Indian introduced the Scout in late 1919 as a 1920 model. Designed by Charles B. Franklin the Scout would continue in the Indian line up until it was interrupted by WWII as one of their most popular brands. Indian didn’t resume the Scout after the war, opting instead to give the name to an all new parallel twin model in …
1948 Harley-Davidson FL w/Sidecar and Questions
Post Sale Update: This beautiful sidecar sold for $33,900 – looks like the BIN price was bumped after the seller learned it was a Goulding sidecar. This is a gorgeous looking motorcycle with perilously few details and a story to match it. I have some questions about the package that I could use some help with. It’s a 1948 Harley …
Christmas Present – 1965 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide
It being the season I decided I would look for my Christmas present. This is not a bike I would normally write up, or even consider buying. But I clocked through the offerings on EBay today and decided this would do. There were three Chiefs that I didn’t trust (I don’t think they were represented properly), several HDs that didn’t …
Harley Davidson Hummer Collection
Post Sale Update: After being relisted, this entire collection of 12 Hummers sold for $24,999. Harley Davidson built the Hummer model from 1955 to 1959. It was a stripped down model that used a 125 CC two stroke for power. But there is much more to the story. Harley Davidson, BSA and a Soviet company were awarded the design of …
1934 Harley-Davidson CB
Harley Davidson experts. I need your help. I am researching this motorcycle, and I can’t find any information to corroborate the seller’s claim that this is a 500 cc motorcycle. Everything I can find indicates that the model C was a 750 cc and the B’s were 350 CC. Bueller? Anybody??
Evel Knievel Tribute – 1985 Harley Davidson XLX-61
Post Sale Update: This XLX-61 sold for $4,000 after 37 bids on eBay. The Harley-Davidson XLX-61 Sportster was built between 1983 and 1985 – here’s an example from the last year that’s been turned into a Evel Knievel tribute.
Coca-Cola Sidecar – 1968 Honda CT90
Were you amused by yesterday’s Coca-Cola bike? Well, here’s another one (and the asking price is much more reasonable). I hope this’ll be the end of Coke bikes for a while…
Barnfind Racer – 1942 Harley Davidson WLA
After sitting in a barn in Utah since 1950, this WLA was discovered in May. It runs and the seller has put on 200 miles since bringing it back to life – are you going to put it on the street or race with it?
Built for the Army – Harley-Davidson 42 WLA
In 1939 Harley Davidson produced 2 39WLA models as prototypes for the US Army to test (along with models from Indian and Delco) at Fort Knox, Kentucky. After the war broke out in Europe the Army bought 400 WLAs designated 40WLA. By the time Japan attacked 41WLAs were common in the US Military. Between January 1942 and September 1945 HD …
Bryan Fuller – 2014 Ducati Street Tracker
If you follow the custom bike scene at all, you have heard of Bryan Fuller. He has a shop in Atlanta and has turned out some very cool cutting-edge customs over the past few years. He also evidently made the frames for the Lloyd Brothers Ducat flat track team. As such, he has decided to do a run of 10 …
Harley-Davidson Collection
This is a somewhat different post for me. I’m not the monster Harley fan, and this won’t have much tech in it. It is to alert our readers that the collection in residence at Surf City Garage in Huntington Beach, California is being thinned out. I have been to Surf City in the last 3 years and it is a …
TROG Racer – 1940 Harley-Davidson WL
Post Sale Update: This Harley flathead racer sold for $13,522 after 49 bids on eBay. Built to run in this year’s Race of Gentlemen in Pismo Beach, California, this WL flathead racer features a rebuilt motor with the original cases (matching numbers), original fuel tanks, and original rebuilt Linkert M88 carb. It is plated and could be street legal with …
Sportster Engined – 1984 Honda “XL883”
It’s a hybrid of “XL” bikes – the engine from a Harley-Davidson XL883 shoved into a (modified) frame from a Honda XL250R. Madness!
Kenny Roberts Framed – 1978 Yamaha TT500 Flattracker
Post Listing Update: This Yamaha flat tracker got no interest at the opening bid of $3,395. The legendary Kenny Roberts put his name on a few frames back in the day – here’s serial number 5. It’s filled up by a Yamaha TT500 engine and the bike has racing history in the Northeast.
Upgraded – 1948 Indian Chief
Those of you that have been around here for a while know how I feel about Indians in general and Chiefs specifically. It’s always a pleasure for me to find and write up another Chief. At the start of 1948 the Chief was the only model that Indian sold. By the end of 1948 Indian had introduced the parallel twin …