I'm more into this kind of beauty...
I don't know, but it has to be close...presenting the 1934 BMW R7 prototype:
http://www.retrothing.com/2009/08/the-art-deco-bmw-motorcycle-that-time-forgot.html
Close.
But the prize goes to the 1936 Rhinebeck.
Not even in the same ballpark.........
You have to remember too.. some of us are also fans of bikes like this...
Everytime I see djnagel's yellow hydro drive bike, I think of Roaddog... It's what motorcycles started as... a tinkerers toy..
Whatever. Those bikes look like big Vespa scooters. Leave the sheet metal for the cars.Not even in the same ballpark.........
+1. Can't forget the Crocker...1939 Indian inline four cylinder or 1939 chief
I don't know, but it has to be close...presenting the 1934 BMW R7 prototype:
http://www.retrothing.com/2009/08/the-art-deco-bmw-motorcycle-that-time-forgot.html
One year at the annual British Motorcycle Day in Gaithersburg, Maryland, they were raffling off a motorcycle.....an early 50's Vincent.
A single raffle ticket was $20.
I couldn't hand them $20 fast enough!
'Course I didn't win the Vincent.
But for $20, I got to dream of owning one, if only for a little while. I wonder what year this raffle was? I used to go to the British Motorcycle Day gathering regularly. The last few were in Clarksburg, MD.
so this
Read his article on riding it. Thought of it a proof-of-principle that just because something is possible doesn't mean it's a good idea.That's owned by my cousin, Buzz Walneck. I've actually sat on that thing. It's like straddling a locomotive.
http://www.bikeexif.com/art-deco-custom-motorcycleClose.
But the prize goes to the 1936 Rhinebeck.