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Post by kickstandman on Mar 9, 2016 1:19:27 GMT
I've been a fan but not a collector of vintage motorbikes, if I see a nice one I take note.  1907 Styria. Bigger and more pictures at the link, quite a restoration. I find the motorbike amazing and for a good while in the early evolution of motorcycles, they almost seemed more bike than motor but that is subjective.  www.yesterdays.nl/styria-1907-5hp-764cc-cyl-sv-2508-p-3075.htmlAny additions are welcome. |
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Post by oldroadietehachapi on Mar 10, 2016 18:40:23 GMT
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Post by kickstandman on Mar 11, 2016 3:00:19 GMT
I'm a bit rusty on some that I've been a big fan of in the past let alone, I've lost some very nice websites with antique motorcycles. Vincent:  There is a company in California, maybe Southern California that is making very vintage looking motorbikes, something like this:  |
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Post by oldroadietehachapi on Mar 11, 2016 5:02:46 GMT
I saw this beauty at the Petersen Museum two weeks ago; wish I could remember the details. Attachment DeletedCheers Jim |
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Post by Jem on Mar 11, 2016 6:21:16 GMT
I saw this beauty at the Petersen Museum two weeks ago; wish I could remember the details. I did a double take on those front forks. I thought I was seeing things. Mind boggling! Although, now I look closer, it's the same set up on the bike above too. |
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Post by velocipete on Mar 11, 2016 7:31:14 GMT
The top machine is a Brough Superior,not a Vincent.
You could buy leading link springer forks for ordinary bikes well into the 1950's.
These were add ons for motorised bikes which were popular then,prerunners to mopeds.
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Post by sprockit on Mar 11, 2016 20:50:19 GMT
Yep, Pete's correct, the machine is a Brough Superior - and they're worth a fortune these days.
'Lawrence of Arabia' had his fatal 'accident' - or was it? - on a machine similar to this, and a few years ago that machine was up for sale with a price tag of over £1,000,000, about $1.4m!
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Post by jdl51 on Mar 13, 2016 0:08:05 GMT
My wife has an acquaintance in Barcelona whose husband is in a nursing home and they're liquidating his collection of old motorcycles. He has a mint condition Afrika Korps BMW with sidecar with a machine gun mounted on it, among other things. I believe the bolt is welded. About 20 bikes in all, some dating back to the teens. I blew my brother away when we were visiting there and I told him a friend had a couple bikes that he should see. My brother is into motorcycles. When the garage door opened his jaw about hit the floor. Anyone interested I might be able to get a price list. My wife will be going there in May for a visit, if I can't get one sooner.
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Post by Jem on Mar 13, 2016 8:59:35 GMT
My wife has an acquaintance in Barcelona whose husband is in a nursing home and they're liquidating his collection of old motorcycles. He has a mint condition Afrika Korps BMW with sidecar with a machine gun mounted on it, among other things. I believe the bolt is welded. About 20 bikes in all, some dating back to the teens. I blew my brother away when we were visiting there and I told him a friend had a couple bikes that he should see. My brother is into motorcycles. When the garage door opened his jaw about hit the floor. Anyone interested I might be able to get a price list. My wife will be going there in May for a visit, if I can't get one sooner. That sounds like some sort of delirious dream for a motorbike fanatic. I can just picture the scene when you took your brother. I just watched an episode of American Pickers last week , where they go to Italy on the hunt for old motorbikes/scooters etc. They had a great time. Then in the next show they came to London and offered a guy £20,000 for a weird little cargo bike..the guy turned them down. Scottw went on a bike hunt in Italy a while back and came up trumps. (I can't find the thread at the moment). I can't think of any better way to spend a week. I love a hunt. |
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