Wednesday, 18 April 2012
The Lockport (NY) Motorcycle Graveyard
LONG STORY SHORT:
The motorcycles in the motorcycle graveyard Lockport (NY) were collected by Mr. Kohl, who owned several different motorcycle shops over 50 years. Kohl would take trade-ins of motorcycles and would also buy inventory of defunct dealerships. Around 1997 Kohl sold the building and motorcycles to Frank (?), and Frank operated the business as Kohl’s Cycle Salvage which sold parts off of the hundreds of motorcycles. In 2002 Kohl died at 80 years of age.
The building began to fall apart and crumble around itself. With the dilapidating conditions the City of Lockport condemned the building baring anyone from entering. The city also assumed ownership of all of the contents of the building when they took ownership of the actual building. Frank successfully sued the City of Lockport for ownership right to the contents of the building. The city finally gave Frank a deadline to get whatever he wanted out by mid November 2010.
The building began to fall apart and crumble around itself. With the dilapidating conditions the City of Lockport condemned the building baring anyone from entering. The city also assumed ownership of all of the contents of the building when they took ownership of the actual building. Frank successfully sued the City of Lockport for ownership right to the contents of the building. The city finally gave Frank a deadline to get whatever he wanted out by mid November 2010.
Kohl’s Cycle Salvage was located at:
71 Gooding Street, Lockport, NY, United States
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Monday, 16 April 2012
My CB750 is out there!!!
I need to bleed the brakes, and get the sidecover painted...
Then it is roadworthy.
Stay tuned!
More pictures will follow in the weeks to come.
Last Rumble - Den Glade Enke
Maybe one of the most established motorcycle workshops in Copenhagen [Den Glade Enke] where forced to move to new facilities, and ended it all with this Saturdays rumble of a party.
Kim's Suzuki GT550
Kim's Suzuki GT550 - with NOS !!!
Kasper's Norton
James' 64 FLH Panhead
More pictures here:
http://customsfromjamesville.blogspot.com/2012/02/thousand-words-baby.htmlMore pictures here:
Friday, 13 April 2012
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COFDL Is A Cool Link At Chalopy
Cling on for dear life is cool linked at:
Thank you very much for the attention, I appreciate it.
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Dick Mann's CR750 At Avignon Motor Festival
Escaping the gray skies of winter, a weekend in Provence sounds holiday-brochure perfect, which fairly describes this year'sAvignon Motor Festival
The hero of the show must be the Dick Mann, 1970 Daytona-winning Honda CR750, which has lived in France since 1971, in obscure circumstances, but is now coming to public view...
Monday, 9 April 2012
Australian CB750 T-Rex
The name T-Rex is synonymous with Australian Historic racing, and in particular big-bore four-cylinder Forgotten Era Superbikes. Ever since ex A-grade motocrosser Rex Wolfenden hung up his nylons and knobbies and turned his attention to road racing in 1989, his T-Rex bikes have prowled Australian race tracks – always at the pointy end of the field.
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