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Show your Davis built bicycles

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Thanks Marty for sharing. When we talked last I think I remember you mentioning this was a 1921 model Motocyke. From what I have seen, the 1920 and on Davis frames used for their bicycles don't seem to match yours. Notice the bottom bar. It has an upward angle, where yours appears to be paralell. I know the bicycle has a "A" on the bottom bracket. This all makes me think this is an 1918 Harley.....?......the construction does not have the 1920 or later traits for me. What do you think? also the seat lug would make sense for 1918.

Goldenindian ... I totally agree with your analysis
and findings.

There's another tell for 1918 ... the Davis of 1918
OFTEN, BUT NOT ALWAYS, was
blessed with Dayton-type axel adjusters.

Great sleuthing -- Goldenian !!

Marty -- absolutely bee-yoo-tee-full H-D you have.

AND ... ARE THOSE ALL-STEEL, LOW-PROFILE
CLINCHERS on that machine ??

Of course they be. The 1918 H-D Military-Model
came with same kind o' wheel .... Hmmm ..........

Nice ......

......... patric
 
Thanks for the assessment guys.
I really appreciate it!
The bike was thought to be a 1919 when I bought it, but I thought it might be a tad later than that, only because it had the bottle cap type head badge and the all steel low profile clincher type rims.
I didn't know that those rims were a feature of the 1918 military model.
The one feature that the frame has, that seems to be of later Davis production, is the "double locked head joint construction"
The Snell ad that Chitown posted, says that this feature was new for 1920 models.
But, I've got to say, that 1918 advertisement sure looks like the bike.
I guess the one thing we know for sure, is that it is a Davis made Harley Davidson bicycle.
Lol!
 
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Have been meaning to post Goldenindian's magnificent
1919 Davis-Built turned relic ... WITH ... two genuine art-
icles I own.

Did not get the badge from the same source as the ring ...
but I wanted each in relic-condition for the better part of
a quarter-century. Never thought something like these
were even out there ... but here they be .......

When I saw that Goldenindian posted his '19 Davis for the
first time ... my socks began going up and down for maybe
thirty-seconds.

Connectivity ... yeah .. I love that stuff .......

......... patric


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Kato ... yours is a classically-built Davis,
Yale or Dayton .. depending on what color
the factory painted the machine .. and which
chainring was installed.

Those ''Dayton''- type axel adjusters are not
found on each and every Yale machine ... but
the residual blue-paint .. as seen on the crank-
case, screams - YALE !!

The non-truss ''Dayton''- type fork ... as well as
the Davis, truss and non-truss fork had been a
factory option for the Yale motorbike since Davis
bought the Yale and Snell marques from Consoli-
dated Mfg. Co.
... of Toledo ... in 1916.

If your next quest is a Yale badge for your machine ...
AVOID the screw-hole type. Davis NEVER applied
a Yale badge on a Yale machine using screws.

A Yale badge with screw-holes is ALWAYS a post-
Davis, Shelby-Built thang.

Nice ride .......

........ patric
 
Patric - Thank you very much for the info on the bike !!!
I wish it had the Yale badge.......and yep no smalls holes - it needs the button style.
I'm amazed how solid the bike is - wheels are crazy true and spin great........and brake works awesome.
 
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