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Message started by TheFid on 12/28/11 at 03:18:33

Title: old indian.
Post by TheFid on 12/28/11 at 03:18:33

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078992/105-year-old-motorbike-1906-Indian-Camelback-worth-50k.html
Interesting.

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by thumperclone on 12/28/11 at 16:06:19

WOW!!! droolin here

thanks!!

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/28/11 at 16:49:13

A wire brush & a can of Krylon & that thing would be worth about 400 bucks..

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by drums1 on 12/28/11 at 17:49:46

A thumper, indeed.

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by Serowbot on 12/28/11 at 22:39:11

47585E5944437242724A58541F2D0 wrote:

A wire brush & a can of Krylon & that thing would be worth about 400 bucks..

Can I kick JOG's a$$ from here?... :-?...

;D ;D ;D...

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/28/11 at 22:55:23

Dang,, I didnt think about how that could read,, I was saying, how lucky it was that some moron didnt "clean it up & paint it" to make it worth more,,

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by Serowbot on 12/28/11 at 23:03:45

I knew it couldn't read like thought it did.... ;D ;D ;D...

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by built2last66 on 12/29/11 at 08:42:21

That's one helluva bicycle :D

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by arteacher on 12/29/11 at 15:47:43

At an old bike meet in the summer there was an old Indian board racer minus motor that had been restored. The guy wanted $7000 for it.

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by splash07 on 01/03/12 at 12:09:05

other than acting as a historical reference, what good is it if you cant ride it?

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 01/03/12 at 13:30:32

Some things are justified in their existence by simply being, with no function required,, no useful purpose or utility of any kind is expected of them, all that is required is that they exist.. old motorcycles fit that just fine,, & that thing Is Old.. I cant ride a painting, its just art..

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by splash07 on 01/03/12 at 13:37:31

keep practicing and you will ride that painting yet.

;D

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by arteacher on 01/03/12 at 15:52:27

"I cant ride a painting, its just art.. "
Why would you want to?
And I must take exception to the phrase "just art". Art is what makes us different from the other animals on the planet. ;)
Also, the motorbike was built for a purpose. If it is not being used for that purpose, it looses it's value in relation to that purpose. If it is made into a sculpture (just to be looked at) it looses value because more than one, probably many, identical "sculptures" were made, and looking at a rusty, dilapidated version is not what the builder intended.
So it should be restored.

Title: Re: old indian.
Post by built2last66 on 01/03/12 at 16:39:17

It's part of the timeline of motorcycle history, it can "just be" as it is... or if it must serve a purpose un-rideable, then it can be used as a physical reference for future builds...