1939 Indian Team Bike.....One of four.
Aparrentley, some guy who owned a bike shop bought 4 of these after the war and would load them on his truck & attend flat track races (like speedway) and let young riders who showed some promise use them to compete....In 1955 he gave up racing, parked them in a shed, covered them up & left them there.....for 55 years!
The 4 of them were all running at the show. All original & unrestored.
1935 Crocker Small Tank (worth about $150,000)
1913 Flying Merkel, all original apart from the plug wires & tyres!
1915 Harley Davidson Twin, unrestored & worth around $100,000
1913 Sears (yes, the store) Dreadnaught Twin, the most expensive bike sold in 1912...Almost $150.00
1914 Yale Board Track Racer....I loved this one
So what do you do when there's no decompression lever on your bike? You back another one up to it & bump start it....Right?
The bike on the left is "THE" (as in only) 1929 DAR 8 Valve Harley Board Tracker....worth around $150,000....The black bike is a 1936 Crocker, which is owned (as is the DAR) by the same guy...He bought it, as a basket case 18 months ago....for $223,000......
Overheard just afterward......
"How much was that Crocker worth?"
"About $300,000 now its restored"
"Holy F&*K"
at this point the owner butts in with....
"Its only a bike....gotta use em right?"
