Very old bikes

While in the old country, I visited a guy in Ravenna, that had one hell of a museum in his house. He had HDs, Excelsiors, Nortons, Indians, etc.....Took some shots and here they are:

These next three are of a 1921 Moto Guzzi, the serial number was 16 numbers off the first ever produced...

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This one (I forgot the name) had a fixed front fender
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Misc. other bikes....
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Wow. Just WOW. Howd you meet this guy? Grappas at the local pub?

Old bikes from the gas headlight era amaze me.  Gasoline was less than a decade old and these guys were discovering all kinds of ways to used it.  So many ways to resolve problems that we don't even consider today, how to get power from engine to wheel, valve operation, carburetion, controls the list is endless.
Great pics.

Very cool...love the flying squirrel!

royaloilfield wrote:Very cool...love the flying squirrel!

I think that is an early 1920's bike.

Most (if not all) of his bikes are pre-WW2

Very nice! What an opportunity to see those bikes!

Nick wrote:

royaloilfield wrote:Very cool...love the flying squirrel!

I think that is an early 1920's bike.

Most (if not all) of his bikes are pre-WW2

I believe that is 27 or 28 Scott know as flying swuirrel..produced all the way into the 40s