DOC'S OTHER ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLES COLLECTED
1941 Indian 741B
“The "Army Indian" as it is commonly referred to, produced by Indian Motorcycles under contract with the US government for their Lend-Lease program. A total of 35,044 units were produced over three years of contractual production, most of the 1941 and 1942 models were sent to far-flung posts of the British Commonwealth and their Allies for the war effort or official government duties.”
| 1956 Triumph 500
Triumph Engineering Co Ltd was a British motorcycle manufacturer, originally based in Coventry. A new company, Triumph Motorcycles Ltd based in Hinckley took over the name rights after the collapse of the company in the 1980s and is now one of the world's leading motorcycle manufacturers.
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1946 Cushman 50 Series
Scooters trace their ancestry back to France with the Auto-Fauteuil mark in 1902, 1903 in the USA, where Cushman & Salsbury created some of the first motorized two wheelers with the traits that have come to embody scooters. Cushman's light, compact, & rugged scooters were used by the United States military as ground vehicles for paratroopers during World War II. Cushman Motor Works of Omaha, Nebraska, established its reputation by building motor scooters, such as its famous Auto-Glide model. In 1949, Cushman redesigned its 50 series scooter to look like a miniature version of a Harley-Davidson Big Twin or an Indian Chief. The newly named Cushman Eagle motorcycle became the firm's best seller ever.
| 1948 Whizzer
Up until 1948 Whizzer produced few if any "factory" bikes. The engine kits were bought by individuals and bike dealers and mounted on the balloon tire bikes of the day. The Whizzer was not intended to make a motorcycle out of a bicycle, nor was it a kid’s toy. It was intended to make bicycling easier, particularly for those people who used a bicycle for transportation. Before 1948, Whizzer advertised "America's Finest Bicycle Motor"... After 1948, the ads read "America's Finest Motor Bicycle"
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1971 B.S.A. 650
The Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) company produced a lot more than just motorcycles. Planes, taxis, guns and much more. Of course motorcycles was a huge part of the company's activities and by the 1950s they were producing more than 75,000 bikes.
| 1974 Honda CL350
The Honda CB350 was a 325cc twin-cylinder, four-stroke motorcycle produced by Honda between 1968 and 1973. Its reliable motor, coupled with dual Keihin carburetors proved to be a popular design, becoming the highest selling motorcycle in American history, with 300,000 units sold. The machine evolved cosmetically over the course of its production with incremental engineering improvements to the suspension and brakes. Like its predecessor, the Honda CB77 Superhawk, the CB350 was also offered in scrambler form, as the CL350, with high-mounted exhausts, and as the SL350, with upswept exhausts and off-road styling. The four cylinder CB350F, a completely different model, was introduced in 1972 and the Honda CB360 twin became a short-lived replacement for the 350 twin in 1974.
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1963 Honda 160 Dream
Manufactured by Honda from 1959 through 1969.
| 1980 Pacer SuperSport
Interecting little "Moped"
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