Engine pistons are about the same angle as Briggs Vanguard twin...........Curt
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Engine pistons are about the same angle as Briggs Vanguard twin...........Curt
Mr.B.
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Went to the Davenport show again Labor day weekend and this year i took heaps of photos!
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Oldbiscuit
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I didn’t realize you had a winter white out blizzard in Davenport over Labor Day. All we had was a little drizzle of rain Sunday late afternoon !!
Mr.B.
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Howa 'bout now...?
Mr.B.
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I think this was a better than average year.
For one thing the weather was really nice, not too HOT and not too NOT rainy!
And it seems every year there is a Cannonball ride a lot of those folks will stop there on their way to the East Coast.
And as some of you may know the nearby National Motor Cycle Museum of American closed it's doors September 4th. And they had a high profile auction of the collection Wednesday through Saturday that following week.
So i think a lot of the big names in the collecting world were also at Davenport because of the impending auction.
One thing that i have noticed is prices for the old stuff had seemed to of held steady for several years during the early 2000-teens and was then somewhat reasonable~ (for example a 19-teens Indain in good unrestored condition could be had for $20K).
But over the last 10 years or so the prices on everything have really sky rocketed!
For one thing the weather was really nice, not too HOT and not too NOT rainy!
And it seems every year there is a Cannonball ride a lot of those folks will stop there on their way to the East Coast.
And as some of you may know the nearby National Motor Cycle Museum of American closed it's doors September 4th. And they had a high profile auction of the collection Wednesday through Saturday that following week.
From The John Parham Estate Collection 2023 - Mecum Auctions
Mecum Auctions will showcase a stunning collection of over 300 motorcycles at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, IA on September 6-9, 2023.
www.mecum.com
So i think a lot of the big names in the collecting world were also at Davenport because of the impending auction.
One thing that i have noticed is prices for the old stuff had seemed to of held steady for several years during the early 2000-teens and was then somewhat reasonable~ (for example a 19-teens Indain in good unrestored condition could be had for $20K).
But over the last 10 years or so the prices on everything have really sky rocketed!
From The John Parham Estate Collection 2023 - Mecum Auctions
Mecum Auctions will showcase a stunning collection of over 300 motorcycles at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, IA on September 6-9, 2023.
www.mecum.com
Mr.B.
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So i haven't posted photos from the Davenport show in a couple of years... :- (
3 years ago i didn't go because of weather, and the last 2 years i didn't take many photos. But there were lots of really early bikes this year (my preference). So this year i took a bunch! I went Thursday before Labor day and it was 99° with a dew point in the upper 70's, ouch!
At one point i ended up hanging with Mike Wolf (American Pickers) who had brought amongst others "The" 1902 serial number 001 Merkel.
literally may have been the very machine that inspired Harley and the Davidson brothers to get into the business as they were practically neighbors...
Also a stand out 1905 Yale/California, the first gas powered vehicle to travel across the United States...
A really good show this year. Worth a little sunshine
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3 years ago i didn't go because of weather, and the last 2 years i didn't take many photos. But there were lots of really early bikes this year (my preference). So this year i took a bunch! I went Thursday before Labor day and it was 99° with a dew point in the upper 70's, ouch!
At one point i ended up hanging with Mike Wolf (American Pickers) who had brought amongst others "The" 1902 serial number 001 Merkel.
literally may have been the very machine that inspired Harley and the Davidson brothers to get into the business as they were practically neighbors...
Also a stand out 1905 Yale/California, the first gas powered vehicle to travel across the United States...
A really good show this year. Worth a little sunshine