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Early Indian Board Track Racer Tribute
« on: October 20, 2016, 08:48:24 pm »


I'm seriously considering pulling the trigger on one.  I think I want a full dress vs. a racer.

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    Re: Early Indian Board Track Racer Tribute
    « Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 08:58:26 pm »
    Looks like they are going for 1000 to 2500 bucks... Used.   :hmm  That is pretty dang cool.
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    Re: Early Indian Board Track Racer Tribute
    « Reply #2 on: October 20, 2016, 10:20:12 pm »
    What am I looking at?

    Did a bicycle and a motorcycle have a baby?
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    Re: Early Indian Board Track Racer Tribute
    « Reply #3 on: October 20, 2016, 11:51:17 pm »
    That's exactly what the early motorcycles were.  The bicycle pre-dated the internal combustion engine by a considerable margin and only when the internal combustion engine and lubricant technology advanced to the point where smallish, air cooled engines were possible, did the marriage take place. 
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    Re: Early Indian Board Track Racer Tribute
    « Reply #4 on: October 20, 2016, 11:53:33 pm »
    What am I looking at?

    Did a bicycle and a motorcycle have a baby?

    Early motorcycles were bicycles with engines.  Google up images from 1903 though 1920 or so.  Pedaling was how you started the engine.

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    Re: Early Indian Board Track Racer Tribute
    « Reply #5 on: October 20, 2016, 11:59:40 pm »
    Excellent video with an original 1912 Indian:


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