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17 Rare Bikes For 17 Years

Kris Estep June 12, 2019Starting 17 of the Rarest Bikes for 17 Years! Dale's Wheels Through Time is celebrating 17 years with the starting of 17 of the rarest bikes in the world.Dale's Wheels Through Time Museum is no stranger to rarity. The collection of motorcycles,...

Celebrating 17 Years!

Kris Estep June 5, 2019 Join Us In Celebrating 17 Years on July 4-9, 2019! Throughout the weekend, 17 of the rarest motorcycles in the museum’s collection will be started including this one-of-a-kind 1916 Traub.Dale’s Wheels Through Time Museum is celebrating 17 years...

Wall of Death at Dale’s Wheels Through Time

Kris EstepMay 16, 2019Wall of Death at Dale's Wheels Through Time!The Wall of Death is a vintage live action thrill show featuring a motor drome, a silo-shaped wooden cylinder 30 feet in diameter. The American Motor Drome Company (AMDC) will be performing their Wall...

Dale Walksler to Receive AMCA Legends Award

The American Motorcycle Club of America, Legends Chapter, has announced that Dale Walksler, founder and curator of Dale’s Wheels Through Time Museum has been chosen as the recipient of their 2019 “Legends Award.”

Founded in 2016, the Legends Chapter, based in South Carolina, is committed to the love and collection of antique motorcycles. The “Legends Award” was developed to be given away each year to a different person or organization as a way to honor those who have made significant impacts on motorcycle history.

We’re Now “Dale’s Wheels Though Time!”

Wheels Through Time, “The Museum That Runs,” has announced that they are updating their name in honor and recognition of museum founder and curator, Dale Walksler. The new name will be, “Dale’s Wheels Through Time Museum.”

The American Restoration Chronicles

Mr. Lucky Meets Basil

I will never forget meeting Basil. A gentleman in all manners. I spotted him in deep concentration looking at a machine that is very close to my heart. The bike is called Mina. An attention to detail tribute to my mother who passed away, well, a long time ago....

Wall of Death

I met my old pal Kent Wadell in 1978 at a Harley Davidson dealer convention. I was 26, and old Kent was in his 60’s. I was a dealer in MT Vernon, Illinois and Kent’s shop was in Abeline Texas… We somehow struck up a conversation about old motorcycles and a...

Clara Wagner Lives

My fascination with the Wagner Motorcycle goes back to about 1980 when I saw one at my old pal Chuck Lipskys shop in Galesburg, Illinois. It was 1994 before I found a nice original 1909 model Wagner at an auction. I still own that machine and have always been...

Teresa’s 46 Knucklehead

The Wheels Through Time Museum is a melting pot for motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world. Great stories are told, memories relived and sometimes deals are made. I made a deal with Jim Bentley to work on a 1946 Harley-Davidson. He told me the fascinating story...

Two Cam Glory

I always like a challenge and this is a great example. A worn out bike and 45 days! But this is not the first time Buzz has thrown me a challenge. I almost can’t count, but the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is always a great finish and some ink in...