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Las Vegas Vintage Motorcycle Auction

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Just received my color catalog for the Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction from MidAmerica Auctions and if there's a hole in your collection somewhere, you might want to run out to Nevada, January 11th through the 13th. The list of bikes offered is currently at 552 and it includes a lot of very rare machinery along with some not quite as rare but really nice looking vintage … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Patent Model Prototype

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This extremely detailed prototype of a motorcycle braking system from the early 1900s looks really cool. From the description it is fully functional and might have been used to demonstrate the operation of the design or maybe it was just for a display of some sort. Whatever the case, if you like nicely machined models, this is pretty neat. This is one of several very early … [Read more...]

Mystery 3 Wheeler – From BMW?

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[Photo removed at photographer's request] One of our comments yesterday on another post linked to these spy photos of a very finished looking 3 wheeler out for a road test. Evidently the photos were taken at Deals Gap and the photographer says he believes it's a BMW, though he does not know for sure. The trike would make a run, then they would plug in a laptop and tweak a … [Read more...]

Tilting 3 Wheelers – Potential Custom Direction?

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Are tilting 3 wheelers a possible new direction for custom builders? As the Piaggio MP3 begins to get a lot of attention and a few other vehicles like the Brudeli 625 start showing up, the idea of a twin front wheel motorcycle with some form of tilting mechanism built in could be an interesting area for custom builders to show a bit of creativity. There have been more than a … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Builders – Wendell Jones

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Wendell Jones of Oakland, California sent us an email saying he built a motorcycle, nothing out of the ordinary there, but then he said it was powered by a Honda CX500 engine turned sideways and converted to chain drive plus the wheels were mounted single sided both front and rear. OK, that got my attention, so I thought a few photos might be in order. The bike Wendell put … [Read more...]