What do you do when you pick up a Harley-Davidson WLA that hasn’t run in years because it’s one of your dream bikes, ride it hundreds of miles home, and then figure out it may be even cooler than you thought it was? If you’re smart, you’d probably hit up Matt Walksler from the Wheels Through Time Museum for help. Thankfully, that’s what the SRK Cycles guys did—and that’s how they found out their WLA was a wolf in sheep’s clothing—with a high-po, vanishingly rare WLDR racing mill at its heart.
Now, after taking their new bike apart and bringing it on a 10-plus hour drive to WTT, the SRK guys also made the crucial choice to leave their engine with Matt for a full rebuild. So, in this video, Matt takes us through what he’s seeing as he dives deeper into this particular engine—and of course, it is fascinating.
