This 1917 Cleveland US Army dispatch motorcycle was used during WWI, then abandoned in France after the war. It was discovered just outside Paris and restored back to original over 3 decades, then sent to Holland, now it's for auction

Many of these motorcycles never made it back to the USA, remaining in Europe as the shipping cost was higher than the value of the used and abused motorbike.

Restored over a 30 year period in France and then shipped in the 1970's to Holland by a family member when the original owner and his son passed away

https://silodrome.com/cleveland-a2-us-army-dispatch-bike/

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1917-cleveland-a2-ww1-dispatch-bike-rec12493-1-shuttle-0723

It's like teamwork, gone wrong. This foul up proves a point, with a good leader, everyone gets in the race, with a bad leader who doesn't have a clue what the result of their bad timing will be, and no one gets anywhere at all

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2014/09/tuesdays-can-be-like-that-too.html

1929 Cleveland four

June Softly posted some Von Dutch motorcycle photos I've never seen before

 

http://heavybikers.blogspot.com/2011/03/kenneth-howard-von-dutch-father-of.html  is June's post, and the first I've ever heard of or seen the Triley Davidrumph

the above was a Von Dutch triumph and the story of it getting a 3500 auction on Ebay http://www.cycleworld.com/motorcycle_news/industry_news_articles/archive/the_lost_von_dutch

A Cleveland that Von Dutch restored, and below, the helmet the VOn Dutch made and the story goes that he engraved the names of each type of motorcycle he restored on it. Why he put a pacifier on top to emulate a German helmet I don't know

the above is from http://www.pbase.com/orangecones/vondutchbus gallery of Steve Kafka. He is restoring the Von Dutch bus.

above is a 1922 Motosacoche that Von Dutch restored ... notice the front friction shock, and that sprocket between the oil and gas tank

More great old ads from the "Centuries of Advise and Advertisements" Tumblr

if you've enjoyed old cars, old ads, steampunk, magazine clippings and old catalogs, this is the cool tumblr you'll enjoy! http://questionableadvice.tumblr.com/

Unusual variety of vehicles in recent Shorpy postings

photo from 1920
http://www.shorpy.com/node/4240?size=_original a 1½-ton Republic chassis and body of specific design. The body is 7 feet wide and 22 feet long. The first Ms. America, Margaret Gorman, in a very limited production car by Birmingham, they coated the body in "Fabrikoid" a DuPont material that looks like alligator hide
1921 exposition was the cause to modify this Cleveland motorbike to showcase a milk company
1920 photo of a stolen Hudson