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Motorbike Tank Decal Use
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Brutuskend
I live for the CABE
Good question.
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mr.cycleplane
Riding my Motorbike
A very good question. The only thing I can add to this is what I have seen(forty years). most were Chicago Cycle Supply bikes and most were diamond framed. One had a Chicago Tribune Special head plate. Two had the Chicago cycle supply tires(forget how they were marked). Have seen at least three times as many on restored bikes-most of these were also diamond framed bikes. I doubt these were originally decaled w/o the a.s. wheel-but look cool anyway!
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GTs58
I'm the Wiz, and nobody beats me!
So these were a possible counterfeit decal where they left out the AS to keep the lawyers away from their door?
mr.cycleplane
Riding my Motorbike
Hahaha-well not exactly! Chicago Cycle Supply was Schwinn's biggest distributor/dealer. Schwinn was in the business of building bikes-they stayed away from the day-to-day dealing with the public(there have been exceptions to this we know of). Its very unlikely that Schwinn wouldn't have minded if C.C.S. was to 'create' or design their own decals(in all actuality the decal(in question above) were probably put on in the Schwinn factory!). I am sure Barry's book sheds light on how many plates C.C.S. can claim as theirs! I would think its a little more of a deception of sorts-to throw people off to think that the bike was made by them(C.C.S.)! Much like most of the Mead Ranger line or to a degree Schwinn built B.F. Goodrich bikes that Schwinn built from the git-go. Mead always bragged it was their bike this or our own bike that.....even a kid could spot the similarities between his Ranger and his buddy's Schwinn! The decals are legit...maybe a little harder to come across. Things like truth in advertising wasn't addressed then like it is nowadays-there are enforceable laws in place. Someone must have a Chicago Cycle Supply catalog showing 'our own special' or something to that effect with a 'period-type-photoshop' of a motorbike with the decal 'in question'!
mr.cycleplane
Riding my Motorbike
whoa! Gilled tank versions-awesome! never seen these-nice! and the head plates say?
Dave K
I live for the CABE
Top one is a Chicogo cycles bike the other two I don't know.
Autocycleplane
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
No rhyme or reason I can discern, kinda like the steel fender ornaments these non AS decals seem to come and go on all years 35-39. ChiCyCo came both ways, as did Schwinn badged rides.
Freqman1
Riding a '37 Dayton Super Streamline
The second bike
The second one would look to be a ‘36 which would nullify the DD only for the
Along the same lines I've noticed ChiCyCo bikes devoid of both seat tube and guard Schwinn decals sometimes as well. V/r Shawn
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