7-17-15 Update: 16 months since I last featured it, this custom is back up for sale, this time with some decals on the tank. Find it for sale in Corona, California with bidding up to $4,471 here on eBay. Post-Sale Update: After 33 bids on eBay, this Harley-Davidson Sportster Custom sold for $4,675. Harley’s popular Sportster has become a common …
2003 Bourget Auti-Mo
When it was founded in 1993, Bourget’s Bike Works was an serious innovator in the world of choppers thanks to Roger Bourget, who founded the company with his wife. In 2005, the couple split, and in 2009, Roger opened up a new shop with his new wife. Here’s one of the bikes created during the heyday of Bourget’s Bike Works.
Barn Find – 1912 Indian Twin
Unlike most ‘barn finds’ out there, this Indian was brought back to life – it starts and runs and it’s now ready for you to decide if you want to give it a full restoration or keep the patina and get it back on the road.
V-Twin Custom – 2015 Royal Enfield Musket
This post ends with a bike for sale, but it starts with the story of an incredibly passionate and talented guy who grew up in India, heard the intoxicating sound of a Harley-Davidson V-Twin, and resolved to replicate that noise with what he had access to – Royal Enfield singles. Several years later he was in the US with a …
1946 Harley-Davidson UL Custom
View PostQuail Gathering Winner – 1949 Indian Scout Custom
View PostCorvair Powered – 1975 Custom
Post-Listing Update: This interesting contraption did not get any love at the $25k BIN offer. A motorcycle with a boxer six cylinder engine should make you think of the new Goldwing. But here’s a bike that’s been built around the engine from a ’69 Chevrolet Corvair.
106 of 800 – 2000 Buell X1 Millennium
Post Sale Update: After 6 bids on eBay, this limited edition Buell sold for $3,100. 6-27-15 Update: This X1 Millenium is back up for sale, this time with bidding up to $2,800 here on eBay. Post-Listing Update: This X1 did not sell as bidding only got up to $2,025. Presumably named after its year of release, the Buell X1 Millennium …
1979 Harley-Davidson XLCR Custom
I’ve featured plenty of XLCR’s in the past, as I find them to be such an interesting departure from what one would normally expect from Harley. Here’s one that’s been customized with an aluminum tank, aftermarket shocks, and more. The bike (VIN: (VIN: 3A21911H9)has a bit over 10,000 miles and unfortunately the listing does not come with much information. Do …
1966 Wards Riverside 450SS
Post-Sale Update: After 13 bids on eBay, this Fireball sold for $1,700. Despite the name, this bike (a rebadged Benelli Fireball sold out of Montgomery Wards stores) has a 49cc engine. Maybe the name translates to “4” – number of gears in the transmission and “50” – displacement?
1991 Harley-Davidson FXDB Sturgis
In 1991, Harley released a customized FXDB to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sturgis rally. One year later, they did the same to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the rally in Daytona. 1600 and 1700 of the limited models were released, respectively – here’s #350 of the former.
Liberty Edition – 1986 Harley-Davidson XLH Sportster
Post Sale Update: This Liberty Edition Sportster sold for $2,524 after 47 bids on eBay. In 1986, Harley released a limited run of bikes across the Electra Glide, Low Rider, and 1100cc Sportster models. Just 1,750 were built as part of the “Liberty Edition.” Harley pledged $100 from the sale of each bike towards the restoration of the Statue of …
AMA Championship Winner – 2012 HD XR1200
Post Listing Update: Danny’s XR did not get any action at the opening ask of $9,000. Before you ask – no, the trophy isn’t included.
WWII – Gest Motor Scooter
6-17 Update: Now this Gest is on eBay, with no reserve! Someone’s getting a weird scooter – get your chance here on eBay. Based out of Philadelphia, the Gest Motor Scooter Manufacturing Company made a variety of scooters that were marketed as economical forms of transportation.
2001 Harley-Davidson FXDP Dyna Defender
When people think of Harley police bikes, the Dyna platform doesn’t usually spring to mind. Yet between 2001-2004, Harley sold a police-issue Dyna (called the FXDP Dyna Defender) that did not get much love, making it a cool and rare find now.