs DKW parts to see photos of some of the items in this deal. (too many small parts to list check out photo).

Alan Buehner  216-651-6559
[email protected]

[Alan Buehner 216-651-6559[email protected]]

I am offering my entire inventory of Wassel parts at the close-out price of $1,800.
Attached is a photo of what I have. I can supply a list of the parts with quantities. Also  look on my website under Penton Sachs Wassel parts to see what is available.

Alan Buehner  216-651-6559
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Hi Carl,

The KTM rear conical hub backing plates are all made of magnesium. One of the problems that you will encounter with them if well used, is that the hole where the brake cam fit in gets egg shaped from a lack of maintenance. The steel cam wears away at it because of the lack of lubrication. The rear wheel should be removed at least once a year and the brake shoes removed. The brake came should be removed, cleaned and greased and then everything put back together. If a lot of riding is being done, especially in a lot of water, then the cam will need cleaning and greasing more often. Some owners planned ahead and installed a zerk fitting to make greasing easier.
A worn brake cam hole will not allow you to apply enough braking pressure to the back wheel. Thus allowing you to go faster and win more races or give you a hair raising experience.

    The latest POG newsletters were mailed out last week and all dues paying POG members should be receiving their copy.
    If you do not receive your copy, double check to make sure that your membership did not expire at which your name would have been removed from our active list and moved to the expired list.
    You can now become a new member or renew your membership online on the POG website.

    For those who have received their copy, let me know what you think of the articles that are in this issue.

Paul,

    Thank you for all that you do. It is wonderful with you taking some time to set up those 1 man Penton bike displays at the local car and motorcycle shows. This is an example of what other Penton owners can do to show their bikes and do not want to ride them vs having them just sit around in a garage collecting dust. 
     It was good seeing you at the Ohio Valley BSA event on Sunday. I was not surprised with you getting the 1st place trophy in the competition class. There were some pretty looking restored bikes, however yours is totally original and in nice condition making it an extremely rare Penton.

Give Re-MX a call 440-989-4474 with the numbers that you have listed. He is the distributor for PVL and has the charts to possibly track down what brand of bike that unit will fit.

Hi Carl,

If you have not found a replacement bearing plate, give me a call. I have a magnesium one and a plastic one (like the lower one in your photos) in my inventory.
Alan Buehner  216-651-6559

Paul thank you for sharing that story with everyone. I have heard you share it at POG meetings many times and I always enjoy the way that you tell it.

Thanks also for sharing the photo of the inside of the Cycleliner. That photos shows how you guys were able to get "all the clowns inside". I have seen many photos of the outside of the Cycleliner - never any of the inside.

Hi everyone,
    A new batch of photos has been posted on the POG website.
They are photos taken by Debbie Houghton in 1997 and are of the special Penton display that I put together at the AMA Vintage Days event at Mid-Ohio where I had John Penton show up and do autographs.
    This was a special event in that with all the excitement that was created with the display and John being there, this resulted in Paul Danik and I holding meetings at Dale Baris's Penton Honda shop in Amherst and putting together what is now known as the Penton Owners Group.
    John Penton was also excited to see all the people that showed up. In a couple of the photos you can see him showing the x-rays of his back operation that he had earlier that year where several of the discs in his back were replaced with carbon fiber discs and held together with titanium screws and rods.
    Jack showed up and brought along the new limited edition KTM 200 Jackpiner and 125 Six Day bikes that are also shown in the photos.
    Take a look at the people in the background of the photos and perhaps you can see yourself if you were there.