In the need of a new ride and got tax money that Uncle Sam sat on over the year and made interest with? Well, looky here hombre's. Found this on ebay this morning and the sale is about to end without the bike even hitting its reserve. Good luck bidding on this ride.
"This is a custom built single down tube rigid bike that was built to have that old boardtrack feel. Professionally built she has a ton of time put into making sure everything works as good as it looks.
1981 Shovel bottom end completely gone through. New Primo primary, clutch, belt, pulleys everything. Late Knucklehead top end with fresh pistons, valves, springs etc. endless hours went into making this combo work together, It's an ol school thing that hardly anyone does anymore. A freshened up Morris Mag with new wires makes it fire up first kick. Ratched Lid 4 Speed trans, also completely rebuilt. Crimescene oil tank with brass lines. Late shovel primary case with the starter bump filled and smoothed out.
Custom mid controls by Cycle Boys with Flyrite brakes and really really expensive De Luxe hand controls. Late HD spring shortened 3 inches slams it nice and low. 21 inch front and rear wheels with frsh Avon skins
There are too many details to list but I can say this bike has an amazing stance and runs amazing. It was featured in Feb/March issue of Street Chopper and gets a ton attention at the shop. Leave her bare or give it some shiney paint, either way you'll have a one of a kind badass bike."
1947 custom Knucklehead chopper
Clean gas lines with brass fittings and Morris magneto
Avon tires surrounding laced wheel
Classic brass hand controls powering a FlyRite Choppers front brake setup
Cast and finned oil tank
Great photo shoot setup for 1947 Knucklehead chopper
Performance bikes have always been near and dear to us as we dig machines that are meant to be driven fast and stop on a dime. With all the cobbled together bikes that have been on the roads in the name of style, how many were barely ever ridden or the owners always complained of the bikes never running? Yep, way too many as style trumped reliability to some and thus paved the way for their side of the road smoke breaks. But where style meets performance, now that is a whole other story.
This is also why we are quite partial to older circle track racing bikes. Knowing they were meant to turn left at high speeds and the left leg was a guiding skid meant no front brakes were needed and all power was pushed to that rear sprocket to get spinning as fast as mechanically possible and that's it. In theory these bikes were really the first choppers. Peformance and reckless abandon meeting in the middle to create a bike style that has been forever embraced.
Pictures of various Crocker Motorcycles
Below is a write up on this bike for sale on ebay and has a great story attached to it.
"Created by master bike-builder Gwen Banquer, this motorcycle is an
indian 101 Scout fitted with a copy of Al Crocker's famous
overhead-valve conversion kit. It is one of a limited series of only
seven such machines, the construction of which commenced circa 1995/96,
and is the only one modeled on a 1930's board track racer.
Cockers overhead-valve conversion kit for the 101 Scout started out
as an all cast iron affair before the second series switched to
aluminum-alloy for the cylinder heads. Surviving original kits are
exceptionally rare, so Gwen Banquer was especially fortunate to
acquire(on loan) and original un-machined set of the later alloy/iron
type, from which casting patterns were made. It should be noted that,
although of 'stock' appearance, the Banquer heads have more 'meat' in
the valve seat area to prevent cracking.
Gwen first displayed a mock-up of his Crocker OHV-converted 101 Scout
motor during Daytona Bike Week in March 1996, and by August of the same
year the first bike had been finished and was running. Gwen rode his
first Crocker Scout at Daytona in 1997 and later that year recieved a
1st place award for 'Best American Motorcycle 1926-1940' at the AMA
Vintage Motorcycle Days help at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in
Lexington. Mike Corbin had seen Gwen on that first Crocker conversion at
Daytona and told him that he wanted to buy it, thus beginning a great
friendship between the two men. Indeed, Corbin was so impressed with the
bike that he immediately commissioned Gwen to build him a speedway
version.
The machine offered here was originally built for motorcycle seat
magnate Mike Corbin; Gwen Banquer built for and delivered to him at Bike
Week in 2000. Gwen's suberb re-creation incorporates and original Rudge
speedway frame, wheel hubs and gas tank, complimented by the period
accessories such as Telex forks and a Messenger seat. The 45ci 101 Scout
motor incorporates a remade crankshaft; high-compression pistons;
high-list, long duration cams; and a stock, total loss oil pump.
Ignition is by magneto and the carburetor is a 1 1/8" Linkert. The
Scout's helical-geared primary drive has been dispensed with, drive
being taken by chain to the single-speed Rudge transfer gearbox's dry
clutch.
With the bike completed but yet to be painted and plated, Gwen took
it for a run on a speedway track. He found it extremely fast and easy to
slide in the turns, but with no brakes and a very high power-to-weight
ratio, reckoned it was too easy to ger 'over enthusiastic'. Discretion
got the better part of valor and no further test rides were undertaken
after the bike had been finished."
This bike has been featured in many magazines including: Cafe Racer,
The Classic Motorcycle & Motorcycle Performance. This unique machine
represents and exciting opportunity to aquire an example of one of the
most celebrated motorcycle re-creations of modern time. Also signed by
Al Crocker."
1933 Indian-Crocker 45 ci OHV Speedway Racing Motorcycle Replica Side Profile
1933 Indian-Crocker 45 ci OHV Speedway Racing Motorcycle Replica
1933 Indian-Crocker 45 ci OHV Speedway Racing Motorcycle Replica Twin Cylinders
1933 Indian-Crocker 45 ci OHV Speedway Racing Motorcycle Replica Rear Tire and Sprocket
1933 Indian-Crocker 45 ci OHV Speedway Racing Motorcycle Replica with Al Crocker Signature
The fellas over at Dime City Cycles posted this killer bike up on their site and it was also over on DoTheTon.com. These sweet lines beg for attention, actually this ride simply craves it. What I enjoyed hearing the most out of this was the fact that the custom frame, yes, Troy did all the fabrication himself was made from a low budget pipe bender from Harbor Freight and a MIG welder. Amazing what you can do on a low budget and still get great results. Seeing rides like this make all those long hours pouring over design ideas even tougher as Troy made perfection look so damn easy, congrats on an amazing build. Dig into the links to get info on the build specs, for now I am just going to look at that frame and be jealous.
