The Speedway Widowmaker has one of the greatest names ever affixed to a motorcycle. It also doesn’t sound like something you’d want to buy your kid who was learning on a tiny 80cc two-stroke.
Two Confederate Hellcats
Here’s two examples of Confederate’s iconic Hellcat, which featured all kinds of billet, Dymag wheels, Paioli forks, Works shocks, and plenty of other goodies. First, an example in the rare red color: This Hellcat (VIN: 1C9SF2754XB071117) has just 4,540 miles and a custom seat. Find this Hellcat for sale in Henderson, Nevada with bidding up to $11,750 here on eBay. …
Hot Rod Feature – 1987 Harley-Davidson XLCR
The XLCR is one of my favorite Harley-Davidson motorcycles, if only for the sharp departure it took from the company’s usual offerings. With that said, it couldn’t compete in the market for varying reasons. There weren’t many made (about 3,000), meaning the remaining ones are highly collectible. In 1987, 9 years after the XLCR was discontinued, Nick Ienatsch built a …
Crated – 1999 Excelsior Henderson Super X
In the early 1900s, Excelsior and Henderson were two of America’s best motorcycle manufacturers. Excelsior produced the first motorcycle to official hit 100 miles per hour, while Henderson was producing the favored bikes of America’s police officers. There’s a reason for the similarities – the companies were both bought up by Schwinn in the 1910s, and were shut down in …
1979 Chrysler Snorunner
The Chrysler Snorunner has an interesting history – though some people disagree on the actual story. My favorite version is that Chrysler built them for the Army, which was looking for light weight snow transport that could carry a soldier for 30 miles. It wasn’t capable of handling powder snow, so the Army gave up on it. Chrysler decided to …
Cycle World Special – 1974 Norton VR880
Kenny Dreer, the man who almost brought Norton back from the grave several years ago, got his start restoring motorcycles from the British marque at his shop called Vintage Rebuilds (VR) near Portland, Oregon. As the 1990s came to an end, he started building his own variant of the Commando, which he called the Norton VR880.
1975 Rupp Centaur
Founded in 1959, Rupp Manufacturing started out as a kart manufacturer in Mansfeld, Ohio. Within 10 years, they had grown to a 400-employee shop pumping out mini-bikes, go-karts, snowmobiles, and a 3-wheeler appropriately named the Rupp Centaur.
1973 Hodaka Combat Wombat
Featuring one of the greatest model names ever, the Hodaka Combat Wombat was part of a series of fantastically-named bikes like the Road Toad and the Dirt Squirt. Here’s a cherry example that has just 300 miles on it, and it’s claimed to look great and run great. Based on the photos, I’d say the former is true – hopefully …
1945 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead with Sidecar
Here’s a lovely Knucklehead rig with a ’45 bike and a ’40 sidecar. It was restored 15 years ago and has given the seller over 20,000 miles of trouble free service. It’s been converted to 12 volts and has some repro parts including the rear fender, tail light, speedo, and more. It has a four speed transmission and the bike …
1947 Indian Chief
This Indian Chief is offered for sale with less than 1,000 miles since a full restoration by noted Indian shop Yellow Spear Restorations – restorers of fantastic bikes like this Big Base Racer. It’s been given a larger transmission sprocket for better highway manners, and it’s claimed to be ready to go. It’s a numbers matching bike that looks lovely …
1946 Harley-Davidson FL Knucklehead Bobber
Here’s a Knucklehead Bobber (VIN: 46FL 4547) that has original Flanders bars and a Bates seat. There are plenty of aftermarket pieces including the coil, horn, front pipe, push rod covers, headlight, taillight, dash cover, and more. As you’d expect, it’s a bit of a mashup – the frame is from a ’40 or early ’41 bike, and it has …
Half Price Press Bike – 2014 Brammo Empulse R
For those of you on the fence about getting into electric motorcycle ownership, here’s a Brammo Empulse R at half price that might be just what you’re looking for.
1997 Harley-Davidson Velo Glide Ultra
I was really on the fence about featuring this because I obviously try to keep my posts limited to motorcycles. I’m going to pretend this is close enough, and maybe one of my Harley-loving readers will want to snap up this very expensive bicycle.
1968 Penton Six Days 125 ISDT
Post-Sale Update: This Penton Six Days 125 ISDT sold for $1,895 on eBay after 23 bids. The seller says this is “ugly but runs fantastic.” I actually love the way it looks, as long as it all stays together! The Penton Six Days 125 (actually called the “Six Day”) was a very important motorcycle – it was the start of …
“Earache” – 1968 BSA A65 Custom
While writing up a Triumph Salt Flat Racer a few days ago, I stumbled upon Factory Metal Works. On their site I discovered a beautiful custom built around a BSA A65 motor – they’ve named it “Earache”, and I’m a fan.