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Old 03-17-2016, 08:19 PM   #33
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Dumpster find

While we are on the topic of motor bikes and dumpster diving...true story. Several years ago, probably around 2006, the dilapidated, near tear down house down the block was sold when the guy who lived there died. There were several old cars on the property, an old Alpha and a few other bits and bots, rusted old hunks of stuff. One day there was a smallish shipping container that was being loaded with all sorts of rusted old motor bike frames, fuel tanks etc. Really, it looked like junk to me. The fellow who was loading the container told me these were old British motor bikes from the 1950's and 1960's. I'm not sure what make he said they were, but he said they were kind of like the classic Indians. BSA's? I don't know for sure. But it was important enough that these had been purchased by a collector and were being sent back to England. All told I think there were about 20 frames. I got the sense this was a rare and important find.


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