And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My dad bought an Indian 30.50 motor/tranny as new US surplus in 1950 for $25. Was still bolted to the packing crate bottom it shipped on. He eventually gave it to me, and after hauling it around for decades I finally got tired and sold it for 2k to a dealer. They're still around. And yes I wish I had it back; now I have the time, motivation, and money to restore one, but don't have the motor anymore.
"I wonder if any are still in existence?"
ReplyDeleteSome place/somewhere.......
I had a uncle that had a surplus WWII Harley WLA back in the 60's & 70's. He rode it into the ground.
ReplyDeleteI have 4 Indians 1927-34. mine were used on the Wall of Death, by Royal American Shows
ReplyDeleteThose are Indians. Girder front ends. Harley from that period had springer front ends.
ReplyDeleteMy dad bought an Indian 30.50 motor/tranny as new US surplus in 1950 for $25. Was still bolted to the packing crate bottom it shipped on. He eventually gave it to me, and after hauling it around for decades I finally got tired and sold it for 2k to a dealer. They're still around. And yes I wish I had it back; now I have the time, motivation, and money to restore one, but don't have the motor anymore.
ReplyDelete------lots of 'em on the Rez------------
ReplyDeleteMy dad rode one of those in Ireland during WWII, as a courier. In civilian life, he raced them.
ReplyDeletestill around- high school kids buy them every september, still crated for a couple bills each out of a Texas warehouse.
ReplyDelete(that was the rumor every fall, your sophomore year)
My younger brother is a motorcycle encyclopedia. Here is his comment:
ReplyDeleteWW-2 military Indian Model 741’s at the factory in MA waiting to go to the war effort.