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Which Single Cylinder Bicycle Engine?

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early motorcycles are just that-purpose built machines made and sold with the motor- if you are sniffing around here for a cheap early motorcycle best of luck!
 
I think your cycle looks great redline1968 ! My compliments on your effort!

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Was at an auction recently where the auctioneers didn't know what they had.
They were chatting about this only single cylinder engine mixed in with everything else -
their pre sale estimate was $200 - $300.


A Harley Single Cylinder
Closing gavel- $4500 plus auction premium

The engine was rough.
 
By the time I got done building my 1910/12 harley from an incomplete engine I had about 10-11K into it. When I sold it I got 11K for it. 95% of mine was reproduction in the end and it was sold as such.

 
That's quite a Bell Ringer in my opinion cyclefreak13 !!!
I bet the new owner is have a great time with it!
 
The 1912-14 Excelsior Autocycle model 4 engine seems to be the most plentiful, but you're still going to have to shell out at least 2 grand if you find one.
And most likely, it'll be missing the magneto and the carburetor.
Each one of those items will run another thousand or so.
Like Shawn said, at that point, you're building yourself an antique motorcycle, so don't stop there.
A complete 1913 Excelsior Autocycle isn't too much further down the road.
Another 10 or 20 grand, and you'll be rolling.
 
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