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Flat Tire
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
1913 Dayton Motorcycle
In an ad for the Dayton spring fork bicycles its states "This fork is a duplicate of the spring fork used so successfully on the Dayton Motorcycle".
Thought I'd share some pictures of a friends Dayton Motorcycle he recently purchased. Its a 1913 in original condition. The leaf spring and fork are the same design as on the bicycles, (see Scott McCaskeys in earlier post) and is covered by the fender. So how does the spring "flex" without damaging the fenders? If you look close you can see where the fender is cut just in front and just behind the fork, and has hinges. How cool is that!
The bike also sports the same Dayton badge as the early bicycles.
In an ad for the Dayton spring fork bicycles its states "This fork is a duplicate of the spring fork used so successfully on the Dayton Motorcycle".
Thought I'd share some pictures of a friends Dayton Motorcycle he recently purchased. Its a 1913 in original condition. The leaf spring and fork are the same design as on the bicycles, (see Scott McCaskeys in earlier post) and is covered by the fender. So how does the spring "flex" without damaging the fenders? If you look close you can see where the fender is cut just in front and just behind the fork, and has hinges. How cool is that!
The bike also sports the same Dayton badge as the early bicycles.
Balloontyre
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
In an ad for the Dayton spring fork bicycles its states "This fork is a duplicate of the spring fork used so successfully on the Dayton Motorcycle".
Thought I'd share some pictures of a friends Dayton Motorcycle he recently purchased. Its a 1913 in original condition. The leaf spring and fork are the same design as on the bicycles, (see Scott McCaskeys in earlier post) and is covered by the fender. So how does the spring "flex" without damaging the fenders? If you look close you can see where the fender is cut just in front and just behind the fork, and has hinges. How cool is that!
The bike also sports the same Dayton badge as the early bicycles.
Cool pic Don, the bike and motorcycle share the same curved truss rods also.
chitown
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
The Dayton Motorcycle was assembled in Chicago according to this site.
http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/2009/12/with-love-and-dayton.html
The De Luxe motor was the same as the Sears motorcycles (Spacke DeLuxe engine). Excelsior Cycle Co built the Sears De Luxe model according to this Auto trade magazine in 1913.
http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/2009/12/with-love-and-dayton.html
The De Luxe motor was the same as the Sears motorcycles (Spacke DeLuxe engine). Excelsior Cycle Co built the Sears De Luxe model according to this Auto trade magazine in 1913.
prewarbike
I live for the CABE
We were going backwards...
moparwrecker72
On Training Wheels
Davis built Shapleigh Hardware Company
My Davis built bike. Purchased at a garage sale in Nebraska. We use it as our camping bike. Guessing it is from mid teens.
My Davis built bike. Purchased at a garage sale in Nebraska. We use it as our camping bike. Guessing it is from mid teens.
chitown
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
A new discovery has come to light, I recant any previous statements about Davis building Sears Chiefs, here us proof positive that Mead was indeed the manufacturer!
You know what is really ironic about this is that Mead Paper Co was founded in Dayton Ohio by Colonel Daniel Mead... James R Mead's (Buffalo Hunter, Indian Trader) first cousin.
"In 1846 Daniel Mead helped establish Ellis, Chafflin & Company, a paper company, in Dayton, Ohio. He was a part owner until 1882, when he became the sole owner and changed the name to Mead Paper Company. George H. Mead, Daniel's grandson, ran the company starting in around 1905"
So Mead was in Dayton long before the Huffman's ever showed up... just saying.
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